# Historia ecclesiastica 2.8.43

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/historia-ecclesiastica/2.8.43

οὐ λέγομεν τὸν πατέρα υἱὸν εἶναι οὐδὲ πάλιν τὸν >πατέρα εἶναι· ἀλλ’ ὁ πατὴρ πατήρ ἐστι καὶ ὁ υἱὸς πατρὸς >ὁμολογοῦμεν δύναμιν εἶναι τοῦ πατρὸς τὸν υἱόν· ὁμολογοῦμεν τὸν >λόγον θεοῦ πατρὸς εἶναι, παρ’ ὃν ἕτερος οὐκ ἔστιν, καὶ τὸν >ἀληθῆ θεὸν καὶ σοφίαν καὶ δύναμιν. ἀληθῆ δὲ υἱὸν >ἀλλ᾿ οὐχ ὥσπερ οἱ λοιποὶ υἱοὶ προσαγορεύονται τὸν υἱὸν >ὅτι ἐκεῖνοι ἢ διὰ τοῦτο θεοὶ εἶεν τοῦ ἀναγεννᾶσθαι χάριν ἢ διὰ >καταξιωθῆναι υἱοὶ προσαγορεύονται, οὐ διὰ τὴν μίαν >ἥτις ἐστὶ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ.

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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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