Eusebius of Caesarea – Letter to Carpianus and Eusebian Canons
| Incipit: | ἀμμώνιος μὲν ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεὺς πολλήν |
| Date: | undated |
| CPG: | 3465 |
| TLG: | 2018.013 |
| Earliest ms.: | |
| Text: | E. Nestle – K. Aland, Novum Testamentum Graece, p. 84*-89*. |
| English Translation: | www.tertullian.org has the letter to Carpianum and the Canons |
| Notes: | The letter to Carpianus explains why Eusebius devised his “Canons.” The letter often precedes the actual canons in manuscripts. Both parts are preserved in Greek, Latin, Coptic, Syriac, and Armenian. |
| Bibliography: | Grafton, Anthony. Christianity and the Transformation of the Book: Origen, Eusebius, and the Library of Caesarea. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006. Crawford, Matthew R. “Ammonius of Alexandria, Eusebius of Caesarea and the Origins of Gospels Scholarship.” New Testament Studies 61 (2015): 1–29. |
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