# Historia ecclesiastica 5.8.4

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 5, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/5.8.4

Ἐδόκει δὲ κατὰ θεομηνίαν τοιαύτῃ χρήσασθαι συμφορᾷ, καθότι καὶ ὁ τῶν βασιλικῶν ταμιείων φύλαξ, καὶ ἄλλοι τινὲς τῶν ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις ἄρχειν ἐπιτετραμμένων, νεανιευσάμενοι κατὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, παραδόξως καὶ ἐλεεινῶς τὸν βίον κατέλυσαν, ὡς ὑπὸ θείας ὀργῆς καταδικασθέντες.

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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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