Church History 4.17.5

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

Summary: Justin (quoted): when her husband behaved even worse in Alexandria, she served him a bill of divorce (repudium) so as not to share his sins.

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

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:165–166

ἐπειδὴ δὲ “ ὁ ταύτης ἀνὴρ εἰς τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρειαν πορευθεὶς χα- “λεπώτερα πράττειν ἀπηγγέλθη, ὅπως μὴ κοινωνὸς “ τῶν ἀδικημάτων καὶ ἀσεβημάτων γένηται, μένουσα “ἐν τῇ συζυγίᾳ, καὶ ὁμοδίαιτος καὶ ὁμόκοιτος γινο- “μένη, τὸ λεγόμενον παρʼ ἡμῖν ῥεπούδιον δοῦσα “ ἐχωρίσθη.

English · Claude translation

But when her husband went to Alexandria and was reported to be behaving worse, so that she might not become a partner in his wrongs and impieties by remaining in the marriage and sharing his table and bed, she gave him what is called among us a repudium and was separated.

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Source

Dindorf 4:165–166 · 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)

Extrabiblical texts

Justin, 2 Apol. 2 (Second Apology) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Divorce, Marriage

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Justin, 2 Apol. 2.6. Ῥεπούδιον transliterates the Latin repudium, the Roman formal notice of divorce. Eusebius's text reads “among us” (παρʼ ἡμῖν); the manuscript of Justin has “among you” (παρʼ ὑμῖν). Justin presents the separation approvingly as a refusal to share in the husband's sins; he says nothing about remarriage.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.17.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/17/5/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.17.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/17/5/).

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