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Eusebius of Caesarea, The Proof of the Gospel (c. 313-24)
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Then, having forbidden all unlawful marriage, and all unseemly practice, and the union of women with women and men with men, he adds: “Do not defile yourself with any of these things; 181 | 182 for in all these things the nations were defiled, which I will drive out before you. And the land was polluted, and I have recompensed [their] iniquity upon it, and the land is aggrieved with them that dwell upon it” (Lev. 18:24).
And we must recognize that the sacred oracles include in the Hebrew much that is obscure both in expression and in meaning, and are capable of various interpretations–in Greek because of their difficulty. The Seventy Hebrews in concert have translated them together [the Septuagint], and I shall pay the greatest attention to them, because it is the custom of the Christian Church to use their work.
Eusebius of Caesarea, The Theophania, or On the Divine Manifestation of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (c. 324-37)
For, immediately and at once, when He appeared in the world, those things which appertained to the ancient service of Demons, were undone by the overthrow as it were, of (some ruinous) war-engine; tidings announcing good things were preached to all nations, and God who is over all, the Propitiator of the children of men, was announced. The whole error of a plurality of gods was also overthrown, and all the operations of demons were forthwith cast aside. Men again were no more sacrificed; nor were the slaughterings of human beings, which from former times had ruined the world, (persevered in). Nor again, were there multitudes of Rulers, Princes, Tyrants, and Governors of 155 | 156 the people. Nor again, existed those things, on account of which wars, and the reduction of cities, had been set on foot in every city and place. On the contrary, one God was preached to all men; the one empire too of the Romans had extended itself over all; and the peaceless and uncompromising enmity, which had so long been the portion of the nations, came to an entire end.
Footnotes
- Eusebius of Caesarea, W.J. Ferrar, trans., The Proof of the Gospel, Volumes I and II (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2001), 181-82. ↩︎
- Eusebius of Caesarea, W.J. Ferrar, trans., The Proof of the Gospel, Volumes 1 and 2 (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2001), 230. ↩︎
- Eusebius of Caesarea, Samuel Lee, trans., The Theophania, or Divine Manifestation of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Cambridge: Duncan and Malcolm, 1843), 155-56. ↩︎
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