# Historia ecclesiastica 2.14.4

Theodoretus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/historia-ecclesiastica/2.14.4

»Εἶτα ἐλθὼν τῇ Τεσσαρακοστῇ ὁ παρ᾿ αὐτῶν ἀποσταλεὶς ἐκ >Καππαδοκίας Γεώργιος ηὔξησεν ἃ παρ᾿ αὐτῶν μεμάθηκε κακά μετὰ >γὰρ τὰ ἕβδομα τοῦ Πάσχα παρθένοι εἰς δεσμωτήριον ἐβάλλοντο, >ἐπίσκοποι ἤγοντο ὑπὸ οτρατιωτῶν δεδεμένοι, ὀρφανῶν καὶ χηρῶν >ἡρπάζοντο αἱ οἰκίαι, καὶ ἁρπαγαὶ καὶ ἔφοδοι κατὰ τῶν οἰκιῶν ἐγί- >νοντο καὶ νυκτὸς Χριστιανοὶ κατεφέροντο, ἐπεσφραγίσθησαν οἰκίαι >καὶ ἀδελφοὶ κληρικῶν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἐκινδύνευον.

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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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