# Historia ecclesiastica 6.1.16

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 6, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/6.1.16

Οἷς γὰρ οὐκ ἐλυσιτέλει ζῶν, οὗτοι δὲ ἦσαν οἱ ζῶντες οὐ κατὰ τοὺς νόμους, πάλαι τε ἐπεβούλευον, καὶ τότε δυνηθέντες εἰργάσαντο: τῆς τε ἄλλης ἀδικίας ἀναγκαζούσης, οὐκ ἐχούσης ἐπὶ τῆς ἐκείνου βασιλείας ἐξουσίαν: καὶ μάλιστά γε τοῦ τιμᾶσθαι τοὺς θεοὺς, οὗ τοὐναντίον ἐζήτουν.

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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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