Ecclesiastical History

...dsteadfastly and without passion, they did not remain uniformly unshaken upon
their foundations. For there were some whom the love of worldly glory,
or a spirit of opposition and rivalry, or the pride of this life led
astray from the straight path; or, by some slight shadow
of crooked ways, they dimmed their own conduct, and
forfeited the title of holiness. Yet, the fruits of their
genius were not dimmed or faded by this; for if not by
their personal sanctity, then at least by the great
results of their wisdom, and the service they rendered to the
glory of the Church, they are praised and ranked among the
succession of the Church Fathers The author distinguishes between "Saints" (who lived holy lives) and "Church Fathers" (who were foundational thinkers, even if their personal lives or specific views were later questioned)..

Among these, one must certainly include Eusebius
of Caesarea Eusebius (c. 260–339 AD) is known as the "Father of Church History.", who through his many labors became a
distinguished man, achieving much and writing extensively
for the benefit and glory of the Church. Here, we
bring to light the most masterful of his works for the
enjoyment of Church-loving scholars and experts. There
are many other volumes of his besides this Ecclesiastical History,
which add glory to his name. Known to
all is the book we previously published called the
Chronicle original: Chronikon. This was a universal history that survived in a complete form only in its Armenian translation. among the ranks of ancient chronographies,
translated into Armenian by our ancestors and rendered
into the Latin tongue by a most industrious man of our
Congregation The Mekhitarist Congregation of Venice, a group of Armenian Catholic monks dedicated to preserving Armenian culture.—whose memory is already immortalized
among our nation through his many-stored labors—
I mean Father Mkrtich Aucher Mkrtich Aucher (1762–1854) was a famous Mekhitarist scholar who collaborated with Lord Byron on an Armenian-English grammar.. Indeed, this work of the
author shed no small amount of light upon the passages of
ancient histories. Nor do those works which he
meticulously produced regarding the New Testament hold
a secondary place among his books...