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Socrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 20

Chapter XXI.--Of Anthony the Monk.

Eusebius Pamphilus has indeed mentioned this person in the seventh book of his Ecclesiastical History, [228] but has not entered into minute details concerning him. Wherefore, I deem it incumbent on me to supply some …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 189

Chapter XXV.--His Review of the Canonical Scriptures.

… The second fragment is extant only in this chapter of Eusebius' History. [1971] On the Hebrew canon of the Old Testament, see Bk. III. chap. 10, note 1. Upon Origen's omission of the twelve …

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Chrysostom — John and Hebrews • SECTION 159

Introduction.

… The history of the matter is very curious. At the close of the second century Tertullian speaks positively and unhesitatingly of the Epistle to the Hebrews as written by Barnabas, the early and long-continued …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 261

Chapter XII.

… Marcellus (who was bishop of Rome) we are told that he was set by Maximian to groom his horses in a church which the emperor had turned into a stable. [2696] alogou zoou. [2697] Cf …

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Fathers of the Second Century • SECTION 204

III.

… The whole system is a novelty, and the product of the most barren and corrupt period of Occidental history. The Church, as Clement shows, never made any secret of any article of the Christian faith …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 111

Chapter XI.--The Heresiarchs of that Age.

… version) he places his accession in the first year of Antoninus Pius, though the version of Jerome assigns it to the fifth year, and with this Eusebius agrees in his History, for in the previous …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 147

Chapter XI.--Clement of Alexandria.

… He had the same name as the one who anciently was at the head of the Roman church, and who was a disciple of the apostles. [1518] 2. In his Hypotyposes [1519] he speaks of …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 125

Chapter XXII.--Hegesippus and the Events which he mentions.

… This work has procured for him from some sources the title of the "Father of Church History," but the title is misplaced, for the work appears to have been nothing more than a collection of …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 384

Chapter LXXII.--Of the Phoenix.

… Constantine is greatly ridiculed, and yet to choose between Julian and Eusebius, if regard is had to Constantine's real effect on world history, Eusebius is the truer judge, and is at least not so …

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 10

Canon I.

… but proceeds to call the harmony between the two Testaments "a canon for the Church," Strom. vi. 15, 124, 125. Eusebius speaks of "the ecclesiastical canon" which recognized no other Gospels than the four (vi …

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Socrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 1

A SELECT LIBRARY

… UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF PHILIP SCHAFF, D.D., LL.D., PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY IN THE UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, NEW YORK. AND HENRY WACE, D.D., PRINCIPAL OF KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. VOLUME II …

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Fathers of the Second Century • SECTION 42

Chapter XL.--Moses More Ancient and Credible Than the Heathen Heroes.

… the earliest Christian historian of the Church of the Old Testament. His only remaining work, here presented, seems to have originated in an "oral discussion," such as Eusebius instances. But nobody seems to accord him …

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Athanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 154

§§56, 57. Sack of the great church: divine judgments.

… convicted Eusebius, and had advised them who came that way, not to comply with his impious dictates, suffered the same treatment as Eustathius, and was cast out of his city and his Church. Basilina [1528 …

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Augustine — Against the Manichaeans and Donatists • SECTION 2

Chapter I.--Literature.

… The following bibliography of Manichæism is taken from Schaff's History of the Christian Church, vol. II. pp. 498-500 (new edition). Additions are indicated by brackets. 1. Oriental Sources: The most important, though of …

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The Twelve Patriarchs, Apocrypha, Clementine Homilies & More • SECTION 446

[2409] The history of Abdias gives the name as Berith, after Judg. ix. 46.

[2409] The history of Abdias gives the name as Berith, after Judg. ix. 46. [2410] Lit., white flesh. [2411] Pseudo-Abdias says: a hundred times. [2412] Pseudo-Abdias says: a hundred times. [2413] Abdias calls …

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Socrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 273

GENERAL INDEXES.

… Ammoun, a monk, history of, [93]106. Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium, [94]122. Amphion, bishop of Nicomedia, displaced by Eusebius, [95]20. Amphitheatre, sports of the, [96]165. Anagamphus, a bishop, exiled under Constantius, [97 …

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Athanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 97

Chapter VI.--Documents connected with the Council of Tyre.

… The Meletians were repulsed and covered with shame; but notwithstanding this Eusebius and his fellows still did not remain quiet, for it was not for the Meletians but for Arius and his fellows, that they …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 250

Books of Solomon.

… The Preface, addressed to Eusebius of Cremona, was written a.d. 398. Eusebius was at this time starting for Rome, and he was charged to give a copy of this Commentary to Principia, the friend …

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Gospel of Peter, Diatessaron, Apocalypse of Peter & Other Early Texts • SECTION 50

Introduction.

… some among us would not have read in church." 2. Clement of Alexandria (fl. c. 200 a.d.) in his Hypotoposes, according to the testimony of Eusebius, H. E., vi., 14, gave "abridged accounts of …

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