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Church History 1.7.17

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

Summary: Since the law required marriage within one's tribe, Mary too was of Joseph's tribe.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:28–29

καὶ δὴ τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ ὧδέ πως γενεαλογουμένου, δυνάμει καὶ ἡ Μαρία σὺν αὐτῷ πέφηνεν ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς οὖσα φυλῆς, εἴ γε κατὰ τὸν Μωυσέως νόμον οὐκ ἐξῆν ἑτέραις ἐπιμίγνυσθαι φυλαῖς· ἑνὶ γὰρ τῶν ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ δήμου καὶ πατριᾶς τῆς αὐτῆς ξευγνυσθαι πρὸς γάμον παρακελεύεται ὡς ἂν μὴ περιστρέφοιτο τοῦ γένους ὁ κλῆρος ἀπὸ φυλῆς ἐπὶ φυλήν. ὡδὶ μὲν οὖν καὶ ταῦτα ἐχέτω.

English · Claude translation

And since Joseph's genealogy is traced in this way, Mary too is implicitly shown to be of the same tribe as he, since by the law of Moses it was not permitted to intermarry with other tribes; for it commands to be joined in marriage with one of the same district and the same family, so that the inheritance of the family might not pass from tribe to tribe. Let this, too, be as it is.

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Source
Dindorf 4:28–29 · 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 Num 36:6–9.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.7.17 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/7/17/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.7.17 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/7/17/).

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