# Historia ecclesiastica 5.16.7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/5.16.7

Ὧν ἕκαστον οἴομαι χρῆναι παῤ ἡμῶν ἀληθῶς ἐπιτηδεύεσθαι. Καὶ οὐκ ἀπόχρη τό σε μόνον εἶναι τοιοῦτον, ἀλλὰ πάντας ἁπαξαπλῶς οἳ περὶ τὴν Γαλατίαν εἰσὶν ἱερεῖς. Οὓς ἢ δυσώπησον, ἢ πεῖσον εἶναι σπουδαίους, ἢ τῆς ἱερατικῆς λειτουργίας ἀπόστησον, εἰ μὴ προσέρχοιντο μετὰ γυναικῶν καὶ παίδων καὶ θεραπόντων τοῖς θεοῖς, ἀλλὰ ἀνέχοιντο τῶν οἰκετῶν, ἢ υἱέων, ἢ τῶν Γαλιλαίων γαμετῶν, ἀσεβούντων μὲν εἰς τοὺς Θεοὺς, ἀθεότητα δὲ θεοσεβείας προτιμώντων.

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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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