# Historia ecclesiastica 4.19.3

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 4, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/4.19.3

Καὶ ὁ μὲν τοιάδε ἔγραψε. Πρὸς ταῦτα δὲ ἡ σύνοδος ἀντεδήλωσεν, ἰσχυριζομένη μηδαμῶς ἀναχωρεῖν τῶν δεδογμένων, καὶ τοῦτο γράψαι, καὶ τοῖς πρέσβεσιν ἐντείλασθαι. Καὶ ἀντιβολεῖ μετ̓ εὐνοίας αὐτοὺς ἰδεῖν, καὶ ὧν ἐνετείλατο δἰ αὐτῶν ἐπακοῦσαι, καὶ τὰ γραφέντα ἀναγνῶναι: χαλεπὸν γὰρ καὶ αὐτῷ φανεῖσθαι, τοσαύτας ἐκκλησίας χωρὶς ἐπισκόπων εἶναι ἐν καιρῷ τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας: χρῆναι δὲ, εἰ καὶ αὐτῷ συνδοκεῖ, εἰς τὰς αὐτῶν ἐκκλησίας πρὸ τοῦ χειμῶνος ἐπανελθεῖν.

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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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