Church History 3.23.10

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

Summary: Clement (quoted): like a runaway horse he plunged ever deeper into evil.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:110

ὁ δὲ κατʼ ὀλί– “γον προσειθίζετο, καὶ διὰ μέγεθος φύσεως, ἐκστὰς ” ὥσπερ ἄστομος καὶ εὔρωστος ἵππος ὀρθῆς ὁδοῦ καὶ “τὸν χαλινὸν ἐνδακὼν, μειζόνως κατὰ τῶν βαράθρων “ἐφέρετο.

English · Claude translation

He gradually grew accustomed, and because of the greatness of his nature, departing from the right road like a hard-mouthed and powerful horse that has taken the bit in its teeth, he rushed all the more headlong into the abyss.

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Source

Dindorf 4:110 · 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

Clement of Alexandria, Quis div. 42.6 (Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved?) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Clement, Quis div. 42.6.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.23.10 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/23/10/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.23.10 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/23/10/).

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