Church History 1.7.15

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

Summary: Africanus (quoted) concludes that his explanation is the best available and that the Gospel is true.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:28

εἴτʼ οὖν οὕτως εἴτʼ ἄλλως ἔχει, σαφε- “ στἐραν ἐξήγησιν οὐκ ἂν ἔχοι τις ἄλλος ἐξευρεῖν, ὡς “ ἔγωγε νομίζω πᾶς τε ὃς εὐγνώμων τυγχάνει. καὶ “ αὕτη μελέτω, εἰ καὶ μὴ ἐμμάρτυρός ἐστι, τῷ “ μὴ κρείττονα ἢ ἀληθεστέραν ἔχειν εἰπεῖν. τό γέ τοι εὐαγγέλιον πάντως ἀληθεύει.’’

English · Claude translation

Whether then it is so or otherwise, no one could find a clearer explanation, as I at least think, and so does every fair-minded person. Let this suffice us, even if it is not attested, since we have nothing better or truer to say. The Gospel at any rate speaks the truth in every respect.”

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Source

Dindorf 4:28 · 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

Julius Africanus, Letter to Aristides (Julius Africanus (fragments)) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Julius Africanus, Letter to Aristides.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.7.15 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/7/15/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 1.7.15 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/1/7/15/).

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