# Historia ecclesiastica 6.40.1

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 6, Chapter 40. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/6.40.1

Ἐξελθόντι δὲ αὐτῷ τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, προσελθὼν Ἰσαάκιος ἀνὴρ μοναχὸς, τά τε ἄλλα ἀγαθὸς, καὶ διὰ τὸ θεῖον κινδύνων καταφρονῶν: Ἀπόδος, ἔφη, ὦ βασιλεῦ, τοῖς ὀρθῶς δοξάζουσι, καὶ τὴν παράδοσιν φυλάττουσι τῶν ἐν Νικαίᾳ συνεληλυθότων, τὰς ἀφαιρεθείσας ἐκκλησίας, καὶ νικήσεις τὸν πόλεμον. Ὀργισθεὶς δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐκέλευσεν αὐτὸν συλληφθῆναι καὶ δέσμιον φυλάττεσθαι, ἄχρις ἐπανελθὼν δίκην εἰσπράξηται τοῦ τολήματος. Ὁ δὲ ὑπολαβὼν, Ἀλλ̓ οὐχ ὑποστρέψῃς, ἔφη, μὴ ἀποδοὺς τὰς ἐκκλησίας.

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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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