The History of the Church Format: Paperback

Eusebius (Author); Williamson, G. A. (Translator); Louth, Andrew (Introduction by)

ISBN 10: 0140445358 / ISBN 13: 9780140445350

Published by Penguin Random House, 1990

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The History of the Church Format: Paperback
• Publisher: Penguin Random House
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140445358
• ISBN 13: 9780140445350
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

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 of Christianity 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.

Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

About the Author

The so-called 'Father of Ecclesiastical History', Eusebius (263-339) was a Greek Christian. His prodigious literary output can be grouped into four categories: the historical, the apologetic, the Biblical and the dogmatic. G.A Williamson was a renowned scholar of the Classics.