Church History 4.9.2

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

Summary: Hadrian (quoted): accusers must bring formal charges in court, not petitions or popular outcry.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:146

εἰ οὖν “σαφῶς εἰς ταύτην τὴν ἀξίωσιν οἱ ἐπαρχιῶται δύ- “νανται διισχυρίζεσθαι κατὰ τῶν Χριστιανῶν, ὡς “καὶ πρὸ βήματος ἀποκρίνασθαι, ἐπὶ τοῦτο μόνον “τραπῶσιν, ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἀξιώσεσιν οὐδὲ μόναις βοαῖς. “πολλῷ γὰρ μᾶλλον προσῆκεν, εἴ τις κατηγορεῖν βού- “λοιτο, τοῦτό σε διαγινώσκειν.

English · Claude translation

If, then, the provincials can clearly support this petition against the Christians, so as to answer before the tribunal, let them take this course alone, but not petitions nor mere clamours. For it is much more fitting, if anyone wishes to accuse, that you should examine this.

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Source

Dindorf 4:146 · 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, 1 Apol. 68 (First Apology) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Persecution

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Hadrian's rescript (Justin, 1 Apol. 68).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.9.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/9/2/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 4.9.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/4/9/2/).

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