Church History 4.15.44

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

Summary: The Martyrdom (quoted): the church will gather there yearly to celebrate the “birthday” of his martyrdom.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:162

ἔνθα ὡς “ δυνατὸν ἡμῖν συναγομένοις ἐν ἀγαλλιάσει καὶ χαρδ “παρέξει ὁ κύριος ἐπιτελεῖν τὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου αὐτου “ἡμέραν γενέθλιον, εἴς τε τὴν τῶν προηθληκότων “ μνήμην καὶ τῶν μελλόντων ἄσκησίν τε καὶ ἑτοιμα- “σίαν.

English · Claude translation

There, as we are able, gathering in exultation and joy, the Lord will grant us to celebrate the birthday of his martyrdom, both in memory of those who have already contended and for the training and preparation of those to come.

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Source

Dindorf 4:162 · 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

Mart. Pol. 18.3 (Martyrdom of Polycarp) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Martyrdom

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Mart. Pol. 18.3, the earliest witness to an annual commemoration of a martyr.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.15.44 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/15/44/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.15.44 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/15/44/).

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