Ecclesiastical History, Volume I: Books 1-5 (Loeb Classical Library 153) - Hardcover

Eusebius; Kirsopp Lake; Loeb Classical Library

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674991699 ISBN 13: 9780674991699

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1926

Synopsis

The first comprehensive history of early Christianity.

Eusebius of Caesarea (ca. AD 260–340), born in Palestine, was a student of the presbyter Pamphilus, whom he loyally supported during Diocletian’s persecution. He was himself imprisoned in Egypt, but became Bishop of Caesarea around 314. At the Council of Nicaea in 325 he sat by the emperor, led a party of moderates, and made the first draft of the famous creed.

Of Eusebius’ many learned publications we have the Martyrs of Palestine and the Life of Constantine; several apologetic and polemic works; parts of his commentaries on the Psalms and Isaiah; and the Chronographia, known chiefly in Armenian and Syriac versions of the original Greek. But Eusebius’ chief fame rests on the History of the Christian Church in ten books, published in 324–325, the most important ecclesiastical history of ancient times, a great treasury of knowledge about the early Church.

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About the Author

Kirsopp Lake (1872–1946) was Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard Divinity School.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1926
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0674991699
• ISBN 13: 9780674991699
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 592