num_pages: 432
description: Bishop Eusebius (c. AD 260–339), 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, and he supported his account by extensive quotations from original sources. This edition of G. A. Williamson's clear, fluid translation is accompanied by an introduction by Andrew Louth discussing the life and works of Eusebius, together with notes, bibliography, a map of the world of Eusebius, and brief biographies of the figures who appear in the work.
language: English
title: The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine
titlecomplete: The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine
characters: Lucius Quintus, Hegesippus (chronicler), Caesar Galerius Valerius Maximinus, Hermammon, Novatus, Irenus, Fabianus, Pantaenus, father Eleutherus, Athenodorus, Basilides, Theophilus Bishop of Antioch, Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, Caesar Caius Valerius Maximinus, Anulinus, Zephyrinus, Aurelius Cyrenius, Pinytus, Dionysius the Areopagite, Marcus Aurelius Csar, Maturus, Symeon, Urbicius, Pantnus, Domnus, Sabellius, Cerdon, Caesar Publius Licinius Gallienus, Asterius Urbanus, Ammonius, Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus, O Florinus, Beryllus, Maximian, Montanus, Thaddaeus, Irenæus, Licinius Augustus, Heraclas, Matthan, Anicetus, Blandina
genres: Religion, Catholic, Nonfiction, Ancient History, Classics, Theology, Church History, Christian, History, Christianity
ratings_count: 4323
series: Patrística
publisher: Penguin Classics