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Church History 5.1.22

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

Summary: Sanctus stood firm, refreshed by the living water that flows from Christ.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:188

καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ἐκαίετο, αὐτὸς δὲ πα- “ρέμενεν ἀνεπίκαμπτος καὶ ἀνένδοτος, στερρὸς πρὸς “τὴν ὁμολογίαν, ὑπὸ τῆς οὐρανίου πηγῆς τοῦ ὕδα- “τος τῆς ζωῆς τοῦ ἐξιόντος ἐκ τῆς νηδύος τοῦ Χρι- “στοῦ δροσιζόμενος καὶ ἐνδυναμούμενος.

English · Claude translation

These were burning, but he remained unbending and unyielding, firm in his confession, bedewed and strengthened by the heavenly fountain of the water of life that flows from the belly of Christ.

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Source
Dindorf 4:188 · 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
  • Ep. Lugd. (Letter of the Churches of Vienne and Lyons) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Martyrdom

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation from the Letter of Vienne and Lyons, alluding to John 7:38 and Rev 21:6.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.1.22 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/1/22/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.1.22 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/1/22/).

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