Church History 2.23.25

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

Summary: James and Jude are disputed letters, seldom cited by the ancients, yet read publicly in most churches.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:80–81

ἰστέον δὲ ὡς νοθεύεται μὲν, οὐ πολλοὶ γοῦν τῶν παλαιῶν αὐτῆς ἐμνημόνουσαν, ὡς οὐδὲ τῆς λεγομένης Ἰούδα μιᾶς καὶ αὐτῆς οὔσης τῶν ἑπτὰ λεγομένων καθολικῷ ὅμως δʼ ἴσμεν καὶ ταύτας μετὰ τῶν λοιπῶν ἐν πλείσταις δεδημοσιευμένας ἐκκλησίαις.

English · Claude translation

It must be known, however, that it is disputed; at least not many of the ancients have mentioned it, as is also the case with the one called Jude's, which is also one of the seven called catholic. Nevertheless we know that these too have been publicly used, with the rest, in most churches.

About this passage

Source: Dindorf 4:80–81 · 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)
Topics: Scripture and canon

Notes

Translation notes

νοθεύεται (“is disputed”, literally “is regarded as spurious”) reflects doubts about its authorship, not rejection; compare 3.25.3.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.23.25 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/23/25/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.23.25 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/23/25/).

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