Written by Eusebius, the bishop of Caesarea, “The History of the Church” is the pioneering 4th century work which details the chronological history of early Christianity from the time of Christ to Constantine. This monumental work of Christian history stands apart from other contemporary histories as the first full-length record of early Christianity from a Christian point of view. A fierce advocate for the Christian religion, Eusebius lived in Caesarea Maritima, a coastal city in modern day...
"The History of the Church" or «The Church History of Eusebius» is a comprehensive ecclesiastical history of the Christian church from the time of Christ to Constantine. Christians and theology scholars will find much of interest in this volume translated by the Rev. Arthur Cushman McGiffert. «The History of the Church» can be read as an excellent companion to the Bible and other religious texts or as a complete religious historical text in and of itself.
The Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius, the bishop of Caesarea, was a 4th-century pioneer work giving a chronological account of the development of Early Christianity from the 1st century to the 4th century. It was written in Koine Greek, and survives also in Latin, Syriac and Armenian manuscripts. Eusebius had access to the Theological Library of Caesarea and made use of many ecclesiastical monuments and documents, acts of the martyrs, letters, extracts from earlier Christian writings, lists of...
