Church History 3.34.1

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

Summary: In Trajan's third year Clement of Rome died and Evarestus succeeded him.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:127

Τῶν δὲ ἐπὶ ‘Ρώμης ἐπισκόπων ἔτει τρίτῳ τῆς τοῦ προειρημένου βασιλέως ἀρχῆς Κλήμης Εὐαρέστῳ παραδοὺς τὴν λειτουργίαν ἀναλύει τὸν βίον, τὰ πάντα προστὰς ἔτη ἐννέα τῆς τοῦ θείου λόγου διδασκαλίας.

English · Claude translation

Of the bishops at Rome, in the third year of the reign of the emperor mentioned, Clement handed the ministry to Evarestus and departed this life, having presided over the teaching of the divine word nine years in all.

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Source: Dindorf 4:127 · 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: Church office

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.34.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/34/1/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 3.34.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/3/34/1/).

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