Church History 4.15.35

Summary: The Martyrdom (quoted): Polycarp ended with praise to the Father through Christ in the Holy Spirit.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:160

διὰ τοῦτο καὶ περὶ πάντων σὲ αἰνο “σὲ εὐλογῶ, σὲ δοξάζω, διὰ τοῦ αἰωνίου ἀρχιερέο ῾ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ σου παιδὸς, δι “σοι σὺν αὐτῷ ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ δόξα, καὶ νῦν καὶ εἰ “ τοὺς μέλλοντας αἰῶνας, ἀμήν.’

English · Claude translation

For this reason and for all things I praise you, I bless you, I glorify you, through the eternal high priest Jesus Christ, your beloved Child, through whom be glory to you with him in the Holy Spirit, both now and for the ages to come. Amen.’

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Source
Dindorf 4:160 · 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.
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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
  • Mart. Pol. 14.3 (Martyrdom of Polycarp) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Prayer, Trinity

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation from Mart. Pol. 14.3.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.15.35 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/15/35/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.15.35 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/15/35/).

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