Eccl gre A.D. 323-4, Schwartz cap. para. 1.1.8καὶ γὰρ τὸν γραφῇ μέλλοντα τῆς ἐκκλησιαστικῆς ὑφηγήσεως παραδώσειν τὴν ἱστορίαν, ἄνωθεν ἐκ πρώτης τῆς κατ' αὐτὸν τὸν Χριστόν, ὅτιπερ ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆς προσωνυμίας ἠξιώθημεν, θειοτέρας (53) ἢ κατὰ τὸ δοκοῦν τοῖς πολλοῖς οἰκονομίας ἀναγκαῖον ἂν εἴη κατάρξασθαι.
Eccl lat A.D. 401, Mommsen p. 9-11verum quia Christianorum res gestas scribere proponimus, consequens videtur, uti prius vel genus hoc hominum unde ducat exordium vel quid nominis ipsius contineat ratio, excuius gens ista vel populus appellatione (11) censetur, repetentes paulo altius exponamus.
eng Schaff A.D. 18909. For it is necessary, inasmuch as we derive even our name from Christ, for one who proposes to write a history of the Church to begin with the very origin of Christ's dispensation, a dispensation more divine than many think.
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Book I
