# Historia ecclesiastica 6.9.2

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 6, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/6.9.2

ἤδη γὰρ πρότερον ἐπὶ τῆς Κωνσταντίου βασιλείας ἀφῄρηντο. Οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ Ἀγέλιον τότε εἰς ὑπερορίαν φυγὴν κατεδίκασεν: ὃς ἐκ τῶν Κωνσταντίου χρόνων ἡγεῖτο ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει τῆς Ναυατιανῶν ἐκκλησίας. Ἐλέγετο δὲ ὅτι μάλιστα θαυμασίως πολιτεύεσθαι κατὰ τοὺς ἐκκλησιαστικοὺς νόμους: ὁ δὲ βίος ἦν αὐτῷ, τοῦτο δὴ τὸ προὖχον ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ, κτήσεως χρημάτων ἐλεύθερος: καὶ ἡ ἀγωγὴ ἐδείκνυ: ἑνί τε γὰρ χιτωνίῳ ἐχρῆτο, καὶ δίχα ὑποδημάτων ἀεὶ ἐβάδιζεν: οὐ πολλῷ δὲ ὕστερον αὐτὸς μετεκλήθη,

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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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