# Historia ecclesiastica 1.4.41

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/historia-ecclesiastica/1.4.41

οἱ γὰρ κατὰ τῆς θεότητος τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ παραταξά- >μενοι οὐδὲ τὰς καθ᾿ ἡμῶν ἀχαρίστους παροινίας παραιτοῦνται λέ- >γειν· οἵ γε οὐδὲ τῶν ἀρχαίων τινὰς συγκρίνειν ἑαυτοῖς ἀξιοῦσιν >οὐδὲ οἶς ἡμεῖς ἐκ παίδων ὡμιλήσαμεν διδασκάλοις ἐξισοῦσθαι ̓νἐχον- >ται, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ τῶν νῦν πανταχοῦ συλλειτουργῶν τινα εἰς μέτρον >σοφίας ἡγοῦνται, μόνοι σοφοὶ καὶ ἀκτήμονες καὶ δογμάτων εὑρεταὶ >λέγοντες εἶναι, καὶ αὐτοῖς ἀποκεκαλύφθαι μόνοις ἅπερ οὐδενὶ τῶν >ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον ἑτέρῳ πέφυκεν ἐλθεῖν εἰς ἔννοιαν.

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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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