Church History 6.41.14

Summary: But the steadfast became wonderful martyrs of Christ's kingdom.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:285

οἱ δὲ στερροὶ “καὶ μακάριοι στῦλοι τοῦ κυρίου, κραταιωθέντες ὑπʼ “αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῆς ἰσχυρᾶς ἐν ἑαυτοῖς πίστεως ἀξίαν “καὶ ἀνάλογον δύναμιν καὶ καρτερίαν λαβόντες, “θαυμαστοὶ γεγόνασιν αὐτοῦ τῆς βασιλείας μάρτυρες. “

English · Claude translation

But the firm and blessed pillars of the Lord, strengthened by him and receiving power and endurance worthy of and proportionate to the strong faith in them, became wonderful witnesses of his kingdom.

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Source
Dindorf 4:285 · 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.
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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
  • Dionysius of Alexandria (Dionysius of Alexandria (letters and fragments)) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Martyrdom

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Translation notes

  • Quotation from Dionysius of Alexandria.

Notes on the original text

  • Digital text corrected (wrong accent in the digital text): τῆς ἰσχυρὰς → τῆς ἰσχυρᾶς.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.41.14 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/41/14/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.41.14 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/41/14/).

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