Eusebian Canons

The Eusebische canon or Eusebischen organizations, also known as Ammonische divisions, are a system of dividing the four Gospels, which was used in the late antiquity to the Middle Ages.

The classification used in modern Bibles into chapters and verses only dates from the 13th or 16th century. The sections are found in almost all Greek and Latin manuscripts of the Bible in the margin. Usually, they are summarized in Canon Tables at the start of the Gospels. There are divisions in 1165: 355 for Matthew, 235 for Mark, 343 for Luke, and 232 for John. However, the number varies slightly in different manuscripts. The Armenian Echmiadzin Gospels of 989 has the purest preserves the original form of ten standing at the beginning of the text leaves canon tables in all manuscripts of the 1st millennium.

Authorship

Until the 19th century was commonly believed that these divisions of Ammonius of Alexandria at the beginning of the 3rd century (about 220) were made. He should, together with the "Harmony of the Gospels " ( disappeared) have created. Traditionally, it was assumed that he had the four Gospels divided into small numbered sections that were parallel in their content or their similar stories. He then wrote the numbers of the sections of the last three Gospels with the associated writers in parallel columns next to the relevant sections of the Gospel of Matthew, which he had selected as the basis of its harmony.

Today, one is convinced that was revised and limited the work of Ammonius by Eusebius of Caesarea ( 265-340 ). Of this he says in his letter to Carpianus ( Epistula ad Carpianum ). He states to have placed the parallel passages of the last three Gospels alongside the text of Matthew. The traditionally Ammonios associated organizations are now attributed to Eusebius, the one had, however, always associated with the final form of tables.

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