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Church History 4.23.3

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

Summary: Quadratus restored the Athenian church after Publius; Dionysius the Areopagite was its first bishop.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:172–173

Κοδράτου δὲ μετὰ τὸν μαρτυρήσαντα Πούπλιον καταστάντος αὐτῶν ἐπισκόπου μέμνηται, ἐπιμαρτυρῶν ὡς διὰ τῆς αὐτοῦ σπουδῆς ἐπισυναχθέντων καὶ τῆς πίστεως ἀναζωπύρησιν εἰληχότων. δηλοῖ δʼ ἐπὶ τούτοις ὡς καὶ Διονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεοπαγίτης ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀποστόλου Παύλουπροτραπεὶς ἐπὶ τὴν πίστιν κατὰ τὰ ἐν ταῖς Πράξεσι δεδηλωμένα πρῶτος τῆς Ἀθήνησι παροικίας τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν ἐγκεχείριστο.

English · Claude translation

He mentions Quadratus as appointed their bishop after the martyr Publius, testifying that through his zeal they were gathered together again and obtained a rekindling of their faith. He shows besides that Dionysius the Areopagite too, who was converted to the faith by the apostle Paul, according to what is shown in the Acts, was the first to be entrusted with the episcopate of the community at Athens.

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Source
Dindorf 4:172–173 · 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)
Scripture
Extrabiblical texts
  • Dionysius of Corinth, Letter to the Athenians (Dionysius of Corinth (letters)) · allusion, high confidence
Topics
Church office

Notes

Translation notes

  • Allusion to Acts 17:34.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.23.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/23/3/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.23.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/23/3/).

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