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216 Credibtlitrj of the Gospel Histoty,
CHAP. LIX.
PAMPHILUS, PRESBYTER OF CiESAREA.
I. His history, and testimonies to him. II. Jln account of
some others who stiffercd martyrdom about the same
time with Patnphilus. III. Of the library erected by
Pamphilus at Ccpsarea. IV. An edition oj' the Seventy
by him and Eusebius Jrom Origen's Hexajyla. V. Books
transcribed from others in that library, still remaiyiiny.
VI. A school said to be set up by him -at Casarea. VII.
His Apoloyy for Oriyen. Vlll. Contents of the Acts
of the apostles, composed by Pamphilus, or Euthalius.
IX. His character. X. Critical remarks upon pretended
acts of his passion.
I. ' PAMPHILUS^ a presbyter, friend of Eusebius, bishop
' of Caesarea, had such an aifection for the^ divine library,
» Pamphiliis presbyter, Eusebii Csesariensis episcopi necessarius, tanto
bibliothecee divinae ainore flagravit, ut maximam partem Origenis voluminum
sua manu desciipsent, quae usque hodie in Caesanensi bibliotheca habentur.
Sed et in duodecim prophetas viginti quinque t^rjytjfftwv volumina manu ejus
exarata repperi, quae tanto amplector et servo gaudio, ut Crcesi opes habere me
credam. Si enim laetitia est unam epistolam habere martyris, quanto magis
tot millia versuum, quae mihi videtur sui sanguinis signasse vestigiis ? Scripsit,
antequam Eusebius scriberet, Apologeticum pro Origene, et passus est Caesareae
Palaestinae sub persecutione Maximmi. Hier. de V. I. c. 75
•> had such an affection for the divine hbrary.] That is a literal
translation, but the meaning is not very obvious. The phrase occurs again
in the chapter of Eusebius, who, as Jerom there says, was very studious in
the scriptures, and with Pamphilus a diligent searcher of the divine library
in scripturis studiosissimus, et bibliothecae divinae, cum Pamphilo martyre,
diligentissimus pervestigator. Upon both those places Fabricius says, that
thereby is to be understood the sacred scriptures, and refers to Martianay's
Prolegomena to the first tome of St. Jerom's works. Cave understood the
phrase in the same manner-, for speaking of Pamphilus he says: Tanto erga
divinas litcras studio exarsit, ut bibliothecam Caesareae exstruxerit. Hist. Lit.
And Tnthemius de Ser. Ec. c. 47. Pamphilus tantos eo tempore apud
Ca-'sareain libros aniore Scripturarum congregavit, ut in omni tempore nulla
bibliotheca celebrior extiterit. IJonorius, c. 76, et 82, copies Jerom exactly,
and therefore is of no service to us. Sophronius translates literally, ^eiag
veteres
Pip\oOt]Kr]c- Martianay, to whom Fabricius refers, says : Apud
bibliothecaj divine nomen obtinebant sacra volumina, quae nunc temporis
Biblia vocamus. Proleg. i. n. 1. But his proofs are not sufficient: his examples
are not very numerous ; one of them is that above concerning Eusebius.
I here take notice of another of them : Eodem
sensu Hieronymus Ep. 89. ad
Augustinum, vetus instrumentutn, seu volumina ejusdem vocat ecclesiarum
bibliothecas. Vis, inquit, aniator esse vcrus septuaginta interpretum? Non
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