Church History 2.17.11

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

Summary: Philo (quoted): they use the writings of their founders as models of allegory.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:67

“ ἔστι δʼ αὐτοῖς καὶ συγγράμματα παλαιῶν ἀνδρῶν, “ οἳ τῆς αἱρέσεως αὐτῶν ἀρχηγέται γενόμενοι πολλὰ “ μνημεῖαδ τῆς ἐν τοῖς ἀλληγορουμένοις ἰδέας ἀπέλιπον, “ οἷς καθάπερ τισὶν ἀρχετύποις χρώμενοι μιμοῦνται τῆς προαιρέσεως τὸν τρόπον.

English · Claude translation

They also have writings of ancient men, who were the founders of their sect and left many memorials of the allegorical method, which they use as archetypes and imitate the manner of their principle.”

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Source

Dindorf 4:67 · 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

Philo, Contempl. 29 (Philo of Alexandria (works)) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Scripture and canon

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Philo, Contempl. 29. “Sect” renders αἵρεσις in its neutral sense.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.17.11 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/17/11/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.17.11 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/17/11/).

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