# Historia ecclesiastica 4.18.13

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 4, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/4.18.13

δὲ ἀπιστοῦσιν, ὠμότητα. Ἱκετεύομεν δὲ ἔτι, ἵνα κελεύσῃς τοὺς ἐπισκόπους τοὺς ἐν ἀλλοδαπαῖς διατρίβοντας, οὓς καὶ τὸ τῆς ἡλικίας ἐπίπονον, καὶ τὸ τῆς πενίας ἐνδεὲς τρύχει, τὴν εἰς τὰ οἰκεῖα ἀνακομιδὴν ῥᾳδίαν ποιήσασθαι: ἵνα μὴ ἔρημοι, τῶν ἐπισκόπων ἀφωρισμένων, αἱ ἐκκλησίαι διαμένωσιν.

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Sozomenus, Salaminius Hermias, Historia ecclesiastica, ed. Robert Hussey. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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