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Church History 4.17.2

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

Summary: Justin (quoted): a formerly dissolute woman, converted, urged her licentious husband to reform, warning of eternal punishment.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:165

γράφει δὲ ὧδε “ γυνή τις συνεβίου ἀνδρὶ ἀκολασταίνοντι, ἀκολασταίνουσα καὶ αὐτὴ πρότερον. ἐπειδὴ δὲ τὰ “τοῦ Χριστοῦ διδάγματα ἔγνω, ἐσωφρονίσθη, καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα ὁμοίως σωφρονεῖν πείθειν ἐπειρᾶτο, τὰ δι- “δάγματα ἀναφέρουσα, τήν τε μέλλουσαν τοῖς οὐ σω- “φρόνως καὶ μετὰ λόγου ὀρθοῦ βιοῦσιν ἔσεσθαι ἐν “αἰωνίῳ πυρὶ κόλασιν ἀπαγγέλλουσα.

English · Claude translation

He writes thus: “A certain woman lived with a husband who was licentious, she herself having formerly been licentious too. But when she came to know the teachings of Christ, she became self-controlled and tried to persuade her husband likewise to be self-controlled, relating the teachings and declaring the punishment in eternal fire that will come to those who do not live with self-control and right reason.

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Source
Dindorf 4:165 · 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. 2 (Second Apology) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Marriage, Ethics, Eschatology

Notes

Translation notes

  • The quotation (4.17.2–13) is Justin, 2 Apol. 2.1–20.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.17.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/17/2/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.17.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/17/2/).

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