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Church History 4.14.9

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

Summary: Polycarp's letter uses testimonies from 1 Peter.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:153

ταῦτα ὁ Εἰρήναιος. ὁ γέ τοι Πολύκαρπος ἐν τῇ δηλωθείσῃ πρὸς Φιλιππησίους αὐτοῦ γραφῇ φερομένῃ εἰς δεῦρο κέχρηταί τισι μαρτυρίαις ἀπὸ τῆς Πέτρου προτέρας ἐπιστολῆς.

English · Claude translation

So much Irenaeus. Polycarp, in his writing to the Philippians mentioned, which is extant to this day, uses some testimonies from the former letter of Peter.

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Source
Dindorf 4:153 · 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
  • Pol. Phil. 1.3 (To the Philippians) · allusion, high confidence
Topics
Scripture and canon

Notes

Translation notes

  • E.g. Pol. Phil. 1.3 (1 Pet 1:8), 2.1 (1 Pet 1:13, 21).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.14.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/14/9/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.14.9 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/14/9/).

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