Those that are disputed, yet familiar to most, include the epistles known as james, jude, and 2 peter, and those called 2 and 3 john, the work either of the evangelist or euseblo someone else with the same name. Metodio di olimpo, eusebio di cesarea e apollinare di laodicea. Eusebius is next heard of as bishop of caesarea palaestina. Documents, letters and canons in eusebius of caesareas ecclesiastical. It will save lengthy digression if we at once speak of a document which will often have to be referred to on account of its biographical importance, viz. He was later made the bishop of nicomedia, where the imperial court resided. In addition to his life of constantine, he also wrote the ecclesiastical history, which is the. As a kind of preface to the work proposed by you, o paulinus, holy man of god, i have previously presented the subjects suggested. Wikipedia article, commons category, quotes, wikidata item. Along with athanasius, he affirmed the divinity of jesus against arianism. Study the thought and theology of the early church with writings from the father of church history. Quasten writes, except for origen, eusebius outdistances all greek church fathers in research and scholarship. Eusebius of caesarea, also called eusebius pamphili, flourished 4th century, caesarea palestinae, palestine, bishop, exegete, polemicist, and historian whose account of the first centuries of christianity, in his ecclesiastical history, is a landmark in christian historiography. He was a prominent personality during the period when christianity was recognized by constantine the great, ending the persecutions, and he participated in the first council of nicea.
Eusebius of caesarea eusebius pamphili, bishop of caesarea in palestine, the father of church history. Eusebius of caesarea article about eusebius of caesarea by. Eusebius of caesarea praeparatio evangelica preparation for the gospel tr. In particolare, vanno segnalati tre personaggi di rilievo. The name jesus and also the name christ were known from the beginning, and were honored by the inspired prophets. Eusebius of caesarea also known as eusebius pamphili was a historian of christianity. Kaisareia philippeia was an ancient roman city located at the southwestern base of mount hermon. Eusebius then seems to have gone to tyre and later to egypt, where he first suffered persecution. Eusebius of caesarea was a roman historian, exegete, and christian polemicist. Eusebius of caesarea christian history christianity today. Eusebius himself played a role in the most significant event of christianity in the fourth century. Eusebio di cesarea storia ecclesiastica volume 1 8.
Media in category eusebius of caesarea the following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total. Concerning the place names in sacred scripture by eusebius of pamphilia, bishop of caesaria palestine. Eusebius of caesarea was the bishop of caesarea in palestine during the early fourth century. Eusebio di cesarea storico e agiografo della persecuzione in palestina, pp. Sulla datazione del chronicon e della historia ecclesiastica di eusebio di cesarea allanno 303 d.
Among specific topics are eusebius of caesarea and the concept of paganism, temples in late antique gaul, the fate of the temples in late antique egypt, religious intolerance and pagan statuary, religious rituals at springs in the late antique and early medieval world, and religious iconography in material culture from sagalassos. His literary works are invaluable to the study of the christianity of the first three centuries. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Eusebius of caesarea in palestine the roman empire offered many cities with the name, sometimes known as pamphilus or the son of pamphilus, was born a little after a. His ecclesiastical history was a chronicle of christianity from jesus to constantines success in taking over the roman empire. This document has been generated from xsl extensible stylesheet language source with renderx xep formatter, version 3. For that reason, it is hardly necessary to insist on the need for every educated christian to study church history as another. Eusebius of caesarea 340 ad church history general index book i book ii book iii book iv book v.
He was born in edessa in todays southeastern turkey and became the bishop of emesa in todays syria. The author used numerous lost sources, often citing them by name and quoting from them at length. As i have treated at sufficient length the topics connected with the incarnation of our saviour in the preceding book, b the third book of the proof of the gospel, it is now the place to approach more recondite doctrine, i mean the more mystical theology of his person. Basils abilities and prestige, as well as eusebiuss dislike of asceticism, led to tension between them, and basil withdrew to annesi. Summary view of the preexistence and divinity of our saviour and lord jesus christ. This is the firstever translation into english of the onomasticon by eusebius, bishop of caesarea in palestine ca. Ad 260265 339340, also known as eusebius pamphili from the greek. It is a continual exercise of applying and actualizing the word of god in the world, so that the riches of the christian message and of the ways of god are manifested in humanity.
He was the first to write a comprehensive history of the early church. Eusebius of caesarea is to be distinguished from his contemporary eusebius of nicomedia. The western worlds first accurate chronology of ancient history, by the noteworthy 4thcentury cleric eusebius of caesarea palestina. Church history, life of constantine, oration in praise of constantine by eusebius pamphilius. In all events, he was not a patriarch of alexandria, as is affirmed in an early biography, clarification needed written by one johannes, a notary, and stating that eusebius was called by cyril to be his successor in the episcopate. All material on this page is in the public domain copy freely. Eusebius of caesarea is intended, as is clear from other posters.
Nothing is known about the early years of his tenure. The poster did not, of course, mean eusebius of nicomedia. A scholar of the biblical canon, he was appointed bishop of caesarea in ad 314, and he spent his life writing about the gospel and church history. Eusebiuss history was not written simply to record the deeds of the church after christs ascension.
The allegation seems to be that this is a quotation from eusebius works, and that he is justifying forgery and falsehood for the benefit of others. Understanding the history of the church is a way of doing theology and spirituality. Photius of constantinople summarizes a few eusebian works in his bibliotheca. March 2, 283 august 1, 371 was a bishop from sardinia and is counted a saint. He was a bishop of berytus modernday beirut in phoenicia. He was an indefatigable worker and continued writing until a very advanced age. Eusebio di cesarea, sulla vita di costantino napoli 1984. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Gifford 1903 this text was transcribed by roger pearse, ipswich, uk, 2003. Apologista, storico, teologo, bibliotecario e vescovo. Eusebius of caesarea wikisource, the free online library. Eusebius was a christian historian and bishop of caesarea who flourished early in century iii.
Pdf alcune riflessioni sulla storiografia e non solo di eusebio di. Eusebius of caesarea the preterist archive of realized. Eusebius of caesarea university of calgary in alberta. Fu allievo di panfilo nella scuola teologica aperta da origene 185254 a cesarea. He succeeded agapius, whose time of office is not known, but eusebius must have become bishop soon after 3. Eusebius of nicomedia died 341 was an arian priest, the man who baptised constantine the great. Eusebius of caesarea 260265 339340 ad is sometimes called the father of church history. His parentage and exact place of birth are unknown. Eusebius bishop of caesarea, cappadocia britannica. Lightfoots article is a magnificent monument of patristic scholarship, and contains the best and most exhaustive treatment of the life and writings of eusebius that has. By the present treatise, which includes in its design the demonstration of the gospel, i purpose to show the nature of christianity to those who know not what it means.
Eusebio di cesarea, padre della storia ecclesiastica. Of the mystical dispensation of our lord and saviour jesus, 144 the christ of god. A small part of the ecclesiastical theology iii 46 is available in english in the dissertation of john mackett, eusebius of caesareas theology of the holy spirit. Finniliano di cesarea, lettere, 75, 7, 5 nellepistolario di cipriano.
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