Church History 6.20.2

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

Summary: Beryllus of Bostra and Hippolytus, a bishop, left writings.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:266

τούτων Βήρυλλος σὺν ἐπιστολαῖς καὶ συγγράμμασι διαφόρους φιλοκαλίας καταλέλοιπεν. ἐπίσκοπος δʼ οὗτος ἦν τῶν κατὰ Βόστραν Ἀράβων· ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ Ἱππόλυτος, ἑτέρας που καὶ αὐτὸς προεστὼς ἐκκλησίας.

English · Claude translation

Of these, Beryllus has left various fine works along with letters. He was bishop of the Arabians at Bostra. Likewise Hippolytus, who was himself head of another church somewhere.

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Source: Dindorf 4:266 · 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

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Translation notes

Eusebius does not know Hippolytus's see.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.20.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/20/2/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.20.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/20/2/).

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