Church History 4.11.3

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

Summary: Irenaeus exposes the hidden wickedness of Valentinus's system.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:148

ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς Εἰρηναῖος τὸν ἄπειρον βυθὸν τῆς Οὐαλεντίνου πολυπλανοῦς ὕλης εὐτονώτατα διαπλώσας, ἑρπετοῦ δίκην φωλεύοντος ἀπόκρυφον οὖσαν αὐτοῦ καὶ λεληθυῖαν ἀπογυμνοῖ τὴν κακίαν.

English · Claude translation

The same Irenaeus, having most vigorously sounded the boundless depth of Valentinus's much-erring system, lays bare his wickedness, which was hidden and concealed like a lurking serpent.

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Source

Dindorf 4:148 · 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

Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.1–8 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies) · allusion, high confidence

Topics

Heresy

Notes

Translation notes

The source is Irenaeus, Haer. 1.1–8.

Cite this passage

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.11.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/11/3/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.11.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/11/3/).

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