Church History 10.4.45 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Dindorf 4:464

ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ τοὔδαφος ἄρα εἰς ἀμελὲς ἔκειτο αὐτῷ· καὶ τόδε γοῦν λίθῳ μαρμάρῳ εὖ μάλα κόσμῳ παντὶ λαμπρύνας, ἤδη λοιπὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἐκτὸς τοῦ νεὼ μετῄει, ἐξέδρας καὶ οἴκους τοὺς παρʼ ἑκάτερα μεγίστους ἐπισκευάζων εὐτέχνως, ἐπὶ ταυτὸν εἰς πλευρὰ τῷ βασιλείῳ συνεζευγμένους καὶ ταῖς ἐπὶ μέσον οἶκον εἰσβολαῖς ἡνωμένους· ἃ καὶ αὐτὰ τοῖς ἔτι καθάρσεως καὶ περιρραντηρίων τῶν διὰ ὕδατος καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐγχρῄζουσιν ὁ εἰρηνικώτατος ἡμῶν Σολομῶν ὁ τὸν νεὼν τοῦ θεοῦ δειμάμενος ἀπειργάζετο, ὡς μηκέτι λόγον, ἀλλʼ ἔργον γεγονέναι τὴν ἄνω λεχθεῖσαν προφητείαν.

English · Claude translation

Nor did he leave the floor neglected, but made it bright with marble in every kind of beauty. Then at last he went on to the parts outside the temple, skillfully building on either side very large exedrae and halls, joined together along the sides of the royal house and united with the entrances into the central hall. These too our most peaceful Solomon, who built the temple of God, prepared for those who still need cleansing and sprinkling by water and the Holy Spirit, so that the prophecy spoken above has become no longer a word but a deed.

About this passage

Source

Dindorf 4:464 · 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

John 3:5 · echo, medium confidence

Topics

Baptism

Notes

Translation notes

“Most peaceful Solomon” plays on Solomon's name (peace). The side halls were probably for catechumens and baptism; compare John 3:5.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (wrong breathing in the digital text): ἠμῶν Σολομῶν → ἡμῶν Σολομῶν.

Cite this passage

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 10.4.45 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/10/4/45/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 10.4.45 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/10/4/45/).