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Church History 7.30.6

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

Summary: The synod: since Paul has left the rule of faith, his conduct as an outsider need not be judged — yet they describe it.

Greek text · Dindorf 4:334–335

μεθʼ ἕτερα δʼ αὖθις τὸν βίον τοῦ αὐτοῦ, οἵας ἐτύγχανεν ἀγωγῆς, διαγράφουσιν ἐν τούτοις “ὅπου γε ἀποστὰς “τοῦ κανόνος ἐπὶ κίβδηλα καὶ νόθα διδάγματα με- “τελήλυθεν, οὐδὲν δεῖ τοῦ ἔξω ὄντος τὰς πράξεις κρίνειν·

English · Claude translation

After other things they again describe his life, what manner of conduct he had, in these words: “But since he has departed from the rule and gone over to spurious and bastard teachings, there is no need to judge the deeds of one who is outside;

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Source
Dindorf 4:334–335 · 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)
Scripture
Extrabiblical texts
  • Ep. syn. Ant. (Synodal Letter against Paul of Samosata) · quotation, high confidence
Topics
Heresy

Notes

Translation notes

  • Quotation from the synodal letter against Paul of Samosata; cf. 1 Cor 5:12. The following charges are a hostile polemical account.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 7.30.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/7/30/6/).

Plain text
Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 7.30.6 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/7/30/6/).

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