THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY

OF EUSEBIUS PAMPHILI. original: "ΕΥΣΕΒΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΠΑΜΦΙΛΟΥ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΗ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ." Eusebius (c. 260–339 AD) was the Bishop of Caesarea and is known as the "Father of Church History" for being the first to provide a chronological account of the Christian Church's development.

THE TEN BOOKS

OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY

OF EUSEBIUS PAMPHILI.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR, THE FOUR BOOKS

ON THE LIFE OF THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE. original: "De Vita Imp. Constantini." This biography of Constantine the Great is a vital, if highly favorable, source on the first Christian Roman Emperor.

To which are added the Oration of CONSTANTINE to the Assembly of Saints,

and the Panegyric of EUSEBIUS.

HENRI VALOIS original: Henricus Valesius (1603–1676), a renowned French scholar whose editions of Greek church historians became the standard for centuries. emended the Greek text by comparing four manuscript copies,

translated it into Latin, and illustrated it with annotations.

This edition has been enriched with the critical observations of many learned men by

WILLIAM READING,

Librarian to the Clergy of LONDON. William Reading (1674–1744) served as the librarian of Sion College, London, which housed an important library for the Anglican clergy.

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