Church History 3.23.19

Summary: Clement (quoted): John assured him of forgiveness, brought him back to the church with prayer and fasting, and restored him, an example of true repentance.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:111–112

ὁ δʼ “ἐγγυώμενος, ἐπομνύμενος, ὡς ἄφεσιν αὐτῷ παρὰ “τοῦ σωτῆρος ηὕρηται, δεόμενος, γονυπετῶν, αὐτὴν “τὴν δεξιὰν ὡς ὑπὸ τῆς μετανοίας κεκαθαρμένην κα- “ταφιλῶν, ἐπὶ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἐπανήγαγε, καὶ δαψι- “λέσι μὲν εὐχαῖς ἐξαιτούμενος, συνεχέσι δὲ νηστείαις “συναγωνιζόμενος, ποικίλαις δὲ σειρῆσι λόγων κατε- “πᾴδων αὐτοῦ τὴν γνώμην οὐ πρότερον ἀπῆλθεν, ὥς “φασι, πρὶν αὐτὸν ἀποκατέστησε τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ, διδοὺς “μέγα παράδειγμα μετανοίας ἀληθινῆς καὶ μέγα γνώ- “ρισμα παλιγγενεσίας, τρόπαιον ἀναστάσεως βλεπο- “μένη.”

English · Claude translation

But John, pledging and swearing that he had found forgiveness for him from the Saviour, begging, kneeling, kissing that very right hand as cleansed by repentance, led him back to the church; and interceding for him with abundant prayers, contending with him in continual fasts, and charming his mind with varied spells of words, he did not depart, they say, before he had restored him to the church, giving a great example of true repentance and a great token of regeneration, a trophy of a visible resurrection.”

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Source

Dindorf 4:111–112 · 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. 42.15 (Who Is the Rich Man That Is Saved?) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Prayer, Fasting

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.23.19 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/23/19/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.23.19 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/23/19/).

Greek text · Dindorf 4:111–112

English · Claude translation

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