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Church History 5.19.3

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

Summary: Bishops signed Serapion's letter; one testifies that Sotas of Anchialus tried to exorcize Priscilla's demon but was prevented.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:225

ἐν ταύτῃ δὲ τῇ τοῦ Σαραπίωνος ἐπιστολῇ καὶ ὑποσημειώσεις φέρονται διαφόρων ἐπισκόπων, ὧν ὁ μέν τις ὧδέ πως ὑποσεσημείωται “Αὐρήλιος Κυρήνιος μάρτυς ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς εὔχομαι”, ὁ δέ τις τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον “Αἴλιος Πούπλιος Ἰούλιος ἀπὸ Δεβελτοῦ κολωνίας τῆς Θρᾴ- κης ἐπίσκοπος· ζῇ ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, ὅτι Σωτᾶς ὁ μακάριος ὁ ἐν Ἀγχιάλῳ ἠθέλησε τὸν δαίμονα τὸν Πρισκίλλης ἐκβαλεῖν, καὶ οἶ ὑποκριταὶ οὐκ ἀφῆκαν.

English · Claude translation

In this letter of Serapion signatures of various bishops are also found. One of them has signed somewhat thus: “I, Aurelius Quirinius, a martyr, pray for your health.” Another in this way: “Aelius Publius Julius, bishop of Debeltum, a colony of Thrace: as God lives who is in heaven, the blessed Sotas in Anchialus wished to cast out the demon of Priscilla, and the hypocrites would not allow it.”

About this passage

Source
Dindorf 4:225 · 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
  • Serapion of Antioch, Serapion (Serapion of Antioch (letters)) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Heresy, Church office

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation of signatures appended to Serapion's letter. “Martyr” here probably means a living confessor.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.19.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/19/3/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.19.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/19/3/).

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