Church History 5.16.18

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

Summary: The writer dates his work and refutes Maximilla's predictions of war.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:218–219

ἐν ταὐτῷ δὲ πάλιν ἕτερα μεταξὺ πρὸς ἔλεγχον τῶν τῆς Μαξιμίλλης ψευδοπροφητειῶν εἰ- πὼν, ὁμοῦ τόν τε χρόνον καθʼ ὃν ταῦτʼ ἔγραφε σημαίνει καὶ τῶν προρρήσεων αὐτῆς μέμνηται, διʼ ὧν πολέμους ἔσεσθαι καὶ ἀκαταστασίας προεμαντεύσατο, ὧν καὶ τὴν ψευδολογίαν εὐθύνει ὧδε λέγων

English · Claude translation

In the same book again, after saying other things in refutation of Maximilla's false prophecies, he indicates at once the time when he was writing and mentions her predictions, in which she foretold that there would be wars and upheavals; and he exposes their falsehood, saying:

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Source

Dindorf 4:218–219 · 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

Anon. Mont. (Anonymous Treatise against the Montanists) · allusion, medium confidence

Topics

Heresy

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.16.18 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/16/18/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.16.18 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/16/18/).

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