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As "Father of Church History" [note 3] (not to be confused with the title of Church Father), he produced the Ecclesiastical History, On the Life of Pamphilus, the Chronicle and On the Martyrs. He also produced a biographical work on Constantine the Great, the first Christian Roman emperor, who was Augustus between AD 306 and AD 337.
An 1842 edition of Eusebius's Ecclesiastical History. The Ecclesiastical History (Ancient Greek: Ἐκκλησιαστικὴ Ἱστορία, Ekklēsiastikḕ Historía; Latin: Historia Ecclesiastica), also known as The History of the Church and Church History, is a 4th-century chronological account of the development of Early Christianity from the 1st century to the 4th century, composed by ...
The fourth-century Church Father Eusebius of Caesarea and Epiphanius of Salamis cite a tradition that before the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70 the early Christians had been warned to flee to Pella in the region of the Decapolis across the Jordan River. The flight to Pella probably did not include the Ebionites. [1] [2]
The following is a list of Christian Church Fathers. Roman Catholics generally regard the Patristic period to have ended with the death of John of Damascus in 749. [citation needed] However, Orthodox Christians believe that the Patristic period is ongoing. [citation needed] Therefore, the list is split into two tables.
Eusebius, a fourth-century Bishop of Caesarea, is sometimes called the "Father of Church History". His major work is the ten-book Church History , covering Christian history from the death of Christ to the 323 victory of Constantine over Licinius.
Origen's father taught him about literature and philosophy [30] as well as the Bible and Christian doctrine. [30] [31] Eusebius states that Origen's father made him memorize passages of scripture daily. [32] Trigg accepts this tradition as possibly genuine, given Origen's ability as an adult to recite extended passages of scripture at will. [32]
Eusebius was born in Sardinia, in 283.After his father's martyrdom, he was taken to Rome by his mother, where he later became a lector.He became the first bishop in Vercelli (in northern Italy), probably sometime in the early- to mid-340s.
A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, usually known as the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers (NPNF), is a set of books containing translations of early Christian writings into English. [1] It was published between 1886 and 1900.