The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine
By (Author) Eusebius
Edited by Andrew Louth
Introduction by Andrew Louth
Translated by G. Williamson
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
19th March 1990
23rd November 1989
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Ancient history
Christianity
History of religion
270
Physical Properties
Paperback
480
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 22mm
331g
Description
Eusebius is regarded as *the* historian of Christian antiquity Eusebius's account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Bishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in writing the History and provided a model for all later ecclesiastical historians. In tracing the history of the Church from the time of Christ to the Great Persecution at the beginning of the fourth century, and ending with the conversion of the Emperor Constantine, his aim was to show the purity and continuity of the doctrinal tradition of Christianity and its struggle against persecutors and heretics.
Author Bio
The so-called 'Father of Ecclesiastical History', Eusebius (263-339) was a Greek Christian. His prodigious literary output can be grouped into four categories- the historical, the apologetic, the Biblical and the dogmatic. G.A Williamson was a renowned scholar of the Classics.
