Church History 6.44.1 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Dionysius wrote to Fabius, who leaned toward Novatian, and told a wonderful story.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:294

Τῷ δʼ αὐτῷ τούτῳ Φαβίῳ ὑποκατακλινομένῳ πως τῷ σχίσματι καὶ Διονύσιος ὁ κατʼ Ἀλεξάνδρειαν ἐπιστείλας, πολλά τε καὶ ἄλλα περὶ μετανοίας ἐν τοῖς πρὸς αὐτὸν γράμμασι διελθὼν, τῶν τε κατʼ Ἀλεξάνδρειαν ἔναγχος τότε μαρτυρησάντων τοὺς ἀγῶνας διιὼν, μετὰ τῆς ἄλλης ἱστορίας πρᾶγμά τι μεστὸν θαύματος διηγεῖται, ὃ καὶ αὐτὸ ἀναγκαῖον τῇδε παραδοῦναι τῇ γραφῇ, οὕτως ἔχον

English · Claude translation

To this same Fabius, who was somewhat inclined toward the schism, Dionysius of Alexandria also wrote; and in his letter to him, after discussing much else about repentance and describing the contests of those recently martyred at Alexandria, he tells, with the rest of his account, a story full of wonder, which must also be handed down in this work. It is as follows:

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Source

Dindorf 4:294 · 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

Heresy

Cite this passage

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.44.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/44/1/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 6.44.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/6/44/1/).