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Church History 7.11.17

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

Summary: He was consoled that the new place was nearer Alexandria, so friends could visit and assemble.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:309

ἔτυχον δὲ παραμυθίας, “ὑπομνησάντων με τῶν ἀδελφῶν, ὅτι γειτνιᾷ μᾶλλον ‟τῇ πόλει, καὶ ἡ μὲν Κεφρὼν πολλὴν ἡμῖν ἦγεν “ἀδελφῶν τῶν ἀπʼ Αἰγύπτου τὴν ἐπιμιξίαν, ὡς “πλατύτερον ἐκκλησιάζειν δύνασθαι, ἐκεῖ δὲ πλησιαί- “τερον οὔσης τῆς πόλεως συνεχέστερον τῆς τῶν “ὄντως ἀγαπητῶν καὶ οἰκειοτάτων καὶ φιλτάτων “ὄψεως ἀπολαύσομεν. ἀφίξονται γὰρ καὶ ἀναπαύ- “σονται, καὶ ὡς ἐν προαστείοις πορρωτέρω κειμένοις ‟κατὰ μέρος ἔσονται συναγωγαί. καὶ οὕτως ἐγένετο.”

English · Claude translation

But I found comfort when the brothers reminded me that it was nearer the city; and while Cephro brought us much intercourse with the brothers from Egypt, so that we could hold assemblies more widely, there, since the city was nearer, we would enjoy more often the sight of those truly beloved, most intimate, and dearest. For they would come and stay, and, as in suburbs lying farther out, there would be assemblies by turns. And so it happened.”

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Source
Dindorf 4:309 · 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
  • Dionysius of Alexandria (Dionysius of Alexandria (letters and fragments)) · quotation, high confidence
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Persecution

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  • Quotation from Dionysius of Alexandria.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 7.11.17 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/7/11/17/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 7.11.17 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/7/11/17/).

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