Sophia Scriptura

Church History 2.17.12

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

Summary: Eusebius guesses the “ancient writings” were the Gospels, apostolic letters, and interpretations such as Hebrews.

Textual problem in this passage: the printed text is uncertain or disputed here. See the notes.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:67

ταῦτα μὲν ἔοικεν εἰρῆσθαι τῷ ἀνδρὶ, τὰς ἱερὰς ἐξηγουμένων αὐτῶν ἐπακροασαμένῳ γραφάς. τάχα δʼ εἰκὸς, ἅ φησιν ἀρχαίων παρʼ αὐτοῖς εἶναι συγγράμματα, τά τε εὐαγγέλια καὶ τὰς τῶν ἀποστόλων γραφὰς, διηγήσεις τέ τινας κατὰ τὸ εἰκὸς τῶν πάλαι προφητῶν ἐρμηνευγικὰς, ὁποίας ἥ τε πρὸς Ἑβραίους καὶ ἄλλαι πλείους τοῦ Παύλου περιέχουσιν ἐπιστολαὶ, ταῦτʼ εἷναι.

English · Claude translation

These things the man seems to have said after listening to them expounding the sacred Scriptures. And it is quite likely that the writings of the ancients which he says they had were the Gospels and the writings of the apostles, and probably some interpretations of the ancient prophets, such as the Letter to the Hebrews and many other letters of Paul contain.

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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; the problem in this passage is discussed in the notes.
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)
Topics
Scripture and canon

Notes

Translation notes

  • Eusebius's own conjecture.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.17.12 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/17/12/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.17.12 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/17/12/).

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