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Chapter III
Eusebius' Church History.
§1. Date of its Composition
The work with which we are especially concerned at this time is the Church History, the original Greek of which is still extant in numerous …
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… the church history of eusebius.
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Translated with prolegomena and notes
by
The rev. arthur cushman mcgiffert, Ph.d.
professor of church history in lane theological seminary, cincinnati
Preface.
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The present translation of the Church History …
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… Church. Apart from being such a man as this, he in many ways seems to uphold the opinions of Arius," etc.
From the ms. Acts of Pope Silvester.
"Eusebius Pamphili, in writing his Ecclesiastical History …
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… 1).
"Eusebius, surnamed Pamphilus (i.e. universally beloved), has composed a History of the Church in ten books, brought down to the time of the Emperor Constantine, when the persecution ceased which Diocletian had commenced …
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… Eusebius refers to this work in his Church History (I. 1), in his Præparatio Evang. X. 9, and at the beginning of his Eclogæ propheticæ. It is divided into two books, the first of which …
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… as containing a valuable discussion of the life of Eusebius. Its chief importance lies in its treatment of the sources of the Church History, to which the author devotes the whole of Chap. III. which …
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… Crusè avoids the difficulty by omitting the word; an omission which is quite unwarranted.
[16] Eusebius is rightly called the "Father of Church History." He had no predecessors who wrote, as he did, with a …
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… Now the letters of Eusebius himself on this subject appeared to be strictly accordant with the order prescribed by the Church."
From a Letter of Constantine to Eusebius (in Eusebius' Life of Constantine, Book IV …
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… At the opening of the fourth century Eusebius conceived the idea of writing a history which should include a complete account of the Church's life to his own days. Hence he has correctly been …
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… Amsterdam 1686. [Containing also Photius' abstract of Philostorgius.]
In English by Shorting: [107] The History of the Church as written in Greek by Eusebius, Socrates, and Evagrius [contains also the four books of the Life …
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… shall give us this, one of the noblest productions of the ancient Church, in a fitting and satisfactory form.
Translations of Eusebius' History are very numerous. Probably the earliest of all is the ancient Syriac …
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… of Eusebius' Church History, in some of them at the close of the tenth book, in one of them in the middle of Bk. VIII. chap. 13, in the majority of them between Bks. VIII …
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… This oration was delivered at the dedication of Paulinus' new church in Tyre, to which reference has already been made (see above, p. 11). It has been preserved in Eusebius' History, Book X. chap. 4 …
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… Of a development in theology, in fact, he knows nothing, and hence his work lacks utterly that which we now look upon as the most instructive part of Church history,--the history of doctrine.
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… 21, note 4.
[1958] For the dates of the first group of Roman bishops, from Peter to Urbanus, the best source we have is Eusebius'Church History; but for the second group, from Pontianus to …
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… it is wanting entirely, as likewise in the translation of Rufinus, and, according to Lightfoot, in the Syriac version of the History. Most editions of Eusebius' History print it at the close of the eighth …
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… Since in accordance with thy wishes, my most holy Paulinus, [2799] we have added the tenth book of the Church History to those which have preceded, [2800] we will inscribe it to thee, proclaiming thee …
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… Ecclesiastical History in Two Books, being a continuation of the History of Eusebius translated by Rufinus into Latin. This work was composed at Aquileia at the request of the Bishop, Chromatius. The date is probably …
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… Compare Schaff's Church History, II. 648 sq. Clement's name was a favorite one with pseudographers of the early Church, and works of all kinds were published under his name. The most complete collection …
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… He has played a prominent part in Church history on account of the numerous writings which have passed under his name. We know nothing certain about his life. Eusebius identifies him with the Philippian Clement …
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… The Church History of Eusebius.
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… large measure the deep respect which Eusebius showed for that illustrious Father, a respect to which we owe one of the most delightful sections of his Church History, his long account of Origen in the …
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… What were the antecedents of Arianism? How does it stand related to the history within the Church of the momentous question, What think ye of Christ?'
In examining such a question, two methods are possible …
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… This history covers the period 323-423 (not 439). He draws largely from Eusebius. He has been described rightly (Dowling, Study of Eccl. Hist. p. 31) as relatively inaccurate, rhetorical and credulous. But he works …
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… There are few more prominent figures in early Church history than Ignatius, and yet there are few about whom we have less unquestioned knowledge. He is known in history pre-eminently as a martyr. The …
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… Now we in the first place wrote the first two books of our history following Rufinus; but in writing our history from the third to the seventh, some facts we collected from Rufinus, others from …
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… The end, with God's help, of the Tenth Book of the Church History of Eusebius Pamphili.
[2984] Eusebius speaks in the same way of the origin of the war in his Vita Const. II …
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… In two passages in the History Eusebius has been commonly supposed to refer to the Demonstratio (H. E. I. 2 and 6), but it is probable that the first, and quite likely the second also …
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… By some one of them, or more united together, this history was formed, and was so far received by Eusebius as to be thought by him not improper to be inserted in his Ecclesiastical History …
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… Eusebius mentions here only the former, giving him his official name, Antoninus.
[1814] Eusebius makes a slip here, as this is the first time he has mentioned Alexander in his Church History. He was very …
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