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Church History 10.4.35

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

Summary: Christ does not neglect those who faltered under persecution but heals and comforts them.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:461

εἰ δὲ καὶ ταῖς τῶν τυράννων ἀπειλαῖς τὰς ψυχάς τινες ἀπενάρκησαν, οὐδὲ τούτους ὁ σωτήριος ἀθεραπεύτους παρορᾷ λόγος· εὖ μάλα δὲ καὶ αὐτοὺς ἰώμενος εἰς τὴν τοῦ θείου παράκλησιν παρορμᾷ λέγων·

English · Claude translation

And if some had their souls numbed by the threats of the tyrants, the saving Word does not pass them by uncured either, but healing them too, he urges them to divine comfort, saying:

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Source
Dindorf 4:461 · 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)
Topics
Persecution

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 10.4.35 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/10/4/35/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 10.4.35 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/10/4/35/).

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