Church History 4.12.1

Summary: Justin (quoted) addresses his apology to the emperor and his sons as a native of Flavia Neapolis; the emperor also issued an ordinance to the Council of Asia.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:150

“ Αὐτοκράτορι Τίτῳ ῾Αἰλίῳ ’Αδριανῷ Ἀντωνίνῳ Εὐσεβεῖ Καίσαρι Σεβα- “στῷ, καὶ Οὐηρισσίμῳ υἱῷ φιλοσόφῳ, καὶ Λουκίῳ ῾φιλοσόφῳ, Καίσαρος φύσει υἱῷ καὶ Εὐσεβοῦς εἰσποι- “ητῷ, ἐραστῇ παιδείας, ἱερᾷ τε συγκλήτῳ καὶ παντὶ “δήμῳ Ῥωμαίων, ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐκ παντὸς γένους ἀνθρώ- “πων ἀδίκως μισουμένων καὶ ἐπηρεαζομένων, ’Ιουστῖνος Πρίσκου τοῦ Βακχείου, τῶν ἀπὸ Φλαουίας “ Νέας πόλεως τῆς Συρίας Παλαιστίνης, εἷς αὐτῶν ὢν, τὴν προσφώνησιν καὶ ἔντευξιν ποιήσομαι. ” ἐντευχθεὶς δὲ καὶ ὑφʼ ἑτέρων ὁ αὐτὸς βασιλεὺς ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀσίας ἀδελφῶν, παντοίαις ὕβρεσι πρὸς τῶν ἐπιχωρίων δήμων καταπονουμένων, τοιαύτης ἠξίωσε τὸ κοινὸν τῆς Ἀσίας διατάξεως·

English · Claude translation

“To the emperor Titus Aelius Hadrian Antoninus Pius Caesar Augustus, and to Verissimus his son, the philosopher, and to Lucius the philosopher, by nature son of Caesar and by adoption of Pius, a lover of learning, and to the sacred senate and the whole people of the Romans, on behalf of those of every race of men who are unjustly hated and abused, I, Justin, son of Priscus, son of Bacchius, of Flavia Neapolis in Syria Palestine, being one of them, make this address and petition.” The same emperor, petitioned also by other brothers in Asia who were being harassed with all kinds of outrages by the local populace, thought fit to make the following ordinance to the Council of Asia:

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Source

Dindorf 4:150 · 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

Justin, 1 Apol. 1 (First Apology) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Persecution

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.12.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/12/1/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.12.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/12/1/).

Greek text · Dindorf 4:150

English · Claude translation

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