Church History 2.1.3

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

Summary: Clement (quoted): Peter, James, and John did not seek honour but chose James the Just as bishop of Jerusalem.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:45

Κλήμης δὲ ἐν ἕκτῳ τῶν ἐγχειρισθῆναι γράφων ὧδε παρίστησι ‘Πέτρον “ γάρ φησι καὶ Ἰάκωβον καὶ Ἰωάννην μετὰ τὴν ἀνά΄ληψιν τοὐ σωτῆρος, ὡσὰν καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ κυρίου προτετιμημένους, μὴ ἐπιδικάζεσθαι δόξης, ἀλλʼ Ἰáκω- “ βον τὸν δίκαιον ἐπίσκοπον Ἰεροσολύμων ἑλέσθαι.’’

English · Claude translation

And Clement, writing in the sixth book of the Outlines, presents it thus: “For Peter,” he says, “and James and John, after the ascension of the Saviour, although they had been preferred by the Lord, did not contend for glory, but chose James the Just as bishop of Jerusalem.”

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Source

Dindorf 4:45 · 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.

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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)

Extrabiblical texts

Clement of Alexandria, Clement, Hyp. book 6 (Clement of Alexandria, Hypotyposes (fragments)) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Church office

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Clement of Alexandria, Hypotyposes, book 6 (lost). The digital text reads “in the sixth of the ἐγχειρισθῆναι”, a copying error for “Outlines” (Ὑποτυπώσεων).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.1.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/1/3/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.1.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/1/3/).

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