The history of the church from Christ to Constantine /
Sometimes called the "Christian Herodotus" and often referred to as the "Father of ecclesiastical history," Eusebius (A.D. 263-339) has earned legitimate fame as the historian of Christian antiquity. An intimate friend of the Emperor Constantine, the Greek Bishop Eusebius wrote t...
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New York :
Dorset Press,
1984, ©1965.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. The nature and work of Christ: His contemporaries: His choice of followers: correspondence with Abgar
- 2. Tiberius to Nero: the work of the Apostles from the choice of Matthias to the deaths of Paul and Peter
- 3. Vespasian to Trajan: the distribution and writings of the Apostles and their successors: enemies within the Church: persecutions
- 4. Trajan to Marcus Aurelius: the succession of bishops: their writings and martyrdoms
- 5. Marcus Aurelius to Severus: the succession of bishops: their refutation of Marcion and Montanus: their settlement of the date of the Easter festival
- 6. Severus to Decius: the work of Origen and his contemporaries: widespread persecution
- 7. Gallus to Gallienus: the work of Cyprian and Dionysius: the heresies of Sabellius, Novatus, Nepos, Paul, and the Manichees
- 8. Diocletian to Maximian: persecutions: the imperial recantation
- 9. Maximin's renewed attacks on the Church: the end of persecution
- 10. Peace and recovery of the Church: victory of Constantine.