Church History 5.1.48 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Dindorf 4:194

ἐδοξάζετο δὲ μεγάλως ὁ Χριστὸς ἐπὶ τοῖς “πρότερον ἀρνησαμένοις, τότε παρὰ τὴν τῶν ἐθνῶν “ὑπόνοιαν ὁμολογοῦσι. καὶ γὰρ ἰδία̣ οὗτοι ἀνητά- “ζοντο, ὡς δῆθεν ἀπολυθησόμενοι, καὶ ὁμολογοῦντες “προσετίθεντο τῷ τῶν μαρτύρων κλήρῳ. ἔμειναν δὲ ἔξω οἱ μηδὲ ἴχνος πώποτε πίστεως, μηδὲ αἴσθησιν “ἐνδύματος νυμφικοῦ, μηδὲ ἔννοιαν φόβου θεοῦ “σχόντες, ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ τῆς ἀναστροφῆς αὐτῶν βλασ- “φημοῦντες τὴν ὁδὸν, τουτέστιν οἱ υἱοὶ τῆς ἀπω- “λείας.

English · Claude translation

Christ was greatly glorified in those who had formerly denied, since then, contrary to the Gentiles' expectation, they confessed. For they were examined separately, supposedly to be released, and confessing they were added to the lot of the martyrs. Those remained outside who had never had any trace of faith, nor any sense of the wedding garment, nor any thought of the fear of God, but through their conduct blasphemed the Way, that is, the sons of perdition.

About this passage

Source

Dindorf 4:194 · 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

Matt 22:11 · allusion, high confidence
2 Pet 2:2 · echo, medium confidence
2 Thess 2:3 · echo, medium confidence

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 Matt 22:11–12, 2 Pet 2:2, and John 17:12 / 2 Thess 2:3.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (misread letter in the digital text): ιουτέστιν → τουτέστιν.

Cite this passage

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.1.48 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/1/48/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.1.48 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/1/48/).