Church History 3.36.14

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

Summary: Polycarp (quoted) promises to forward the Philippians' letter to Syria.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:130

καὶ ἐξῆς ἐπιφέρει “ἐγράψατέ μοι καὶ ὑμεῖς καὶ Ἰγνα “τιος, ἵνα ἐάν τις ἀπέρχηται εἰς Συρίαν, καὶ τὰ παρ “ὑμῶν ἀποκομίσῃ γράμματα. ὅπερ ποιήσω, ἐὰν “καιρὸν εὔθετον, εἴτε· ἐγὼ, εἴτε ὃν πέμπω πρεσβεύ- “ σοντα καὶ περὶ ὑμῶν.

English · Claude translation

And next he adds: “Both you and Ignatius wrote to me that if anyone goes to Syria, he should carry your letters too. This I will do, if I find a suitable opportunity, either myself or one whom I send as envoy on your behalf also.

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Source

Dindorf 4:130 · 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

Pol. Phil. 13.1 (To the Philippians) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Pol. Phil. 13.1.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.36.14 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/36/14/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.36.14 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/36/14/).

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