Sophia Scriptura

Church History 6.2.8

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

Summary: His father made him memorize and recite Scripture daily.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:241

ἐξ ἅπαντος γοῦν αὐτὸν, πρὸ τῆς τῶν Ἑλληνικῶν μαθημάτων μελέτης, ἐνῆγε τοῖς ἱεροῖς ἐνασκεῖσθαι παιδεύμασιν, ἐκμαθήσεις καὶ ἀπαγγελίας ἡμέρας ἑκάστης αὐτὸν εἰσπραττόμενος.

English · Claude translation

Above all, before the study of Greek learning, he urged him to be trained in sacred studies, requiring him every day to learn by heart and recite.

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Source
Dindorf 4:241 · 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
Scripture and canon

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.2.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/2/8/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.2.8 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/2/8/).

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