# Historia ecclesiastica 5.16.7

Theodoretus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 5, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/historia-ecclesiastica/5.16.7

καὶ τὰ μὲν πάθη τοῦ σώματος ὑπουργοῦντα ἔχει ταῖς κατὰ τῆς ψυχῆς τεκταινομένοις ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ μηχαναῖς· μόνος δὲ ὁ νοῦς ἐγρηγορὼς περιγίγνεται τῇ περὶ τὰ θεῖα ῥοπῇ τῶν μηχανημάτων διαλύων τὴν ῥύμην. τῆς ἀνθρωπείας δὴ οὖν φύσεως καὶ ὁ θαυμάσιος οὗτος μετασχὼν βασιλεὺς καὶ τῶν παθημάτων μετέλαχε, καὶ τῷ δικαίῳ θυμῷ ἀμετρία προσγινομένη ὠμόν τι καὶ παράνομον εἰργάσατο πάθος. ἐρῶ δὲ καὶ τοῦτο τῆς τῶν ἐντευξομένων εἵνεκα ὠφελείας οὐ γὰρ μόνον κατηγορίαν ἔχει τοῦ θαυμαστοῦ βασιλέως, ἀλλὰ καὶ εὐφημίαν μνήμης ἀξιωτάτην.

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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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