Church History 10.3.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Church dedication festivals were held everywhere, with bishops and believers from far and near gathering in unity.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:449

ἐπὶ δὲ τούτοις τὸ πᾶσιν εὐκταῖον ἡμῖν καὶ ποθούμενον συνεκροτεῖτο θέαμα, ἐγκαινίων ἑορταὶ κατὰ πόλεις, καὶ τῶν ἄρτι νεοπαγῶν προσευκτηρίων ἀφιερώσεις ἐπισκόπων τε ἐπὶ ταὐτὸ συνηλύσεις, τῶν πόρρωθεν ἐξ ἀλλοδαπῆς συνδρομαὶ, λαῶν εἰς λαοὺς φιλοφρονήσεις, τῶν Χριστοῦ σώματος μελῶν εἰς μίαν συνιόντων ἁρμονίαν ἕνωσις.

English · Claude translation

After this, the spectacle for which we had all prayed and longed was brought about: festivals of dedication in the cities and consecrations of the newly built houses of prayer, gatherings of bishops in one place, concourses of those from far off and foreign lands, mutual kindnesses of people to people, the union of the members of Christ's body coming together into one harmony.

About this passage

Source

Dindorf 4:449 · 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)

Cite this passage

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 10.3.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/10/3/1/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 10.3.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/10/3/1/).