Sophia Scriptura

Church History 5.28.14

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

Summary: They neglect Scripture for Euclid, Aristotle, Theophrastus, and Galen.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:238

καταλιπόντες “δὲ τὰς ἁγίας τοῦ θεοῦ γραφὰς γεωμετρίαν ἐπιτη- “δεύουσιν, ὡσὰν ἐκ τῆς γῆς ὄντες καὶ ἐκ τῆς γῆς “λαλοῦντες, καὶ τὸν ἄνωθεν ἐρχόμενον ἀγνοοῦντες. “Εὐκλείδης γοῦν παρά τισιν αὐτῶν φιλοπόνως γεω- “μετρεῖται, Ἀριστοτέλης δὲ καὶ Θεόφραστος θαυμά- “ζονται, Γαληνὸς γὰρ ἴσως ὑπό τινων καὶ προσκυ- “νεῖται.

English · Claude translation

Abandoning the holy Scriptures of God, they practise geometry, being of the earth and speaking of the earth, and not knowing him who comes from above. Euclid, at any rate, is diligently studied by some of them; Aristotle and Theophrastus are admired; and Galen perhaps is even worshipped by some.

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Source
Dindorf 4:238 · 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
Topics
Heresy, Scripture and canon

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation from the anonymous work against Artemon, echoing John 3:31.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.28.14 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/28/14/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.28.14 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/28/14/).

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