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Church History 7.22.12

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

Summary: In his letter to Hermammon Dionysius describes the peace under Gallienus.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:321

Ἑρμάμμωνι δὲ καὶ τοῖς κατʼ Αἴγυπτον ἀδελφοῖς διʼ ἐπιστολῆς ὁμιλῶν, πολλά τε ἄλλα περὶ τῆς Δεκίου καὶ τῶν μετʼ αὐτὸν διεξελθὼν κακοτροπίας, τῆς κατὰ τὸν Γαλλιηνὸν εἰρήνης ἐπιμιμνήσκεται.

English · Claude translation

Addressing Hermammon and the brothers in Egypt by letter, and relating much else about the wickedness of Decius and his successors, he mentions the peace under Gallienus.

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Source
Dindorf 4:321 · 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
  • Dionysius of Alexandria (Dionysius of Alexandria (letters and fragments)) · allusion, high confidence
Topics
Persecution

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 7.22.12 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/7/22/12/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 7.22.12 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/7/22/12/).

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