Church History 6.43.15

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

Summary: Novatian never received the bishop's sealing, and so, Cornelius argues, not the Spirit.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:292

οὐ μὴν οὐδὲ τῶν λοιπῶν ῾ἔτυχε διαφυγὼν τὴν νόσον, ὧν χρὴ μεταλαμβάνειν κατὰ τὸν τῆς ἐκκλησίας κανόνα, τοῦ τε σφραγισθῆναι ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου. τούτων δὲ μὴ τυχὼν πῶς ἂν τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἔτυχε;”

English · Claude translation

Nor, when he had escaped the illness, did he receive the other things which one ought to partake of according to the rule of the church, namely to be sealed by the bishop. And not having received these, how could he have received the Holy Spirit?”

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Source

Dindorf 4:292 · 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

Cornelius of Rome, Cornelius (Cornelius of Rome, Letter to Fabius of Antioch) · quotation, high confidence

Topics

Baptism, Church office

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Cornelius of Rome. The sealing is the post-baptismal anointing or laying on of hands by the bishop.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.43.15 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/43/15/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.43.15 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/43/15/).

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