The history of the church from Christ to Constantine
Publisher: Dorset Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 429
ISBN-13: 9780880290227
Copyright date: 1965
Description: Sometimes called the "Christian Herodotus" and often referred to as the "Father of ecclesiastical history," Eusebius (A.D. 263-339) has earned legitimate fame as the historian of Christian antiquity. An intimate friend of the Emperor Constantine, the Greek Bishop Eusebius wrote the only surviving account of the church during its crucial first 300 years. - Jacket flap.
Notes: Two ISBNs appear on this book: 0880290226 (jacket) and 0880290224 (t.p. verso)
Table of contents: title: The nature and work of Christ : his contemporaries : his choice of followers : correspondence with Abgar; title: Tiberius to Nero : the work of the Apostles from the choice of Matthias to the deaths of Paul and Peter; title: Vespasian to Trajan : the distribution and writings of the Apostles and their successors : enemies within the church : persecutions; title: Trajan to Marcus Aurelius : the succession of bishops : their writings and martyrdoms; title: Marcus Aurelius to Severus : the succession of bishops : their refutation of Marcion and Montanus : their settlement of the date of the Easter festival; title: Severus to Decius : the work of Origen and his contemporaries : widespread persecution; title: Gallus to Gallienus : the work of Cyprian and Dionysius : the heresies of Sabellius, Novatus, Nepos, Paul, and the Manichees; title: Diolcletian to Maximian : persecutions : the imperial recantation; title: Maximin's renewed attacks on the church : the end of persecution; title: Peace and recovery of the church : victory of Constantine