Church History 7.11.6

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

Summary: The court record: Aemilianus reminds Dionysius and his clergy of the emperors' kindness.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:307

αὐτῶν δὲ ἐπα- ‟κούσατε τῶν ὑπ´ ἀμφοτέρων λεχθέντων ὡς ὑπεμνη- “ματίσθη. εἰσαχθέντων Διονυσίου καὶ Φαύστου καὶ “Μαξίμου καὶ Μαρκέλλου καὶ Χαιρήμονος Αἰμιλια- ‟νὸς διέπων τὴν ἡγεμονίαν εἶπε· καὶ ἀγράφως ὑμῖν “διελέχθην περὶ τῆς φιλανθρωπίας τῶν κυρίων ἡμῶν ‟ᾗ περὶ ὑμᾶς κέχρηνταί.

English · Claude translation

But hear what was said by both sides, as it was recorded: “When Dionysius, Faustus, Maximus, Marcellus, and Chaeremon had been brought in, Aemilianus, acting prefect, said: ‘I have also spoken to you orally about the kindness which our lords have shown toward you.

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Source

Dindorf 4:307 · 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

Topics

Persecution

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Dionysius of Alexandria, Letter to Germanus, quoting the official court record (to 7.11.11).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 7.11.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/7/11/6/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 7.11.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/7/11/6/).

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