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Church History 2.23.5

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

Summary: Hegesippus (quoted): James lived as a lifelong Nazirite, abstaining from wine, meat, oil, and baths.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:77

οὗτος “ δὲ ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς αὐτοῦ ἅγιος ἦν. οἶνον καὶ σί- “ κερα οὐκ ἔπιεν, οὐδὲ ἔμψυχον ἔφαγε. ξυρὸν ἐπὶ “ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀνέβη, ἔλαιον οὐκ ἠλείψατο, “ καὶ βαλανείῳ οὐκ ἐχρήσατο.

English · Claude translation

He was holy from his mother's womb. He drank no wine or strong drink, nor did he eat animal flesh. No razor went up on his head; he did not anoint himself with oil, and he did not use the bath.

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Source
Dindorf 4:77 · 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)
Scripture
Extrabiblical texts
  • Hegesippus, Memoirs 5 (Hegesippus, Memoirs (fragments)) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Fasting, Ethics

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation from Hegesippus. The language echoes Luke 1:15 and the Nazirite vow (Num 6:3–5).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.23.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/23/5/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.23.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/23/5/).

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