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Providence for the whole catholic Church
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Eustathius is arguing that if prayers must be made for the catholic Church spread across the world, then all the more must providential care be shown for the whole Church.
For if, he says, prayers must be made for the catholic Church that is from the ends of the world, then far more must providence be displayed for all of it, and one must care and be anxious for all of them equally.
Greek 90 Εἰ γὰρ τὰς
εὐχὰς ποιεῖσθαι δεῖ, φησίν, ὑπὲρ τῆς καθολικῆς Ἐκκλησίας τῆς ἀπὸ περάτων τῆς οἰκουμένης, πολλῷ μᾶλλον καὶ τὴν πρόνοιαν ὑπὲρ ἁπάσης αὐτῆς ἐπιδείκνυσθαι δεῖ καὶ ὁμοίως ἁπασῶν κήδεσθαι καὶ μεριμνᾶν πάσας.
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About this text Various Fragments attributed to Eustathius of Antioch.
Eustathius of Antioch (fl. c. 320–337) was a native of Side in Pamphylia who became bishop of Beroea and then patriarch of Antioch shortly before the Council of Nicaea. He was a zealous opponent of the Arians at that council and helped shape the Nicene Creed. Most of his many dogmatic and exegetical treatises have been lost, and what remains survives only as fragments.
The fragments translated here preserve arguments on the incarnation and on the care of the catholic Church, likely from anti-Arian or pastoral contexts. They are known through editions by Fabricius, Galland, Harles, Migne, Pitra, Martin, and others, with a modern critical edition by J.H. Declerck.
A reader will meet the prophet Jeremiah, whose words Eustathius quotes to argue that the one who appeared on earth and lived among human beings is not only human but also God. Eustathius insists that this figure was born from a virgin and shared infancy, growth, food, and drink. He also argues that if prayers must be made for the catholic Church throughout the whole world, then providence must care for the whole Church with concern for all its parts. The translation uses the name Jeremiah for the prophet and the term catholic Church for the Church spread throughout the world.
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