# Historia ecclesiastica 6.23.6-8

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, 6.23.6 to 6.23.8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/6.23.6

Ταῦτα δὲ οὕτω γενέσθαι καὶ δόξαι, μαρτυρεῖ καὶ ἡ ἐπιστολὴ Δαμάσου τοῦ Ῥωμαίων ἐπισκόπου, καὶ τῶν ἅμα αὐτῷ τότε συνελθόντων, πρὸς τοὺς Ἰλλυριῶν ἐπισκόπους γραφεῖσα. Ἔχει δὲ ὧδε. Οἱ ἐπίσκοποι οἱ ἐπὶ τῆς Ῥωμαίων εἰς τὸ ἱερὸν συνέδριον συνελθόντες, τοῖς ἐν τῷ Ἰλλυρικῷ καθεστῶσιν ἐπισκόποις, Δάμασος, καὶ Οὐαλέριος, καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ, τοῖς ἀγαπητοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἐν Κυρίῳ χαίρειν. Πιστεύομεν τὴν ἁγίαν πίστιν ἡμῶν, τὴν ἐν τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ τῶν ἀποστόλων θεμελιωθεῖσαν, ταύτην κατέχειν, καὶ ταύτην τῷ λαῷ ὑφηγεῖσθαι: ἥτις ἀπὸ τῶν ὁρισθέντων παρὰ τῶν πατέρων, οὐδενὶ λόγῳ διαφωνεῖ. Οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄλλως ἁρμόζει διανοεῖσθαι τοὺς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἱερεῖς, ὑφ̓ ὧν

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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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