# Historia ecclesiastica 6.27.4

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 6, Chapter 27. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/6.27.4

Διαβεβαιοῦται γὰρ μὴ ἐπίκτητον εἶναι τὴν σάρκα κατ̓ οἰκονομίαν τοῦ μονογενοῦς Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ προσληφθεῖσαν ἐπὶ μεταστοιχειώσει τῆς φύσεως ἡμῶν, ἀλλ̓ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐν τῷ υἱῷ τὴν σαρκώδη ἐκείνην φύσιν εἶναι. καὶ κακῶς ἐκλαβὼν εὐαγγελικήν τινα ῥῆσιν, εἰς μαρτυρίαν τῆς τοιαύτης ἀτοπίας προβάλλεται, λέγων: οὐδεὶς ἀναβέβηκεν εἰς τὴν οὐρανὸν, εἰ μὴ ὁ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβὰς, ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου: ὡς καὶ πρὶν κατελθεῖν αὐτὸν, υἱὸν ἀνθρώπου εἶναι, καὶ κατελθεῖν ἰδίαν ἐπαγόμενον σάρκα ἐκείνην,

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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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