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The Ecclesiastical History (‹See Tfd› Greek: Ἐκκλησιαστικὴ Ἱστορία, Ekklēsiastikḕ Historía; Latin: Historia Ecclesiastica), also known as The History of the Church and Church History, is a 4th-century chronological account of the development of Early Christianity from the 1st century to the 4th century, composed ...
Eusebius of Caesarea (flourished 4th century, Caesarea Palestinae, Palestine) was a bishop, exegete, polemicist, and historian whose account of the first centuries of Christianity, in his Ecclesiastical History, is a landmark in Christian historiography. Eusebius was baptized and ordained at Caesarea, where he was taught by the learned ...
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In his Church History or Ecclesiastical History, Eusebius wrote the first surviving history of the Christian Church as a chronologically ordered account, based on earlier sources, complete from the period of the Apostles to his own epoch. [45] The time scheme correlated the history with the reigns of the Roman Emperors, and the scope was broad.
The Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, or An Ecclesiastical History of the English People, [1] is Bede's best-known work, completed in about 731. The first of the five books begins with some geographical background and then sketches the history of England, beginning with Julius Caesar 's invasion in 55 BC. [2]
Mar 9, 2021 · When Eusebius (c. A.D. 260-340) wrote his Ecclesiastical History, his vital concern was to record facts before they disappeared, and before eye-witnesses were killed and libraries were burned and destroyed in persecutions by Rome.
Oct 15, 2021 · Ecclesiastical History. Begun c. 290 CE, Eusebius wrote the history of Christianity from the apostolic age to his own time. The work was chronologically coordinated with the reign of the Roman emperors. He provided details on the early bishops and teachers, the successions of bishops in the principal sees, the history of heresies, the history ...
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Jan 9, 2024 · Eusebius’ Church History: Summary and Key Themes. Ecclesiastical History is more than a mere chronicle; it's a comprehensive account of the Christian church's development from the apostolic age to the early 4th century. As a voluminous work divided into ten books, it documents the lineage of church leadership, the heroic tales of martyrs, the ...
