Original sentence: 2 It is obvious that these are not, in the main, neutral descriptions.59, 1990, "Ever since Jacob Burckhardt dismissed him as "the first thoroughly dishonest historian of antiquity," 1 Eusebius has been an inviting target for students of the Constantinian era.8, chapter 2, "We shall introduce into this history in general only those events which may be useful first to ourselves and afterwards to posterity.Although Church historians were able to copy him, Eusebius, was not a great historian.As Professor Michael J.At one time or another they have characterized him as a political propagandist, a good courtier, the shrewd and worldly adviser of the Emperor Constantine, the great publicist of the first Christian emperor, the first in a long succession of ecclesiastical politicians, the herald of Byzantinism, a political theologian, a political metaphysician, and a caesaropapist.Eusebius states, in his Ecclesiastical History, Vol.His historical works are really apologetics.His treatment of heresy, for example, is inadequate, and he knew very little about the Western church.Hollerich writes in Church History, Vol.Much traditional scholarship, sometimes with barely suppressed disdain, has regarded Eusebius as one who risked his orthodoxy and perhaps his character because of his zeal for the Constantinian establishment.The limitations of Eusebius could be said to come from the lack of practicing objective historical reasearch.This and other issues have invited controvery from students of the Constantine period
Edited sentence: A list of the sources he used for his church history would show what an amount of work had to be done to elaborate and sift the mass of material.A man like Eusebius was not without weight in the time when barbarian nations began to invade the Church in large masses.But the learning of Eusebius can not be measured with that of Origen.Church historians were able to copy him, but they could not supply his place.Eusebius, however, distinguished himself by his carefulness.His time justly considered him its most learned man.In the time which followed nobody excelled him in learning.Origen was a productive spirit, Eusebius a compiler.The limitations of Eusebius are closely connected with his gifts