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Church History (or The History of the Church) is a nonfiction historical text written by Eusebius. Written in the 4th century AD (presumably the early 4th century), it tells the early history of the Christian church.
Notable People Within[]
- Emperor Constantine
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Publisher's summary[]
1983 Barnes & Noble hardcover edition (translated by G.A. Williamson)
Eusebius's account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years.
Bishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in writing the History and provided a model for all later ecclesiastical historians. In tracing the history of the Church from the time of Christ to the Great Persecution at the beginning of the fourth century, and ending with the conversion of the Emperor Constantine, his aim was to show the purity and continuity of the doctrinal tradition of Christianity and its struggle against persecutors and heretics.
Summary of Events[]
Book 1[]
Plan of the projected work[]
Eusebius gives the blueprints of his work - being thus:
- a: The path of the apostles and their descendants
- b: The path of the enemies of Christ
- c: The calamities that Christians have encountered
- d: The campaigns launched by enemies of Christ
- e: The martyrdom's of Eusebius' days
Eusebius then gives a lenghty diatribe on how he constructed the book.
The pre-existence and divinity of our Saviour[]
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Book 2[]
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See Also[]
- The New Testament
- The Jewish War by Josephus
- The Secret History by Procopius
Sources[]
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