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Church History 6.41.6

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

Summary: The Christians accepted the loss of their goods with joy, and scarcely any denied the Lord.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:283

ἐξέκλινον δὲ καὶ ὑπανεχώρουν οἱ ἀδελφοὶ, καὶ τὴν ἁρπαγὴν τῶν ὑπαρχόντων, ὁμοίως ἐκείνοις οἷς καὶ Παῦλος ἐμαρτύρησε, μετὰ χαρᾶς προσεδέξαντο. καὶ οὐκ οἶδʼ εἴ τις, πλὴν εἰ μή πού τις εἶς ἐμπεσὼν, μέχρι γε τούτου τὸν κύριον ἠρνήσατο.

English · Claude translation

The brothers gave way and withdrew, and accepted the plundering of their goods with joy, like those to whom Paul bore witness. And I do not know that anyone, except perhaps one who fell into their hands, has so far denied the Lord.

About this passage

Source
Dindorf 4:283 · 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
Extrabiblical texts
  • Dionysius of Alexandria (Dionysius of Alexandria (letters and fragments)) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Persecution

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation from Dionysius of Alexandria, alluding to Heb 10:34 (which Dionysius ascribes to Paul).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.41.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/41/6/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.41.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/41/6/).

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