Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History

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Eusebius’s *Ecclesiastical History* is a foundational fourth-century Christian work that chronicles the development of the early Church, its leaders, doctrines, and persecutions from the time of Christ to Eusebius’s own era.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian literature ⓘ
church history ⓘ
historical work ⓘ
late antique text ⓘ
altTitle Church History ⓘ
Historia Ecclesiastica ⓘ
approximateDateRange c. 311–324 CE ⓘ
author Eusebius of Caesarea ⓘ
chronologicalScope apostolic age to reign of Constantine the Great ⓘ
time of Jesus Christ to early 4th century ⓘ
contains accounts of early Christian martyrs ⓘ
excerpts from lost early Christian documents ⓘ
lists of bishops and episcopal successions ⓘ
material on the origins of the New Testament canon ⓘ
narratives of Roman imperial persecutions ⓘ
quotations from earlier Christian writings ⓘ
dateWritten early 4th century ⓘ
focusesOn Palestinian and Eastern Christianity ⓘ
the reign of Constantine the Great ⓘ
historicalValue primary source for 2nd–3rd century Christian history ⓘ
influenced Rufinus of Aquileia’s Latin translation and continuation ⓘ
Socrates Scholasticus’s Ecclesiastical History ⓘ
Sozomen’s Ecclesiastical History ⓘ
Theodoret’s Ecclesiastical History ⓘ
later Byzantine church historians ⓘ
keyTheme continuity from apostles to later bishops ⓘ
defense of orthodox belief against heresies ⓘ
divine providence in history ⓘ
triumph of the Church over persecution ⓘ
literaryGenre ecclesiastical history ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
originalLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ
perspective orthodox Nicene-leaning ⓘ
pro-Constantinian ⓘ
placeOfComposition Caesarea Maritima ⓘ
preservationStatus survives in numerous Greek manuscripts ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
structure 10 books ⓘ
subject Christian martyrs and persecutions ⓘ
development of Christian doctrine ⓘ
early Christian bishops and leaders ⓘ
history of the early Christian Church ⓘ
relationship between Church and Roman Empire ⓘ
translatedInto Armenian ⓘ
English ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Syriac ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy historians of early Christianity ⓘ
patristic scholars ⓘ

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Martyrs of Palestine → associatedWith → Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History ⓘ
Library of Caesarea → influenced → Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History ⓘ
Decian persecution → documentedIn → Eusebius of Caesarea's Ecclesiastical History ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
The Martyrdom of Polycarp → preservedIn → Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History ⓘ
James the Righteous → describedIn → Eusebius of Caesarea’s Church History ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Eutropia → mentionedIn → Eusebius of Caesarea, Historia Ecclesiastica ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Hegesippus → citedBy → Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
King Abgar V of Osroene → mentionedIn → Eusebius of Caesarea’s Ecclesiastical History ⓘ
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John of Ephesus → notableWork → Ecclesiastical History ⓘ
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Against the Greeks → mentionedIn → Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius ⓘ
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Chronicle of Eusebius → relatedWork → Ecclesiastical History (Eusebius) ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History → altTitle → Historia Ecclesiastica ⓘ
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Roman imperial college of tetrarchs → describedBySource → Eusebius of Caesarea "Historia Ecclesiastica" ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Letter of Jesus to Abgar → mentionedIn → Eusebius of Caesarea’s Ecclesiastical History ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Gospel of the Hebrews → mentionedIn → Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Quadratus of Athens → subjectOf → Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius ⓘ
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Fragments of Papias → knownFromWork → Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius ⓘ
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Fragments of Quadratus → preservedIn → Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History ⓘ
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Papias of Hierapolis → mentionedIn → Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius of Caesarea ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Valerian persecution → describedIn → Eusebius of Caesarea’s Ecclesiastical History ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Theophilus of Antioch → describedIn → Eusebius of Caesarea’s Ecclesiastical History ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Edicts intensifying Diocletianic persecution in the East → mentionedIn → Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Edicts intensifying Diocletianic persecution in the East → mentionedIn → Eusebius, Martyrs of Palestine ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Hypomnemata → quotedIn → Ecclesiastical History (Eusebius) ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Hypomnemata → attestedIn → Ecclesiastical History 4.8–4.23 (Eusebius) ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Hypomnemata → attestedIn → Ecclesiastical History 2.23 (Eusebius) ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Hypomnemata → relatedWork → Ecclesiastical History (Eusebius) ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Abgar correspondence → earliestFullAccountIn → Ecclesiastical History by Eusebius of Caesarea ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
Abgar correspondence → citedInWork → Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, Book 1 ⓘ
linked to: Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History