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Church History 2.25.8

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

Summary: Dionysius of Corinth (quoted) says Peter and Paul both taught in Corinth and Italy and were martyred at the same time.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:82

ὡς δὲ κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν ἄμφω καιρὸν ἐμαρτύρησαν, Κορινθίων ἐπίσκοπος Διονύσιος ἐγγράφως Ῥωμαίοις ὁμιλῶν ὧδέ πως παρίστησιν “ ταῦτα καὶ ὑμεῖς διὰ τῆς τοσαύτης νουθεσίας “τὴν ἀπὸ Πέτρου καὶ Παύλου φυτείαν γενηθεῖσαν “ Ῥωμαίων τε καὶ Κορινθίων συνεκεράσατε. καὶ γὰρ “ἄμφω καὶ εἰς τὴν ἡμετέραν Κόρινθον φυτεύσαντες ἡμᾶς ὁμοίως ἐδίδαξαν· ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ εἰς τὴν Ἰτο “ λίαν ὁμόσε διδάξαντες ἐμαρτύρησαν κατὰ τὸν αὐτʼ “ καιρόν.’ καὶ ταῦτα δὲ, ὡς ἂν ἔτι μᾶλλον πιστωθε τὰ τῆς ἱστορίας.

English · Claude translation

That both bore witness at the same time, Dionysius, bishop of the Corinthians, in a letter addressed to the Romans, shows thus: “By such an admonition you too have joined together the planting of Peter and Paul at Rome and Corinth. For both of them alike planted in our Corinth and taught us likewise; and likewise, having taught together in Italy too, they were martyred at the same time.” And this I have quoted so that the history may be still more confirmed.

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Source
Dindorf 4:82 · 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)
Extrabiblical texts
  • Dionysius of Corinth, Letter to the Romans (Dionysius of Corinth (letters)) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Martyrdom

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation from Dionysius of Corinth, Letter to the Romans.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.25.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/25/8/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.25.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/25/8/).

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