{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/201/2010311.htm","path":"chr/ecf/201/2010311.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/201/2010311.htm","text":"On Bk. III. chap. 25, \u00a7 4 (note 18 continued).\nThe words \u1f21 \u03c6\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 \u0392\u03b1\u03c1\u03bd\u20ac\u03b2\u03b1 \u1f10\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03bb\u03ae have been commonly translated \u201cthe so-called Epistle of Barnabas,\u201d or \u201cthe Epistle ascribed to Barnabas,\u201d implying a doubt in Eusebius\u2019 mind as to the authenticity of the work. This translation, however, is, in my opinion, quite unwarranted. There are passages in Eusebius where the word \u03c6\u03ad\u03c1\u03bf\u03bc\u03b1\u03b9 used in connection with writings cannot by any possibility be made to bear this meaning; cases in which it can be interpreted only \u201cto be extant\u201d or \u201cin circulation.\u201d Compare, for instance, Bk. II. chap. 15, \u00a7 1, \u039c\u20ac\u03c1\u03ba\u03bf\u03bd \u03bf\u1f57 \u03c4\u1f78 \u03b5\u1f50\u03b3\u03b3\u03ad\u03bb\u03b9\u03bf\u03bd \u03c6\u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9; II. 18. 6, \u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03cc\u03b2\u03b9\u03b2\u03bb\u03b1 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c6\u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9; III. 9. 4; III. 16; III. 25. 3, \u1f21 \u03bb\u03b5\u03b3\u03bfp. 389 \u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 \u1fbd\u0399\u03b1\u03ba\u03ce\u03b2\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c6\u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9; III. 37. 4; III. 39. 1; IV. 3. 1, \u03b5\u1f30\u03c3\u03ad\u03c4\u03b9 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c6\u03ad\u03c1\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u1f70 \u03c0\u03bb\u03b5\u03af\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03b9\u03c2; IV. 14. 9, \u1f10\u03bd \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03b4\u03b7\u03bb\u03c9\u03b8\u03b5\u03af\u03c3\u1fc3 \u03c0\u03c1\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c6\u03b9\u03bb\u03b9\u03c0\u03c0\u03b7\u03c3\u03af\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u1fc7 \u03c6\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u1fc3 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b5\u1fe6\u03c1\u03bf. Compare also IV. 15. I; IV. 23. 4, 9, 12; IV. 24. 1; IV. 28; V. 5. 6; 19. 3; 23. 2; 24. 10; VI. 15. 1; VI. 20, &c. These passages, and many others which are cited by Heinichen (Vol. III. p. 91), prove that the word is frequently used in the sense of \u201cextant\u201d or \u201cin circulation.\u201d But in spite of these numerous examples, Heinichen maintains that the word is also used by Eusebius in another and quite different sense; namely, \u201cso-called\u201d or \u201cascribed to,\u201d thus equivalent to \u03bb\u03b5\u03b3\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7. A careful examination, however, of all the passages cited by him in illustration of this second meaning will show that in them too the word may be interpreted in the same way as in those already referred to; in fact, that in many of them that is in itself the more natural interpretation. The passages to which we refer are Bk. III. chap. 25, \u00a7\u00a7 2, 3, and 4; III. 3. 1, \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03b4\u1f72 \u03c6\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03b4\u03b5\u03c5\u03c4\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1\u03bd; III. 39. 6 (where I ought to have translated \u201cis extant under the name of John\u201d). To draw a distinction between the meaning of the word as used in these and in the other passages is quite arbitrary, and therefore unwarranted. The sense in which, as we have found, Eusebius so commonly employs the word attaches also to the Latin word fertur in the Muratorian Canon. I have not endeavored to trace carefully the use of the word in other writers; but while many instances occur in which it is certainly used in this sense, others in which either interpretation is allowable, I have not yet found one in which this meaning is ruled out by the nature of the case or by the context. In view of these facts I believe we should be careful to draw a sharp distinction between \u03bb\u03b5\u03b3\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 or \u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03c5\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 and \u03c6\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 when used in connection with written works.\nA considerable portion of my translation was in type before I had observed this distinction between the two words, which is commonly quite overlooked, and as a consequence in a few cases my rendering of the word \u03c6\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03b7 is inaccurate. All such cases I have endeavored to call attention to in these supplementary notes.","title":"Nicene and Ante-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol I: The Church History of Eusebius.: Note 4","type":"page"}