Church History 2.23.7

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

Summary: Hegesippus (quoted): James was called “the Just” and “Oblias,” meaning bulwark of the people.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:77

διά γέ τοι τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς δικαιοσύνης “ αὐτοῦ ἐκαλεῖτο δίκαιος καὶ ὠβλίας, ὅ ἐστιν Ἑλλη “νιστὶ περιοχὴ τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ δικαιοσύνη, ὡς οἱ προ- “ φῆται δηλοῦσι περὶ αὐτοῦ.

English · Claude translation

Because of the excess of his righteousness he was called the Just and Oblias, which is in Greek ‘rampart of the people’ and ‘righteousness,’ as the prophets show concerning him.

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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)

Extrabiblical texts

Hegesippus, Memoirs 5 (Hegesippus, Memoirs (fragments)) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Hegesippus. The meaning and derivation of “Oblias” are uncertain.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.23.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/23/7/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.23.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/23/7/).

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