# Historia ecclesiastica 1.5.4

Theodoretus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/historia-ecclesiastica/1.5.4

καὶ πρὶν γεννηθῇ ἤτοι κτισθῇ >ἤ ὁρισθῇ ἢ θεμελιωθῇ, οὐκ ἢν· ἀγέννητος γὰρ οὐκ ἢν. διωκόμεθα ὅτι >εἴπαμεν· »ἀρχὴν ἔχει ὁ υἱός, ὁ δὲ θεὸς ἄναρχός ἐστιν«. διὰ τοῦτο διωκό- >μεθα, καὶ ὅτι εἴπαμεν ὅτι ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων ἐστίν· οὕτως δὲ εἴπαμεν, καθότι >οὐδὲ μέρος θεοῖ ἐστιν οὐδὲ ἐξ ὑποκειμένου τινός. διὰ τοῦτο διωκόμεθα· λοιπὸν σὺ οἶδας. ἐρρῶσθαί σε ἐν κυρίῳ εὔχομαι, μεμνημένον τῶν θλίψεων ἡμῶν. συλλουκιανιστὰ ἀληθῶς Εὐσέβιε.«

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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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