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Church History 5.16.21

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

Summary: Martyrs prove nothing: the Marcionites have many martyrs but do not truly confess Christ.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:219

καὶ γὰρ τῶν ἄλλων “αἱρέσεών τινες πλείστους ὅσους ἔχουσι μάρτυρας, “καὶ οὐ παρὰ τοῦτο δήπου συγκαταθησόμεθα, οὐδὲ “ἀλήθειαν ἔχειν αὐτοὺς ὁμολογήσομεν. καὶ πρῶτοί “γε οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς Μαρκίωνος αἱρέσεως Μαρκιωνισταὶ “καλούμενοι πλείστους ὅσους ἔχειν Χριστοῦ μάρτυ- “ρας λέγουσιν, ἀλλὰ τόν γε Χριστὸν αὐτὸν κατʼ ἀλήθειαν οὐχ ὁμολογοῦσι.” καὶ μετὰ βραχέα τούτοις ἐπιφέρει λέγων

English · Claude translation

For some of the other heresies have very many martyrs, and surely we shall not on that account agree with them or confess that they have the truth. First of all, those called Marcionites, from the heresy of Marcion, say that they have very many martyrs of Christ, yet they do not confess Christ himself in truth.” And shortly after he adds:

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Source
Dindorf 4:219 · 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) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Heresy, Martyrdom, Christology

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation from the Anonymous Anti-Montanist.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.16.21 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/16/21/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 5.16.21 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/5/16/21/).

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