Church History 4.14.1

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

Summary: Irenaeus reports that Polycarp visited Anicetus in Rome to discuss the date of Easter.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:151–152

Ἐπὶ δὲ τῶν δηλουμένων, Ἀνικήτου τῆς ῾Ρωμαίων ἐκκλησίας ἡγουμένου, Πολύκαρπον ἔτι περιόντα τῷ βίῳ γενέσθαι τε ἐπὶ ῾Ρώμης καὶ εἰς ὁμιλίαν τῷ Ἀνικήτῳ ἐλθεῖν διά τι ζήτημα περὶ τῆς κατὰ τὸ πάσχα ἡμέρας, Εἰρη- ναῖος ἱστορεῖ.

English · Claude translation

In the times indicated, while Anicetus was leading the church of the Romans, Irenaeus relates that Polycarp, still alive, was at Rome and came into conference with Anicetus about some question concerning the day of the Passover.

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Source

Dindorf 4:151–152 · 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

Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 3.3.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies) · allusion, medium confidence

Notes

Translation notes

Compare 5.24.16.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.14.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/14/1/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.14.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/14/1/).

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