Church History 10.5.12

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

Summary: The governor must carry out the order quickly for the sake of public peace.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:475–476

ἐν οἶς πᾶσι τῷ προειρημένῳ σώματι τῶν Χριστιανῶν τὴν σπουδὴν δυνατώτατα παρασχεῖν ὀφείλεις, ὅπως τὸ ἡμέτερον κέλευσμα τὴν ταχίστην παραπληρωθῇ, ὅπως καὶ ἐν τούτῳ διὰ τῆς ἡμετέρας χρηστότητος πρόνοια γένηται τῆς κοινῆς καὶ δημοσίας ἡσυχίας.

English · Claude translation

In all these matters you ought to show the utmost zeal on behalf of the aforesaid body of the Christians, so that our command may be carried out as quickly as possible, and so that in this too provision may be made through our kindness for the common and public tranquility.

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Source

Dindorf 4:475–476 · 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

Lactantius, Mort. 48.10 (On the Deaths of the Persecutors) · echo, high confidence

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 10.5.12 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/10/5/12/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 10.5.12 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/10/5/12/).

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