Church History 5.1.17 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Dindorf 4:186–187

“ὑπερβεβλημένως δὲ ἐνέσκηψεν ἡ ὀργὴ πᾶσα καὶ “ὄχλου καὶ ἡγεμόνος καὶ στρατιωτῶν εἰς Σάγκτον “τὸν διάκονον ἀπὸ Βιέννης, καὶ εἰς Μάτουρον, νεο- “φώτιστον μὲν, ἀλλὰ γενναῖον ἀγωνιστὴν, καὶ εἰς “Ἄτταλον Περγαμηνὸν τῷ γένει, στῦλον καὶ “τῶν ἐνταῦθα ἀεὶ γεγονότα, καὶ εἰς Βλανδῖναν, δι ἧς ἐπέδειξεν ὁ Χριστὸς ὅτι τὰ παρὰ ἀνθρώποις εὐτελῆ καὶ ἀειδῆ καὶ εὐκαταφρόνητα φαινόμενα μεγάλης καταξιοῦται παρὰ θεῷ δόξης, διὰ τὴν πρὸς “αὐτὸν ἀγάπην, τὴν ἐν δυνάμει δεικνυμένην, καὶ μὴ “ἐν εἴδει καυχωμένην.

English · Claude translation

The whole fury of mob, governor, and soldiers fell beyond measure on Sanctus, the deacon from Vienne; on Maturus, newly baptized but a noble contender; on Attalus, a native of Pergamum, who had always been a pillar and support of the Christians here; and on Blandina, through whom Christ showed that things that appear cheap, unsightly, and contemptible among human beings are counted worthy of great glory with God, because of love for him shown in power and not boasting in appearance.

About this passage

Source

Dindorf 4:186–187 · 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)

Scripture

1 Cor 1:27 · allusion, medium confidence
1 Tim 3:15 · echo, low confidence

Extrabiblical texts

Ep. Lugd. (Letter of the Churches of Vienne and Lyons) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Martyrdom, Church office

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from the Letter of Vienne and Lyons; cf. 1 Cor 1:27–28. The digital text lacks a word after στῦλον καὶ (probably ἑδραίωμα, “support”, from 1 Tim 3:15), which is translated.

Cite this passage

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.1.17 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/1/17/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.1.17 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/1/17/).