# Historia ecclesiastica 7.10.3

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 7, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/7.10.3

Ὁ δὲ, Ἀλλὰ σὺ, ὦ μακάριε, ὑπολαβὼν ἔφη, ἔναγχος βαπτισθεὶς κεκάθαρσαι, καὶ ἐπὶ τούτῳ ἱερωσύνης ἠξίωσαι: ἀμφότερα δὲ καθάρσια ἁμαρτημάτων τὸ θεῖον ἐνομοθέτησε: καί μοι δοκῶ, οὐδὲν διαφέρεις τῶν ἀρτιτόκων βρεφῶν: ἐγὼ δὲ πάλαι τῆς θείας βαπτίσεως μετασχὼν, τῇ αὐτῇ διετέλεσα βιοτῇ χρώμενος. Καὶ ὁ μὲν τοιάδε λέγων, οὐχ ὑπέστη τὴν χειροτονίαν. Ἐγὼ δὲ καὶ τῆς παραιτήσεως ἐπαινῶ τὸν ἄνδρα, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο μέρος ἐποιησάμην αὐτὸν ταύτης τῆς γραφῆς.

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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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