Church History 6.14.5
Summary: Clement records the presbyters' tradition that the Gospels with genealogies were written first.
Greek text · Dindorf 4:257–258
αὖθις δʼ ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς ὁ Κλήμης βιβλίοις περὶ τῆς τάξεως τῶν εὐαγγελίων παράδοσιν τῶν ἀνέκαθεν πρεσβυτέρων τέθειται, τοῦτον ἔχουσαν τὸν τρόπον· προγε- γράφθαι [ἔλεγεν] τῶν εὐαγγελίων τὰ περιέχοντα τὰς γενεαλογίας,
English · Claude translation
Again, in the same books Clement has set down a tradition of the presbyters of old about the order of the Gospels, in this manner. He said that the Gospels containing the genealogies were written first,
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Translation notes
- Report of Clement, Outlines. The Gospels with genealogies are Matthew and Luke.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misread letter in the digital text): τόν εὐαγγελίων → τῶν εὐαγγελίων.
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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.14.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/14/5/).
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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.14.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/14/5/).
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