# Historia ecclesiastica 1.8.9

Theodoretus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/historia-ecclesiastica/1.8.9

ἀλλ’ οἱ ἐπίσκοποι, θεωρή- >σαντες τὴν κακουργίαν ἐκείνων καὶ τὴν τῆς ἀσεβείας κακοτεχνίαν, >λευκότερον εἰρήκασι τὸ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἔγραψαν ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας τοῦ >θεοῦ εἶναι τὸν υἱόν, ἵνα τὰ μὲν κτίσματα, διὰ τὸ μὴ ἀφ’ ἑαυτῶν >χωρὶς αἰτίου εἶναι ἀλλ’ ἀρχὴν ἔχειν τοῦ γίνεσθαι, λέγηται ἐκ τοῦ >θεοῦ, ὁ δὲ υἱὸς μόνος ἴδιος ἐκ τῆς τοῦ πατρὸς οὐσίας.

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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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