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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 16

Chapter III

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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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 1

A SELECT LIBRARY

… the church history of eusebius. ------------------------ Translated with prolegomena and notes by The rev. arthur cushman mcgiffert, Ph.d. professor of church history in lane theological seminary, cincinnati Preface. ------------------------ The present translation of the Church History

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 22

Pope Gelasius in his Decree concerning the Apocryphal Books.

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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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 21

Jerome on the first chapter of Matthew.

… 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 — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 25

Book I.

… 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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Socrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 3

[27] I. 12, 19; III. 19; IV. 24, 26.

… 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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Socrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 5

[70] I. 12, 19; II. 1; III. 19; IV. 24, 26.

… 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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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 187

Chapter XXIII.--Origen's Zeal and his Elevation to the Presbyterate.

… 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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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 10

Chapter II

… 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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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 272

Book X.

… 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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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 2

Prolegomena.

… 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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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 97

Chapter XXXIV.--Evarestus, the Fourth Bishop of the Church of Rome.

… 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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Socrates and Sozomen — Ecclesiastical Histories • SECTION 29

Chapter XL.--The Funeral of the Emperor Constantine.

… 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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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 172

Chapter VII.--The Writer, Judas. [1807]

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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