# Historia ecclesiastica 5.16.1

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 5, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/5.16.1

Ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς πάλαι σπουδάζων τὸν Ἑλληνισμὸν κρατεῖν κατὰ πᾶσαν τὴν ὑπήκοον, χαλεπῶς ἔφερε, παρευδοκιμούμενον ὁρῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ Χριστιανισμοῦ. Ναοὶ μὲν γὰρ ἀνεῴγεισαν, καὶ θυσίαι, καὶ Ἑλλήνων πάτριοι ἑορταὶ τῶν πόλεων κατὰ γνώμην αὐτῷ προχωρεῖν ἐδόκουν: ἠνιᾶτο δὲ λογιζόμενος, ὡς εἰ γυμνωθείη ταῦτα τῆς αὐτοῦ σπουδῆς, ταχεῖαν ἕξει τὴν μεταβολήν: οὐχ ἥκιστα δὲ ἤχθετο, καὶ πολλῶν ἱερέων χριστιανίζειν ἀκούων τὰς γαμετὰς καὶ τοὺς παῖδας καὶ τοὺς οἰκέτας.

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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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