# Historia ecclesiastica 7.7.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/7.7.9

μηδὲν αἰδεσθεῖσα τῶν τοῦ ἀνδρὸς πλεονεκτημάτων. Ὡς ἐπὶ μεγίστῳ δὲ πεφροντισμένης βουλῆς τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν οὔσης, παρεγγυωμένου τε τοῦ κρατοῦντος ἀκριβῆ ποιήσασθαι βάσανον, ὅπως ὅτι μάλιστα καλός τε καὶ ἀγαθὸς εὑρεθείη, ᾧ δεήσει πιστεῦσαι τῆς μεγίστης καὶ βασιλευούσης πόλεως τὴν ἀρχιερωσύνην, οὐ τὴν αὐτὴν γνώμην εἶχεν ἡ σύνοδος: ἕκαστοι δέ τινα τῶν αὐτοῖς ἐπιτηδείων ἠξίουν χειροτονεῖν.

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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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