Church History 4.29.5

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

Summary: The Severians use the Law, Prophets, and Gospels, but reject Paul and Acts.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:180–181

χρῶνται μὲν οὐν οὑτοι νόμῳ καὶ προφήταις καὶ εὐαγγελίοις, ἰδίως ἑρμηνεύοντες τῶν ἱερῶν τὰ νοήματα γραφῶν· βλασφημοῦντες δὲ Παῦλον τὸν ἀπόστολον ἀθετοῦσιν αὐτοῦ τὰς ἐπιστολὰς, μηδὲ τὰς Πράξεις τῶν ἀποστόλων καταδεχόμενοι.

English · Claude translation

These use the Law, the Prophets, and the Gospels, interpreting the meaning of the sacred Scriptures in their own way; but they blaspheme Paul the apostle and reject his letters, nor do they accept the Acts of the Apostles.

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Source: Dindorf 4:180–181 · 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)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.29.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/29/5/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.29.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/29/5/).

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