εἰς ἑαυτοὺς ὑφαρπάζειν, μαντείαις τε πειρᾶσθαι καὶ χρησμοῖς, ὥσπερ τισὶ θελγήτροις καὶ προβολίοις, τοὺς 330 εὐχερεῖς δελεάζειν, καὶ τῆς μὲν ἐπὶ τὸν τῶν ὅλων θεὸν ἀνανεύσεως ἀποσπᾶν ἀποσπᾶν, κατασύρειν ἐπὶ τὸν πανώλεθρον τῆς δυσσεβοῦς καὶ ἀθέου δεισιδαιμονίας
βυθόν· διὸ προτροπάδην φεύγειν αὐτῶν τὰς ἀπάτας μόνοις Ἑβραίοις ἄνωθεν ἐξ αἰῶνος ἐσπουδάζετο. διαρρήδην παιδεύουσιν ὅτι πάντες οἱ θεοὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν δαιμόνια.
Praeparatio Evangelica. Eusebius. ed. Wilhelm Dindorf. Germany. 2014.
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