1Eusebius explains to Carpianus how his ten canon tables, built on Ammonius's Gospel harmony, let a reader find the parallel passages of the four Gospels by section numbers and red-ink canon marks.
authentic · Eusebius's covering letter to Carpianus for his ten canon tables, a system of cross-reference between the four Gospels based on the Diatessaron of Ammonius of Alexandria.
Standing
Not honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by the Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant traditions. Bishop of Caesarea, in communion with most of the East; sympathetic to Arius but signed Nicaea.
Date
ca. 300–325 (approximate) · Written before the Council of Nicaea; not securely dated.
Written at
Caesarea, Palestine (probable)
Addressed to
Carpianus
Language
Greek
Genre
letter
Reference system
the letter is a single section (the edition has no divisions)
SBL abbreviation
Ep. Carp.Not yet checked
Clavis
CPG 3468 (not yet checked)
Text from
J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologiae cursus completus, Series Graeca, vol. 22 (Paris, 1857), cols. 1275–1278 (Printed edition in the public domain; Greek text from the Internet Archive OCR of a library scan)
Critical editions
Eberhard Nestle, Novum Testamentum Graece (the letter is printed in the apparatus volumes of the older editions); Nestle–Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece, 28th ed. (Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, 2012), the letter and canon tables (cited only; not reproduced) (cited, not reproduced)