Church History 7.4.1

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

Summary: Dionysius told Stephen that the churches had rejected Novatian and were at peace.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:298–299

Πλεῖστα δὴ οὖν αὐτῷ περὶ τούτου διὰ γραμμάτων ὁ Διονύσιος ὁμιλήσας τελευτῶν δηλοῖ ὡς ἄρα τοῦ διωγμοῦ λελωφηκότος αἱ πανταχόσε ἐκκλησίαι τὴν κατὰ Νοουάτον ἀποστραφεῖσαι νεωτεροποιίαν εἰρήνην πρὸς ἑαυτὰς ἀνειλήφεσαν. γράφει δὲ ὧδε·

English · Claude translation

Dionysius, having written to him at great length about this, finally shows that, the persecution having abated, the churches everywhere had rejected the innovation of Novatus and resumed peace among themselves. He writes thus:

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Source: Dindorf 4:298–299 · 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

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 7.4.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/7/4/1/).

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 7.4.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/7/4/1/).

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