Eusebius: Ecclesiastical History, Books I-V (Loeb Classical Library, No. 153) (Volume I) - Hardcover

Eusebius

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674991699 ISBN 13: 9780674991699

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1926

Synopsis

Eusebius of Caesarea, ca. 260–340 CE, born in Palestine, was a student of the presbyter Pamphilus whom he loyally supported during Diocletian's persecution. He was himself imprisoned in Egypt, but became Bishop of Caesarea about 314. At the Council of Nicaea in 325 he sat by the emperor, led a party of moderates, and made the first draft of the famous creed.

Of Eusebius's many learned publications we have Martyrs of Palestine and Life of Constantine; several apologetic and polemic works; parts of his commentaries on the Psalms and Isaiah; and the Chronographia, known chiefly in Armenian and Syriac versions of the original Greek. But Eusebius's chief fame rests on the History of the Christian Church in ten books published in 324–325, the most important ecclesiastical history of ancient times, a great treasury of knowledge about the early Church.

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About the Author:

Kirsopp Lake (1872–1946) was Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard Divinity School.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1926
• ISBN 10: 0674991699
• ISBN 13: 9780674991699
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 592