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Church History 3.39.5

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

Summary: Papias names two Johns: the apostle among the apostles, and John the presbyter with Aristion.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:133–134

ἔνθα καὶ ἐπιστῆσαι ἄξιον δὶς καταριθμοῦντι αὐτῷ τὸ Ἰωάννου ὄνομα, ὧν τὸν μὲν πρότερον Πέτρῳ καὶ Ἰακώβῳ καὶ Ματθαίῳ καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς ἀποστόλοις συγκαταλέγει, σαφῶς δηλῶν τὸν εὐαγγελιστὴν, τὸν δʼ ἕτερον Ἰωάννην διαστείλας τὸν λόγον ἐν ἑτέροις παρὰ τὸν τῶν ἀποστόλων ἀριθμὸν κατατάσσει, προτάξας αὐτοῦ τὸν Ἀριστίωνα, σαφῶς τε αὐτὸν πρεσβύτερον ὀνομάζει·

English · Claude translation

Here it is worth noting that he twice lists the name John. The first he lists with Peter, James, Matthew, and the rest of the apostles, clearly indicating the evangelist; the other John, with a distinction in his statement, he places outside the number of the apostles, putting Aristion before him, and clearly calls him presbyter.

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Source
Dindorf 4:133–134 · 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)

Notes

Translation notes

  • Eusebius's distinction of two Johns remains debated.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.39.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/39/5/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.39.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/39/5/).

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