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Church History 3.23.18

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

Summary: Clement (quoted): the youth threw down his weapons, wept, and embraced John, “baptized again” in tears, hiding his right hand.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:111

ὁ δὲ ἀκού- “σας πρῶτον μὲν ἔστη κάτω βλέπων, εἶτα ἔρριψε τὰ “ὅπλα, εἶτα τρέμων ἔκλαιε πικρῶς. προσελθόντα δὲ “τὸν γέροντα περιέλαβεν, ἀπολογούμενος ταῖς οἰμω- “γαῖς ὡς ἐδύνατο καὶ τοῖς δάκρυσι βαπτιζόμενος ἐκ “δευτέρου, μόνην ἀποκρύπτων τὴν δεξιάν.

English · Claude translation

When he heard this, he first stood still, looking down; then he threw away his weapons; then, trembling, he wept bitterly. When the old man came up, he embraced him, pleading for himself with lamentations as best he could, and baptized a second time with his tears, keeping only his right hand hidden.

About this passage

Source
Dindorf 4:111 · 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. 42.14 (Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved?) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Baptism

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation from Clement, Quis div. 42.14. “Baptized a second time with tears” is a figure for repentance.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.23.18 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/23/18/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.23.18 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/23/18/).

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