# Historia ecclesiastica 1.4.18

Theodoretus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/historia-ecclesiastica/1.4.18

ἐναντίον γὰρ δοκεῖ τοῖς ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων γενομένοις τὸ ὂν καὶ ἀφεστηκὸς σφόδρα. τὸ μὲν γὰρ μεταξὺ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ οὐδὲν δείκνυσιν εἶναι διάστημα, οὐδ’ ἄχρι τινὸς ἐννοίας τοῦτο φαντασι- >ῶσαι τῆς ψυχῆς δυναμέiης· τὸ δὲ ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων δημιουργεῖσθαι τὸν >κόσμον νεωτέραν ἔχει τῆς ὑποστάσεως καὶ πρόοφατον τὴν γἐνεοιν, >ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς διὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ πάντων εἰληφότων τὴν τοιαύτην >οὐσίωσιν.

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Theodoretus, Historia ecclesiastica, ed. Léon Parmentier. 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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