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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 295
… of Church and State, over which men are still divided as to whether it was a tremendous blessing or a tremendous curse. Tremendous it surely was in its shaping power on world history. (Compare numerous …
2,569 wordsTheodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 47
… But this war, severe as it was, did not put an end to the war against the Church. Constantius, who had embraced Arian tenets and readily yielded to the influence of others, was persuaded to …
1,357 wordsChrysostom — John and Hebrews • SECTION 1
… Christianity Biography A SELECT LIBRARY OF THE NICENE AND POST-NICENE FATHERS OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. EDITED BY PHILIP SCHAFF, D.D., LL.D., PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY IN THE UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, NEW YORK …
701 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 345
… certain that Eusebius meant this. [3228] This above is a sort of resumé of the life of Constantine. For illustration of the various facts mentioned, compare the latter part of the Church History and the …
1,343 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 417
… Eusebius, claim of, to be called the "Father of Church History," [1056]81 (note 5); Canon of, [1057]155-[1058]157. Eusebius of Alexandria, a deacon and companion of Dionysius of Alexandria, [1059]299, [1060 …
2,200 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 132
… There is in one sense a disproportionate mention of Palestine, and designedly, not only from patriotic motives, but from a desire to vindicate its historic position in the development of Church history, and to rebuke …
2,265 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 79
… Catholic Church everywhere, brethren beloved and greatly longed for in the Lord, greeting. 3. Dearly beloved brethren, we might have put forth a defence of our brother Athanasius as respects the conspiracy of Eusebius and …
2,435 wordsThe Twelve Patriarchs, Apocrypha, Clementine Homilies & More • SECTION 462
… hence his excommunication of the Easterns, which, after brief intervals of relaxation, settled into the chronic schism of the Papacy, and produced the awful history of the mediæval Church in Western Europe. In naming Nicholas …
2,299 wordsJerome — Principal Works • SECTION 175
… But he wishes to be assured that what Orthodoxus recommends has been really the practice of the Church. This leads to a valuable chapter of Church history. Orthodoxus recalls the victories of the Church, which …
2,245 wordsAthanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 3
… The above list of authorities, &c., does not pretend to completeness, nor to enumerate the sources for general secular or Church history. But in what relates specially to Athanasius it is hoped that an approximation …
2,274 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 138
… Upon the use of the words m?rtur and m?rtus in the early Church, see Bk. III. chap. 32, note 15. [1352] The fragments of this epistle, preserved by Eusebius in this and the …
2,760 wordsGospel of Peter, Diatessaron, Apocalypse of Peter & Other Early Texts • SECTION 75
… This belief may be traced to an early period in the history of the church. It is found in the writings of Eusebius (Hist. Eccl., iii. 15), of Origen (Comm. in Joan., i. 29), and …
1,423 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 315
… be made on their own behalf. [3083] Compare accounts of martyrs in the palaces, in the Church History, 8. 6. Chapter XVI.--How Constantius, feigning Idolatry, expelled those who consented to offer Sacrifice, but retained …
743 wordsThe Twelve Patriarchs, Apocrypha, Clementine Homilies & More • SECTION 509
… 72. [3449] Lit. "who surround the whole world." [3450] Lit. "have been in all the winds." [3451] Lit. "for." [3452] Lit. "able." [3453] Lit. "commands." [3454] According to Neander, General Church History, i. 109, this …
2,245 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 321
… is undoubtedly right in translating simply "ever before." The chapter is found substantially and in part word for word in the Church History, 8. 14. Chapter XXXVII.--Defeat of Maxentius's Armies in Italy. Constantine …
1,220 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 2
… the writing of his history had either gradually drifted into the Catholic Church, or for reasons of prudence had severed his connection with the lesser body and entered the state church, retaining, however, throughout his …
1,320 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 278
… to his edition of Eusebius (Reading's edition, p. 775 sq.); Ribbeck, Donatus and Augustinus, 1858; the articles Cæcilianus and Donatism in the Dict. of Christ. Biog.; Neander's Church History, Torrey's translation, II …
2,307 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 355
… multitudes who entered the church. [3268] Whether this means two series, one underground and one above (Molz. and many), or not, is fully discussed by Heinichen in a separate note (Eusebius, vol. 3, p. 520 …
816 wordsGregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 100
… See the Church History of the latter, ii. p. 50, ed. Bohn. [2144] The text is, "aliis dictis proposuit adversariis." Perhaps we may read, "aliorum dicta," etc. [2145] The text is, "necessarium sermonem uberemque salutaris …
2,252 wordsGospel of Peter, Diatessaron, Apocalypse of Peter & Other Early Texts • SECTION 101
… Eusebius, in his History of the Church, written during the reign of Constantine, a.d. 306-337, has a chapter (bk. iv., c. 3) headed "The authors that wrote in defence of the faith in …
2,407 wordsThe Twelve Patriarchs, Apocrypha, Clementine Homilies & More • SECTION 330
… The History of Joseph the Carpenter.--The original language of this history is Coptic. From the Coptic it was translated into Arabic. The Arabic was published by Wallin in 1722, with a Latin translation and …
2,243 wordsFathers of the Second Century • SECTION 2
… of course, and give us this history: "He was a native of Aquileia, and was elected bishop on the 15th of January, a.d. 158 ... He governed the Church nine years, five months, and twenty …
1,404 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 17
… in question was the only symbol which would secure the Church against the insidious heresy which was assailing it, while S. Cyril, with Eusebius of Cæsarea, Meletius and others shrank from it, at least for …
2,311 wordsCyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 49
… Compare Neander, Church History, Tom. III. p 148, Bohn.) [1229] The Goths here mentioned are the Gothi minores dwelling on the north of the Danube, where Ulfilas, "the Apostle of the Goths" (311-381), converted …
2,209 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 317
… of the evils which severally befell them. [3100] But he has done this himself in his Church History. Compare also Lactantius, De mortibus persecutorum. Chapter XXIV.--It was by the Will of God that Constantine …
718 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 136
… This was the grave sin of the State Church; the Arian State Church did the same for Constantius and Valens; more and more as history reveals the truth concerning many of those idols, does the …
2,747 wordsThe Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 61
… The history of the Church, and its present practice, is a curious commentary upon the ancient legislation, and the appointment of coadjutor bishops cum jure successionis, so common in later days, seems to be a …
874 wordsAmbrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 1
… Notes on Secular and Church History During the Latter Part of the Fourth Century. After the Council of Nicæa, a.d. 325, the faith of the Catholic Church was established, but a considerable time was …
2,229 wordsSocrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 143
… testifies, Eusebius' Præparatio Evangelica, bk. x. But which was the plagiary, Socrates or Sozomen, it is hard to say, in regard both of them lived in the same times, and both wrote their history in …
2,986 wordsEusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 145
… beasts." It is interesting to note how diligently Eusebius had read the works of Irenæus, and extracted from them all that could contribute to his History. Upon Ignatius, see above, III. 36. [1490] Adv. Hær …
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