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Church History 1.3.8

Eusebius of Caesarea · Church History · ca. 300–325 · Caesarea · Read in context

Summary: Some prophets were also anointed, so priests, kings, and prophets all point to Christ, the true high priest, king, and prophet.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:13

ἤδη δὲ καὶ αὐτῶν τῶν προφητῶν τινὰς διὰ χρίσματος Χριστοὺς ἐν τύπῳ γεγονέναι παρειλήφαμεν, ὡς τούτους ἃπαντας τὴν ἐπὶ τὸν ἀληθῆ Χριστὸν, τὸν ἔνθεον καὶ οὐράνιον λόγον, ἀναφορὰν ἔχειν, μόνον ἀρχιερέα τῶν ὅλων καὶ μόνον ἀπάσης κτίσεως βασιλέα καὶ μόνον προφητῶν ἀρχιπροφήτην τοῦ πατρὸς τυγχάνοντα.

English · Claude translation

We have received, moreover, that some of the prophets themselves became Christs in type by anointing, so that all these have reference to the true Christ, the divine and heavenly Word, who is the only high priest of all, the only king of all creation, and the only chief prophet of the prophets of the Father.

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Source
Dindorf 4:13 · Wilhelm Dindorf, ed., Eusebii Caesariensis Opera, vol. 4: Historiae ecclesiasticae libri I–X (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871) · Greek text: W. Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Text
As printed in Dindorf, Eusebii Opera 4. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Teubner, 1871); made independently of existing English translations.
Compare
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 1 (1890) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)
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Notes

Translation notes

  • Allusion to the anointing of Elisha (1 Kgs 19:16).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.3.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/3/8/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.3.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/3/8/).

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