# Historia ecclesiastica 2.19.14

Theodoretus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/historia-ecclesiastica/2.19.14

Τούτων γραφέντων καὶ τῶν πρέσβεων ἀποσταλέντων, οἱ βασιλεῖ παραδυναστεύοντες καὶ τῆς αἱρέσεως προστατεύοντες τὴν μὲν ἐπιστολὴν λαβόντες ἀπέδοσαν τῷ βασιλεῖ, τοὺς δὲ πρέσβεις οὐκ εἰσήγαγον, περὶ τὰς κοινὰς εἰλεῖσθαι φροντίδας τὸν κρατοῦντα φήσαντες· ταῦτα δὲ ἔδρων ἡγούμενοι τοὺς ἐπισκόπους, δυσχεραίνοντας τοῦ χρόνου τὸ μῆκος καὶ τὰς ἐγκεχειρισμένας πόλεις ποθοῦντας καταλαβεῖν, ἀναγκασθήσεσθαι διορύξαι καὶ καταλῦσαι τὸν κατὰ τῆς αἱρέσεως ἐξευρεθέντα περίβολον.

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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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