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Church History 6.12.4

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

Summary: Serapion had allowed the Gospel of Peter to be read without examining it, but now, hearing of heresy, will return.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:255

ἐγὼ γὰρ γενόμενος παρʼ ὑμῖν ‘ὑπενόουν τοὺς πάντας ὀρθῇ πίστει προσφέρεσθαι, καὶ μὴ διελθὼν τὸ ὑπʼ αὐτῶν προφερόμενον ὀνό- “ματι Πέτρου εὐαγγέλιον εἶπον ὅτι, εἰ τοῦτό ἐστι “μόνον τὸ δοκοῦν ὑμῖν παρέχειν μικροψυχίαν, ἀναγινωσκέσθω. νῦν δὲ μαθὼν ὅτι αἱρέσει τινὶ ὁ νοῦς “αὐτῶν ἐνεφώλευεν ἐκ τῶν λεχθέντων μοι, σπουδάσω πάλιν γενέσθαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς, ὥστε, ἀδελφοὶ, “προσδοκᾶτέ με ἐν τάχει.

English · Claude translation

For when I was with you, I supposed that all held the right faith, and, without going through the Gospel put forward by them under Peter's name, I said, ‘If this is the only thing that seems to cause you petty dispute, let it be read.’ But now, having learned from what was told me that their mind was lurking in some heresy, I will hasten to come to you again; so, brothers, expect me soon.

About this passage

Source
Dindorf 4:255 · 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
  • Gos. Pet. (Gospel of Peter) · allusion, high confidence
  • Serapion of Antioch, Serapion (Serapion of Antioch (letters)) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Scripture and canon, Heresy

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation from Serapion, On the Gospel of Peter.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.12.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/12/4/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.12.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/12/4/).

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