# Historia ecclesiastica 7.18.4

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 7, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/7.18.4

ἔνθα δὴ συνελθόντες, μετεκαλέσαντο Σαββάτιον. Ἐπεὶ δὲ τῆς λύπης τὴν αἰτίαν ἀπαιτηθεὶς λέγειν, ἐπῃτιᾶτο τῆς ἑορτῆς τὸ διάφορον, ὑπονοήσαντες ἔρωτι προεδρίας τάδε αὐτὸν σκήπτεσθαι, ὅρκον ἀπῄτησαν ὡς ἐπισκοπὴν οὐκ ἂν ἕλοιτό ποτε. Τοῦ δὲ τάδε ἐνωμότως ὁμολογήσαντος, λογισάμενοι μὴ ἀξιόχρεων εἶναι ταύτην τὴν αἰτίαν εἰς χωρισμὸν κοινωνίας, ἅπαντας μὲν ὁμονοεῖν καὶ ἅμα ἐκκλησιάζειν ἐψηφίσαντο: ἕκαστον δὲ ᾗ ἂν αὐτῷ δοκῇ, ταύτην τὴν ἑορτὴν ἐπιτελεῖν. Καὶ κανόνα περὶ τούτου ἔθεντο, ὃν ἀδιάφορον ἐπωνόμασαν.

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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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