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‘ [7] ἥντινα διάνοιαν σωτηριώδη διὰ τὴν πίστιν τῆς ὑμετέρας θεοσεβείας τοὺς θεοὺς ὑμῖν ἐμβεβληκέναι δῆλόν ἐστιν. ἐκεῖνος τοιγαροῦν, ἐκεῖνος ὁ ὕψιστος καὶ μέγιστος Ζεύς, ὁ προκαθήμενος τῆς λαμπροτάτης ὑμῶν πόλεως, ὁ τοὺς πατρῴους ὑμῶν θεοὺς καὶ γυναῖκας καὶ τέκνα καὶ ἑστίαν καὶ οἴκους ἀπὸ πάσης ὀλεθρίου φθορᾶς ῥυόμενος, ταῖς ὑμετέραις ψυχαῖς τὸ σωτήριον ἐνέπνευσεν βούλημα, ἐπιδεικνὺς καὶ ἐμφαίνων ὅπως ἐξαίρετόν ἐστιν καὶ λαμπρὸν καὶ σωτηριῶδες μετὰ τοῦ ὀφειλομένου σεβάσματος τῇ θρῃσκείᾳ καὶ ταῖς ἱεροθρῃσκείαις τῶν ἀθανάτων θεῶν προσιέναι. ’
Eusebius, The Ecclesiastical History, Vol 1-2. Eusebius of Caesarea. Kirsopp Lake. J.E.L. Oulton. H.J. Lawlor. William Heinemann; G.P. Putnam's Press; Harvard University Press. London; New York; Cambridge, Mass. 1926-1932. Keyboarding.
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