Church History 7.48
Greek text: PG 67 (OCR text layer from the Bavarian State Library, cleaned for this site).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0). Compare: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 2 (1890).
Chapter 7
7.48PG 67:839–841
Πρόκλος δὲ ὁ ἐπίσκοπος κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν τοῦτον χρόνον περὶ τὴν ἑπτακαιδεκάτην ὑπατείαν τοῦ βασιλέως, πράγματι θαυμαστῷ ἐπεχείρισε, καὶ οἷον οὐδεὶς τῶν πάλαι ἐπισκόπων πεποίηκε. Φίρμου γὰρ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου τῆς ἐν Καισαρείᾳ Καππαδοκίας τελευτήσαντος, παρῆσαν Καισαρεῖς ζητοῦντες ἐπίσκοπου. Ὡς δὲ διεσκέπτετο τίνα πρὸς τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν προχειρίσαιτο, συνέβη κατὰ θέαν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ Σαββάτων, πάντας τοὺς τῆς γερουσίας συγκλητικοὺς ἐπὶ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν παρεῖναι. Ἐν οἷς ἦν καὶ Θαλάσσιος, ἀνὴμ τὴν ὕπαρχον χειρίσας ἀρχὴν τῶν ἐν Ἰλλυρικοῖς ἐθνῶν τε καὶ πόλεων. Μέλλοντι δὲ αὐτῷ, ὡς φήμη ἐκράτει, τὴν τῶν Ἑῴων μερῶν ἐγχειρίζεσθαι παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως φροντίδα, ἐπιβαλὼν χεῖρα ὁ Πρόκλος, ἀντὶ ὑπάρχου Καισαρείας ἀνέδειξεν. ᾿Αλλὰ τὰ μὲν κατὰ τὰς ἔχχλησίας οὕτω προέχοπτεέν. Ἡμεῖς δὲ ἐνταῦθά που τὴν Ἱστορίαν χαταπαύσαντες, ἐν εἰρήνῃ διάγειν τὰς πανταχοῦ ᾿Ἐχκχλησίας καὶ πόλεις καὶ ἔθνη εὐχόμεθα. Εἰρήνής γὰρ οὔσης, ὑπόθεδιν οἱ ἱστοριογραφεῖν ἐθόλοντες οὐχ ἕξουσιν. Ἐπεὶ ἡμεῖς, ὦ ἱερξὲ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἄνθρωπε Θεόδωρε, τὸ ἐπίταγμά σου ἐν ἑπτὰ βιβλίοις ἐχτείναντες, οὐκ ἂν ηὐποβήσαμεν ὑποθέσεως, εἰ οἱ φιλοῦντες τὰς στάσεις ἧσυχάζειν προΐρηντο. Περιέχει ἡ Ἱστορία ἑθδόμη, χρόνον ἐτῶν τριάκοντα δύο" δὲ πᾶσα τῆς ἑπτατό. μου ὑπόθεσις περιέχει χρόνον ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν τεσσαράκοντα ἀρξαμένη δὴ ἀπὸ τοῦ πρώτου ἔτους τῆς διακοσιοστῆς ἑβδομηκοστῆς πρώτης Ὀλυμπιάδος, ἐν 3 ἀνηγορεύθη βασιλεὺς Κωνσταντῖνος χαταπαύσασα δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ δεύτερον ἔτος τῆς τριαχοσιοστῆς πέμπτης Ὀλυμπιάδος, ἐν ἡ ἑπταχαιδεχάτη ὑπατεία τοῦ βασιλέως Θεοδοσίου δέδοτο. Ἱστορίας Σωκράτους Σχοιϊαστικοῦ. ΕἸ
Proklos de ho episkopos kata ton auton touton chronon peri tēn heptakaidekatēn hypateian tou basileōs, pragmati thaumastǭ epecheirise, kai hoion oudeis tōn palai episkopōn pepoiēke. Phirmou gar tou episkopou tēs en Kaisareią Kappadokias teleutēsantos, parēsan Kaisareis zētountes episkopou. Hōs de dieskepteto tina pros tēn episkopēn procheirisaito, synebē kata thean autou en hēmerą Sabbatōn, pantas tous tēs gerousias synklētikous epi tēn ekklēsian pareinai. En hois ēn kai Thalassios, anēm tēn hyparchon cheirisas archēn tōn en Illyrikois ethnōn te kai poleōn. Mellonti de autǭ, hōs phēmē ekratei, tēn tōn Heǭōn merōn encheirizesthai para tou basileōs phrontida, epibalōn cheira ho Proklos, anti hyparchou Kaisareias anedeixen. ᾿Alla ta men kata tas echchlēsias houtō proechopteen. Hēmeis de entautha pou tēn Historian chatapausantes, en eirēnę̄ diagein tas pantachou ᾿Echkchlēsias kai poleis kai ethnē euchometha. Eirēnēs gar ousēs, hypothedin hoi historiographein etholontes ouch hexousin. Epei hēmeis, ō hierxe tou Theou anthrōpe Theodōre, to epitagma sou en hepta bibliois echteinantes, ouk an ēupobēsamen hypotheseōs, ei hoi philountes tas staseis hēsychazein proïrēnto. Periechei hē Historia hethdomē, chronon etōn triakonta dyo" de pasa tēs heptato. mou hypothesis periechei chronon etōn hekaton tessarakonta arxamenē dē apo tou prōtou etous tēs diakosiostēs hebdomēkostēs prōtēs Olympiados, en 3 anēgoreuthē basileus Kōnstantinos chatapausasa de epi to deuteron etos tēs triachosiostēs pemptēs Olympiados, en hē heptachaidechatē hypateia tou basileōs Theodosiou dedoto. Historias Sōkratous Schoiïastikou. EI
At this same time, about the seventeenth consulship of the emperor, Proclus the bishop undertook a remarkable thing, such as none of the bishops of old had done. When Firmus, the bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, died, the Caesareans came seeking a bishop. While he was considering whom to advance to the bishopric, it happened that on the Sabbath day all the senators of the council came to the church to see him. Among them was Thalassius, a man who had held the office of prefect over the peoples and cities of Illyricum. As he was about to be entrusted by the emperor, as the report prevailed, with the care of the eastern parts, Proclus laid his hand on him and made him bishop of Caesarea instead of prefect. Thus the affairs of the churches were advancing. We, ending the History about here, pray that the churches, cities and nations everywhere may live in peace; for while there is peace, those who wish to write history will have no subject. For we, Theodore, holy man of God, having carried out your command in seven books, would not have had a subject, had the lovers of strife chosen to keep quiet. The seventh book of the History covers a period of thirty-two years; and the whole subject of the seven books covers a period of one hundred and forty years, beginning from the first year of the two hundred and seventy-first Olympiad, in which Constantine was proclaimed emperor, and ending in the second year of the three hundred and fifth Olympiad, in which the seventeenth consulship of the emperor Theodosius was held.
[End of the History of Socrates Scholasticus.]
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Proclus makes the prefect Thalassius bishop of Caesarea; Socrates ends his History with a prayer for peace and a summary of the period covered (306–439).
- The seventeenth consulship of Theodosius II is 439. The last line is the manuscript's closing title.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Socrates, Hist. eccl. 7.48 (PG 67:839–841; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/socrates-historia/7-48). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude (Opus) from Valesius's Greek text as printed in Migne PG 67 (Bavarian State Library OCR and Tesseract re-OCR); every chapter compared afterwards with Zenos's English in NPNF² 2.