Making Christian History

Making Christian History
Author: Michael Hollerich
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 331
Release: 2021-06-22
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520295366

Known as the “Father of Church History,” Eusebius was bishop of Caesarea in Palestine and the leading Christian scholar of his day. His Ecclesiastical History is an irreplaceable chronicle of Christianity’s early development, from its origin in Judaism, through two and a half centuries of illegality and occasional persecution, to a new era of tolerance and favor under the Emperor Constantine. In this book, Michael J. Hollerich recovers the reception of this text across time. As he shows, Eusebius adapted classical historical writing for a new “nation,” the Christians, with a distinctive theo-political vision. Eusebius’s text left its mark on Christian historical writing from late antiquity to the early modern period—across linguistic, cultural, political, and religious boundaries—until its encounter with modern historicism and postmodernism. Making Christian History demonstrates Eusebius’s vast influence throughout history, not simply in shaping Christian culture but also when falling under scrutiny as that culture has been reevaluated, reformed, and resisted over the past 1,700 years.

The Church History of Rufinus of Aquileia

The Church History of Rufinus of Aquileia
Author: Rufinus of Aquilea
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 153
Release: 1997-09-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0195355024

Amidon offers the first English translation of Books 10 and 11 of Rufinus' Church History. Books 1-9 comprise a Latin translation of Eusebius' history. Books 10 and 11 are Rufinus' own continuation, covering the period 325-395. As the first Latin church history, this work exerted great influence over the subsequent scholarship of the Western Church.

Ecclesiastical History, Books 1–5

Ecclesiastical History, Books 1–5
Author: Eusebius Pamphili
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2005-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780813214450

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Eusebius and Empire

Eusebius and Empire
Author: James Corke-Webster
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2019-01-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1108474071

Presents a radical new reading of how Christian history was rewritten in the fourth century to suit its circumstances under Rome.