Church History 6.10.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: In his absence Dius, Germanion, and Gordius succeeded as bishop, until Narcissus returned and resumed office.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:252–253

Τοῦ δὲ Ναρκίσσου ἀνακεχωρηκότος, καὶ μηδαμῶς ὅπη ὢν τυγχάνοι γινωσκομένου, δόξαν τοῖς τῶν ὁμόρων ἐκκλησιῶν προεστῶσιν ἐφʼ ἑτέρου μετίασιν ἐπισκόπου χειροτονίαν. Δῖος τούτῳ ὄνομα ἦν· ὃν οὐ πολὺν προστάντα χρόνον Γερμανίων διαδέχεται καὶ τοῦτον Γόρδιος, καθʼ ὃν ὥσπερ ἐξ ἀναβιώσεως ἀναφανείς ποθεν ὁ Νάρκισσος αὖθις ὑπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἐπὶ τὴν προστασίαν παρακλεῖται, μειζόνως ἔτι μᾶλλον τῶν πάντων ἀγασθέντων αὐτὸν, τῆς τε ἀναχωρήσεως ἕνεκα καὶ τῆς φιλοσοφίας, καὶ ἐφʼ ἅπασι διʼ ἣν παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ κατηξίωτο ἐκδίκησιν.

English · Claude translation

When Narcissus had withdrawn and nobody knew where he was, it seemed good to those who presided over the neighbouring churches to proceed to the ordination of another bishop. His name was Dius. He presided for no long time and was succeeded by Germanion, and he by Gordius. In his time Narcissus appeared from somewhere as though returned to life, and was again summoned by the brothers to preside, all admiring him still more because of his withdrawal and philosophy, and above all because of the vengeance of which God had deemed him worthy.

About this passage

Source

Dindorf 4:252–253 · 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

Church office

Cite this passage

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.10.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/10/1/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.10.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/10/1/).