# Historia ecclesiastica 2.9.9

Theodoretus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/historia-ecclesiastica/2.9.9

ὁ δέ γε στρατηγὸς διαφερόντως ἐβόα, ἀντι- βολῶν κελεῦσαι τὸν βασιλέα μὴ συνοδικῶς ἀλλὰ δικαστικῶς ἐξετασθῆναι τὸ παράνομον τόλμημα, καὶ τοὺς τῶν ἐπισκόπων κληρικοὺς ὑπισχνεῖτο πρώτους εἰς αἰκίαν ἐκδώσειν, χρῆναι δὲ καὶ τοῦ Στεφάνου τοὺς ὑπηρέτας ταῦτα παθεῖν. ἐκείνου δὲ ἀναίδην ζυγομαχοῦντος καὶ λέγοντος μὴ δεῖν κληρικοὺς ὑπομεῖναι πληγάς, ἔδοξε καὶ βασιλεῖ καὶ τοῖς ἄρχουσιν ἔνδον ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις τοῦ πράγματος γενέσθαι τὴν βάσανον.

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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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