Church History 5.8.7 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Dindorf 4:207

ταῦτα καὶ περὶ τῆς ἀποκαλύψεως ἱστόρηται τῷ δεδηλωμένῳ. μέμνηται δὲ καὶ τῆς Ἰωάννου πρώτης ἐπιστολῆς, μαρτύρια ἐξ αὐτῆς πλεῖστα εἰσφέρων, ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ τῆς Πέτρου προτέρας. οὐ μόνον δὲ οἶδεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀποδέχεται τὴν τοῦ Ποιμένος γραφὴν λέγων καλῶς οὖν εἶπεν ἡ γραφὴ ἡ λέγουσα, πρῶτον πάντων πίστευσον ὅτι εἷς ἐστὶν ὁ θεὸς, ὁ τʼ. πάντα κτίσας καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς.

English · Claude translation

These are the things recorded by this writer about the Apocalypse. He also mentions the first letter of John, bringing many testimonies from it, and likewise the first of Peter. And he not only knows but also accepts the writing of the Shepherd, saying: “Well then did the Scripture speak, which says, ‘First of all believe that God is one, who created all things,’” and so on.

About this passage

Source

Dindorf 4:207 · 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

Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 4.20.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies) · quotation, high confidence
Herm. Mand. 1.1 (Shepherd of Hermas: Mandates) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

Notes

Translation notes

Irenaeus, Against Heresies 4.20.2, quoting Hermas, Mandate 1.1.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (wrong accent and missing space in the digital text): οὑν εἶπενἡγραφὴ → οὖν εἶπεν ἡ γραφὴ.

Cite this passage

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.8.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/8/7/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.8.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/8/7/).