Church History 2.17.23

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

Summary: Eusebius claims Philo describes deacons and a presiding bishop among them.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:69

πρὸς τούτοις γράφει τὸν τῆς προστασίας τρόπον τῶν τὰς ἐκκλησιαστικὰς λειτουργίας ἐγκεχειρισμένων, διακονίας τε καὶ τὰς ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ἀνωτάτω τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς προεδρίας. τούτων δʼ ὅτῳ πόθος ἔνεστι τῆς ἀκριβοῦς ἐπιστάσεως, μάθοι ἂν ἐκ τῆς δηλωθείσης τἀνδρὸς ἱστορίας.

English · Claude translation

In addition he describes the manner of presiding of those entrusted with the church's ministries, the diaconates, and the presidency of the episcopate, highest above all. Whoever wishes to know these things exactly may learn them from the man's account mentioned.

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Source

Dindorf 4:69 · 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. 66–79 (Philo of Alexandria (works)) · allusion, medium confidence

Topics

Church office

Notes

Translation notes

Eusebius reads Christian offices into Philo's description of the Therapeutae (e.g. Contempl. 66–67, 75, 79).

Cite this passage

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.17.23 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/17/23/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.17.23 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/17/23/).

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