Church History 4.14.2

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

Summary: Eusebius introduces Irenaeus's account of Polycarp.

Textual problem in this passage: the printed text is uncertain or disputed here. See the notes.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:152

καὶ ἄλλην δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς περὶ τοῦ Πολυκάρπου παραδίδωσι διήγησιν, ἣν ἀναγκαῖον τοῖς περὶ αὐτοῦ δηλουμένοις ἐπισυνάψαι οὕτως ἔχουσαν· [Ἀπὸ τοῦ τρίτου τῶν πρὸς τὰς αἱρέσεις Εἰρηναίου.]

English · Claude translation

The same writer hands down another account about Polycarp, which it is necessary to add to what has been said about him; it runs thus:

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Source: Dindorf 4:152 · 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; the problem in this passage is discussed in the notes.
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

The editor deletes the heading that follows in the manuscripts, “From the third book of Irenaeus Against Heresies.”

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.14.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/14/2/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.14.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/14/2/).

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