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Church History 4.16.1

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

Summary: Justin, after presenting his second apology, was martyred through the plotting of the Cynic Crescens, whom he had often refuted.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:163

Κατὰ τούτους δὲ καὶ ὁ μικρῷ πρόσθεν ἡμῖν δηλωθεὶς Ἰουστῖνος, δεύτερον ὑπὲρ τῶν καθʼ ἡμᾶς δογμάτων βιβλίον ἀναδοὺς τοῖς δεδηλωμένοις ἄρχουσι, θείῳ κατακοσμεῖται μαρτυρίῳ, φιλοσόφου Κρίσκεντος (τὸς φερώνυμον δὲ οὑτος τῇ Κυνικῇ προσηγορίᾳ βίον τε καὶ τρόπον ἐζήλου) τὴν ἐπιβουλὴν αὐτῷ καταρτύσαντος, ἐπείπερ πλεονάκις ἐν διαλόγοις ἐπʼ ἀκροατῶν εὐθύνας αὐτὸν τὰ νικητήρια τελευτῶν ὑπὲρ ἡς ἐπρέσβευεν ἀληθείας διὰ τοῦ μαρτυρίου τοῦ κατʼ αὐτὸν ἀνεδήσατο.

English · Claude translation

At this time Justin too, whom we mentioned a little earlier, having presented a second book on behalf of our doctrines to the rulers mentioned, was adorned with divine martyrdom, when the philosopher Crescens (who emulated the life and manners of the Cynics, as his name suggested) laid a plot against him; since Justin had often refuted him in debates before hearers, he at last bound on the victor's crown, by his own martyrdom, for the truth he championed.

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Source
Dindorf 4:163 · 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
  • Justin, 2 Apol. (Second Apology) · allusion, high confidence
Topics
Martyrdom

Notes

Translation notes

  • Eusebius's “as his name suggested” rests on the Cynics' name (κύων, “dog”); the pun is obscure.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.16.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/16/1/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.16.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/16/1/).

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