# Historia ecclesiastica 2.8.23

Theodoretus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/historia-ecclesiastica/2.8.23

ἀπαντήσαντες γὰρ >δύο πρεσβύτεροι, σὺν Μελιτίῳ ποτὲ γενόμενοι, ὕστερον δὲ ὑπὸ >μακαρίου Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ γενομένου ἐπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας >χθέντες, [οἳ] καὶ σὺν Ἀθανασίῳ ὄντες ἐμαρτύρησαν μηδὲ >τοῦτον πρεσβύτερον Μελιτίου γεγενῆσθαι, μηδ’ ὅλως >Μελίτιον εἰς τὸν Μαρεώτην ἐκκλησίαν ἢ λειτουργόν.

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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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