# Historia ecclesiastica 6.16.6

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 6, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/6.16.6

Εἰ γὰρ καὶ λίαν ἐπίσημοι τυγχάνετε, καὶ οὐκ ὀλίγης ἡγεῖσθε τῆς οἰκουμένης μοίρας, οὐ παρὰ τοῦτο τοῖς ἀνθρώποις χαριστέον, ὀλιγωρῆσαι δὲ τῆς εἰς τὸ θεῖον πίστεως, ἣν οὐκ ἄν ποτε προδοίην, οὔτε δήμευσιν οὐσίας, οὔτε ὑπερορίαν φυγὴν, οὔτε θάνατον καταδικασθείς. Ἐπεὶ τούτων οὐδέν με ἀνιᾷν δυνήσεται: εἴγε οὐσίαν μὲν οὐκ ἔχω, ῥάκη τε καὶ βιβλία ὀλίγα: οἰκῶ δὲ τὴν γῆν, ὡς ἀεὶ παροδεύων: σῶμα δὲ δἰ ἀσθένειαν, μετὰ τὴν πρώτην πληγὴν, αἰσθήσεως καὶ βασάνων κρεῖττον.

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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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