# Historia ecclesiastica 7.25.9

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 7, Chapter 25. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/7.25.9

Ἔθος ἦν τοὺς βασιλεῖς ἐν τῷ ἱερατείῳ ἐκκλησιάζειν, κατ̓ ἐξοχὴν τῶν ὁρίων τοῦ λαοῦ κεχωρισμένους: κολακείας δὲ ἢ ἀταξίας εἶναι τοῦτο συνιδὼν, τόπον εἶναι βασιλέως ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ τέταχε, τὸν πρὸ τῶν δρυφάκτων τοῦ ἱερατείου: ὥστε τοῦ μὲν λαοῦ τὸν κρατοῦντα τὴν προεδρίαν ἔχειν: αὐτοῦ δὲ τοὺς ἱερέας προκαθῆσθαι. Ταύτην δὲ τὴν ἀρίστην παράδοσιν ἐπῄνεσε Θεοδόσιος ὁ βασιλεὺς, καὶ οἱ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐκράτυναν: καὶ ἐξ ἐκείνου νυνὶ φυλαττομένην ὁρῶμεν.

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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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