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Church History 2.1.11

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

Summary: Simon, revered as “the great power of God,” was amazed at Philip's miracles and was baptized in pretended faith.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:47

ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον δʼ ὁ Σίμων βεβοημένος κατʼ εκεῖνο καιροῦ τῶν ἠπατημένων ἐκράτει γοητείᾳ ὡς τὴν μεγάλην αὐτὸν ἡγεῖσθαι εἶναι δύναμιν τοῦ θεοῦ. τότε δʼ οὖν καὶ οὕτος τὰς ὑπὸ τοῦ Φιλίππου δυνάμει θείᾳ τελουμένας καταπλαγεὶς παραδοξοποιίας παραδύεται, καὶ μέχρι λουτροῦ τὴν εἰς Χριστὸν πίστιν καθυποκρίνεται.

English · Claude translation

Simon was at that time so famous and held such sway by sorcery over those he had deceived that they thought him to be the great power of God. Yet then he too, astonished at the wonders performed by Philip through divine power, slipped in and feigned faith in Christ even to the point of baptism.

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Source
Dindorf 4:47 · 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)
Scripture
Topics
Baptism, Heresy

Notes

Translation notes

  • Allusion to Acts 8:9–13.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.1.11 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/1/11/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.1.11 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/1/11/).

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