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Church History 6.14.4

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

Summary: Clement cites a presbyter: Paul did not call himself apostle of the Hebrews, since the Lord himself was their apostle.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:257

εἶτα ὑποβὰς ἐπιλέγει ‘ἤδη δὲ ὡς ὁ μακάριος ἔλεγε πρεσβύτερος, ἐπεὶ ὁ ‘κύριος ἀπόστολος ὢν τοῦ παντοκράτορος ἀπεστάλη ῾πρὸς Ἑβραίους, διὰ μετριότητα ὁ Παῦλος, ὡσὰν εἰς τὰ ἔθνη ἀπεσταλμένος, οὐκ ἐγγράφει ἑαυτὸν Ἑβραίων ἀπόστολον, διά τε τὴν πρὸς τὸν κύριον τιμὴν, διά τε τὸ ἐκ περιουσίας καὶ τοῖς Ἑβραίοις ἐπιστέλλειν, ἐθνῶν κήρυκα ὄντα καὶ ἀπόστολον.”

English · Claude translation

Then further on he adds: “But now, as the blessed presbyter used to say, since the Lord, being the apostle of the Almighty, was sent to the Hebrews, Paul, out of modesty, as one sent to the Gentiles, does not inscribe himself apostle of the Hebrews, both out of honour for the Lord and because it was a work of supererogation for him to write also to the Hebrews, being herald and apostle of the Gentiles.”

About this passage

Source
Dindorf 4:257 · 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
  • Heb 3:1 · allusion, high confidence
Extrabiblical texts
  • Clement of Alexandria, Clement, Hyp. (Clement of Alexandria, Hypotyposes (fragments)) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Scripture and canon, Christology

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation from Clement, Outlines, citing “the blessed presbyter” (probably Pantaenus); cf. Heb 3:1.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.14.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/14/4/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.14.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/14/4/).

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