# Historia ecclesiastica 2.8.4-6

Theodoretus, Historia ecclesiastica, 2.8.4 to 2.8.6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/historia-ecclesiastica/2.8.4

ἴσως γὰρ καὶ εἰς ὑμὰς >αὐτοὺς ἔφθασαν αἱ διαβολαί, ὡς καὶ τὰς ἡμετέρας ἀκοὰς >παρασαλεῦσαι, ἵνα κατὰ μὲν τῶν ἀθῴων ἃ λέγουσι πιστεύηται, >δὲ τῆς μοχθηρᾶς αὐτῶν αἱρέσεως ὑπόνοιαν ἐπικρύψωσιν. ἀλλ’ οὐκ >ἐπὶ πολὺ ταῦτα ποιεῖν συνεχωρήθησαν. ἔστι γὰρ ὁ >τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν κύριος, ὁ ὑπὲρ τούτων καὶ ὑπὲρ πάντων >θάνατον ὑπομείνας, καὶ δι’ αὐτὰς τὴν εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἄνοδον >ἡμῖν δεδωκώς. >Πάλαι μὲν οὗν ἔγραψαν οἱ περὶ Εὐσέβιον καὶ Μάριν καὶ Θεό- >δωρον καὶ Θεογόνιον καὶ Οὐροάκιον καὶ Οὐάλεντα καὶ >καὶ Στέφανον Ἰουλίῳ τῷ συλλειτουργῷ ἡμῶν, τῆς Ῥωμαίων >κλησίας ἐπισκόπῳ, κατὰ τῶν προειρημένων συλλειτουργῶν >λέγομεν δὴ Ἀθανασίου τοῦ ἐπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας καὶ >τοῦ ἐπισκόπου Ἀγκυρογαλατίας καὶ Ἀσκληπᾶ τοῦ Γάζης. ἔγραψαν >δὲ καὶ οἱ ἀπὸ τῶν ἄλλων μερῶν ἐπίσκοποι,

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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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