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A New Eusebius
Documents illustrating the history of the Church to AD 337
EditedbyJ.Stevenson
RevisedwithadditionaldocumentsbyW.H.C.Frend
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Contents
Parentheses are used to indicate that a passage consists of or embodies quotation from a sourceor
sources other than that from which it has actually been taken, exceptwhere this fact is suciently
showninthetitle.
PrefacetotheFirstEdition
PrefacetotheSecond(Revised)Edition
Acknowledgements
AbbreviationsandConventions
1 The Church in the First Century AD; Persecution, Conict, Organization
1 MartyrdomofJames,theLordsBrother,62:Josephus
2 ExpulsionoftheJewsfromRome,c. 49:Suetonius
3 TheNeronianPersecution:Tacitus;Suetonius;ClementofRome;Eusebius(Gaius,Dionysius
ofCorinth)
4 FlightoftheChristiansfromJerusalem,c. 66:Eusebius(Hegesippus)
5 PersecutionbyDomitian,96:DioCassius
6 TheBeginningofClementsFirst Epistle to the Corinthians,c. 96:ClementofRome
7 TheChristianMinistry,c. 96:ClementofRome
8 The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles onBaptism,FastingandtheEucharist;onProphetsandthe
Ministry:The Didache
9 IgnatiusofAntiochonhisWaytoMartyrdom,c. 10710:Ignatius
10 ThePersonofChrist:Ignatius
11 JewishErrorandChristianTruth:Ignatius
12 Docetism:Ignatius
13 TheMinistryandtheSacraments:Ignatius
14 ThePropheticInspirationofIgnatius:Ignatius
15 PolycarpofSmyrnaonIgnatius:Polycarp
2 Conicts with the Greco-Roman and Jewish Worlds in the Second Century
16 TheChristiansinBithynia;PlinysDilemma,c. 112:Pliny
17 TrajansReplytoPliny:Pliny(Trajan)
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18 Rescript ofHadriantoCaiusMinuciusFundanus,ProconsulofAsia,c. 125:Runus
19 JewishPersecutionofChristiansinthelastJewishRevolt,1325:Justin
20 MartyrdomofPolycarp,22February156(or155):Leer of the Church of Smyrna
21 MartyrdomofPtolemyandLucius,c. 160(?):Justin
22 MartyrdomofJustinandhisCompanions,165:Acta Sancti Justini et sociorum
23 TheMartyrsofLyonsandVienne,177:Eusebius(Leer of the Gallic Churches)
24 TheMartyrsofScilliinAfricaProconsularis,17July180:Passio Sanctorum Scillitanorum
25 TheMartyrastheImitatorofChrist:Eusebius(Leer of the Gallic Churches)
3 Theology, Ethics and Eschatology to AD 150
26 PapiasofHierapolis(c. 130),andtheCommentsofEusebiusuponhim:Eusebius(Papias)
27 Cerinthus:Irenaeus
28 TheEschatologyofCerinthus:Eusebius(Gaius)
29 SinandRepentance:Hermas
30 TheChurch:Hermas
31 ChristianTheologyandEthics,c. 150:Aristeides
32 ChristianIdealsintheSecondCentury:Epistle to Diognetus
4 Christian Apologetic in the Second Century
33 TheApologistsQuadratusandAristeides:Eusebius(Quadratus)
34 WhyPeoplebecomeChristians:Justin
35 Conversion:Justin
36 ChristiansChargedwithAtheism,attheInstigationofDemons:Justin
37 ChristiansbeforeChrist:Justin
38 TheLightthatLightethEveryMan:Justin
39 ChristianBaptismandChristianWorship:Justin
40 TheApologyofMelitoofSardis,c. 175:Eusebius(Melito)
41 TheChargesbroughtagainsttheChristians,c. 177:Athenagoras
5 Gnosis and Gnosticism
42 TheContentofGnosis:ClementofAlexandria
43 TheFallofSophia;theGnosticTheoryoftheFallandtheBeginningofCreation:the
Apocryphon of John
44 KnowYourself :theBook of Thomas the Contender
45 WhereIgnoranceisnotBliss:theGospel of Truth
46 GnosticsandtheGreatChurch:WaterBaptismnotenough:theGospel of Philip
47 GnosticsOpposedtoPhilosophy:Treatise on the Three Natures
48 AndtoJudaism:theGospel of Philip;theSecond Treatise of the Great Seth
49 TheEectofGnosticInitiation:theGospel of Truth
50 TheGnosticCredo:theGospel of Truth
51 ThreeGradesofHumanity:Treatise on the Three Natures
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52 Basileides,TheAllegedTradition:Hippolytus
53 Basileides,IntheBeginning:Hippolytus
54 Basileides,TheAbsoluteTranscendenceofGod:Hippolytus
55 Basileides,Creation:Hippolytus
56 Basileides,TheIncarnation:Hippolytus
57 Basileides,TheConsummationofAllThings:Hippolytus
58 TheTeachingofBasileides,c. 130,accordingtoIrenaeus:Irenaeus
59 BasileidesontheProblemofEvil:ClementofAlexandria(Basileides)
60 AgrippaCastor,anOpponentofBasileides:Eusebius
61 Valentinus:Tertullian
62 Valentinus,God:Irenaeus
63 Valentinus,theFallofWisdom:Irenaeus
64 Valentinus,JesusisProducedbytheWholePleroma:Irenaeus
65 TheThreePrinciplesofValentinus:Irenaeus
66 Valentinus,AnimalandSpiritualMen:Irenaeus
67 Valentinus,theIncarnation:ClementofAlexandria
68 LeerofPtolemytoFlora:Epiphanius(Ptolemy)
69 AnOphiteLiturgy:Origen
70 AGnosticBaptism:Irenaeus
6 Marcion
71 TheTheologyofMarcion:Irenaeus
72 Marcion:Justin
73 MarcionandtheRomanChurch:Tertullian
74 TheAntitheses ofMarcion:Tertullian
75 MarcionsTwoGods:Irenaeus
76 TertulliansCriticismofMarcionsGoodGod:Tertullian
77 MarcionsChrist:Tertullian
78 RedemptionaccordingtoMarcion:Irenaeus
79 TheDivisionsoftheMarcionites:Eusebius(Rhodo)
80 AnExampleofApellesCriticismoftheOldTestament;TheArk:Origen
7 Jewish Christianity; Encratism (Severe Asceticism)
81 TheEbionites:Irenaeus
82 TheGospelofThomas
83 TatianandtheEncratites,c. 170:Irenaeus
8 Montanism
84 Montanism,theBeginnings,c. 172:Eusebius(theAnonymous)
85 MontanismandMartyrdom:Eusebius(theAnonymous)
86 MontanistEthics:Eusebius(Apollonius)
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87 Montanism,ArgumentandCounter-Argument:Eusebius(theAnonymous)
88 TrueandFalseProphets:Eusebius(theAnonymous)
89 MontanistUerances:Epiphanius;Eusebius
90 MontanisminGaul,177:Eusebius
9 The Emergence of Orthodoxy; Irenaeus
91 Hegesippus:Eusebius(Hegesippus)
92 TheEpitaphofAvirciusMarcellus,ofHieropolisinPhrygia,c. 182:Avircius
93 TheRuleofFaith:Irenaeus
94 TheTraditionisPerpetuallyReviviedintheChurch:Irenaeus
95 FaithSuperiortoKnowledge:Irenaeus
96 TheArgumentfromTradition:Irenaeus
97 FourGospelsOnly:Irenaeus
98 UnityofGodandManSecuredbytheIncarnation:Irenaeus
99 TheSalvationoftheFlesh:Irenaeus
100 TheDoctrineofRecapitulation:Irenaeus
101 IrenaeusLeertoFlorinus:Eusebius(Irenaeus)
10 Creeds and Canons of Scripture to AD 200
102 EarlyCreeds:The Epistle of the Apostles;Dr Balyzeh Papyrus
103 TheScripturesAcknowledgedbytheRomanChurch,c. 190:Fragment of Muratori
104 The Diatessaron andotherworksofTatian:Eusebius
105 SerapionofAntiochandtheGospel of Peter, c. 190200:Eusebius(Serapion)
11 Pagan Criticism of Christianity to AD 200
106 TheCharlatanAlexanderandtheChristians,c. 15070:Lucian
107 TheStoryofPeregrinus:Lucian
108 TheStubbornnessoftheChristians:MarcusAurelius
109 FrontosSpeechAgainsttheChristians,c. 165:MinuciusFelix
110 Celsus,AreChristiansMonotheists?:Origen
111 Celsus,ObjectionstotheIdeaofGodComingDowntoEarth:Origen
112 Celsus,SlandersAgainsttheVirgin:Origen
113 Celsus,OntheResurrection:Origen
114 Celsus,CharlatanryandCredulity:Origen
115 Celsus,MiracleandSorcery:Origen
116 Celsus,ChristianPropaganda:Origen
117 Celsus,ChristiansandtheEmpire:Origen
118 TheFaithofJewsandChristians:Galen
119 ChristianTeachingandChristianLife:Galen
12 Controversies in Rome, 190230
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120 ThePaschal(Quartodeciman)Controversy,c. 190:Eusebius(Polycrates,Irenaeus)
121 TheBaptismalInterrogationatRome,c. 200:Hippolytus
122 DynamicMonarchianismatRome:Eusebius(The Lile Labyrinth)
123 DynamicMonarchianism;TheodotustheBanker:Pseudo-Tertullian
124 TheHeresyandExcommunicationofNotus,c. 200:Hippolytus
125 TheStoryofCallistus,c. 18592:Hippolytus
126 TheIncompetenceofZephyrinus:Hippolytus
127 CallistusasBishop,hisHereticalTheology:Hippolytus
128 CallistusasBishop,theForgivenessofSins:Hippolytus
129 GaiusofRomeandtheBookofRevelation:DionysiusBarsalb(Hippolytus)
13 The Christian East, 200230
130 SerapionOrdainsPalutofEdessa,c. 200:The Doctrine of Addai the Apostle
131 Bardaisan,c. 200:Eusebius
132 TheCosmologyofBardaisan:MosesbarKepha
14 North Africa, 195230; Tertullian and Minucius Felix
133 PersecutionisaLegalParadox:Tertullian
134 OnlyBadEmperorsPersecute:Tertullian
135 TheChristianstotheLion!:Tertullian
136 IntransigenceintheFaceofPersecution,c. 212:Tertullian
137 TheTestimonyoftheSoul:Tertullian
138 TheIncarnationoftheWord:Tertullian
139 ChristiansNotDisloyal!:Tertullian
140 TheNumbersoftheChristians:Tertullian
141 ChristianWorship:Tertullian
142 TheApostolicChurches:Tertullian
143 TheRuleofFaith:Tertullian
144 TheArgumentfromTradition:Tertullian
145 PhilosophyistheParentofHeresy:Tertullian
146 ModalistMonarchianism;TheHeresyandMisdeedsofPraxeas,c. 213:Tertullian
147 HereticshaveNoRighttotheScriptures:Tertullian
148 TheDisorderofHeretics:Tertullian
149 UnwrienTraditions;BaptismandtheEucharist:Tertullian
150 WhomayBaptize:Tertullian
151 TheCorrectAgeforBaptism:Tertullian
152 RepentanceforSinaerBaptism;theExomologesis:Tertullian
153 TheVisionsofaMontanistWoman:Tertullian
154 TheRomanBishopsEdict,c. 21722:Tertullian
155 DownwiththeChristians!:MinuciusFelix
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15 The Church in Alexandria, 180210
156 Pantaenus,c. 180:Eusebius
157 TheTeachersofClementofAlexandria:ClementofAlexandria
158 CustomandChristianity:ClementofAlexandria
159 TheTriumphofChristianity:ClementofAlexandria
160 TheWord,ourPaedagogus:ClementofAlexandria
161 AnOccasionforSlanderagainstChristians:ClementofAlexandria
162 PhilosophyaPreparationfortheGospel:ClementofAlexandria
163 CharacteristicsoftheGnostic:ClementofAlexandria
164 TheGnosticonEarthandinHeaven:ClementofAlexandria
165 FaithandKnowledge:ClementofAlexandria
166 ChurchandHeresy:ClementofAlexandria
167 TheRichMansSalvation:ClementofAlexandria
16 Origen
168 Origen:Eusebius
169 OrigensSystemofEducation:Eusebius
170 ThePreachingandOrdinationofOrigeninPalestine,c. 215andc. 231:Eusebius
171 OrigenonhisDeparturefromAlexandria,232:Origen
172 OrigensVisittoMammaea,MotherofAlexanderSeverus,c. 232:Eusebius
173 OrigensDiscussionswithHeretics:Eusebius
174 OrigensWorkontheTextoftheOldTestament:Eusebius
175 TheChurchsTeaching:Origen
176 TheRevoltoftheHeavenlyPowers:Origen
177 TheHolyTrinity:Origen
178 CyclesofExistence:Origen
179 ThePossibilityofUltimateSalvationforAll:Origen
180 TheEternalGenerationoftheSon:Origen
181 TheMeaningofScripture:Origen
182 TheInterweavingoftheImpossiblewiththeHistoricalinScripture:Origen
183 PorphyryontheAllegoricalInterpretationofScripture:Eusebius(Porphyry)
184 PorphyryonOrigen:Eusebius(Porphyry)
185 TheMiraclesofJesus:Origen
186 TheSpreadofChristianityleadstoAmbitionintheChurch:Origen
187 TheTrainingofEnquirersbeforeBaptism:Origen
188 TheTreatmentofLapsedChristians:Origen
189 ChristianityandtheDefenceoftheEmpire:Origen
190 ChristianityandCivilService:Origen
191 TheFaultsofUnleeredChristians:Origen
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17 The Decian Persecution, 25051
192 TheDecianPersecutioninAlexandria:Eusebius(DionysiusofAlexandria)
193 Libelli ofthePersecutionofDecius,250
194 TheWorldlinessofChristians,c. 250:Cyprian
195 MassApostasyatCarthage,250:Cyprian
196 TheLeeroftheConfessors,wrienbyLucian:Cyprian
197 TheLibelli Pacis,25051:Cyprian
198 CypriansProposalstotheChurchofCarthageabouttheLapsed,250:Cyprian
199 AnInstructionfromCypriantotheClergyofCarthage:Cyprian
200 CypriansDefenceofhisRetirementfromCarthageinPersecution:Cyprian
201 CyprianandtheRomanChurch:Cyprian
202 TheDecisionsoftheCouncilofCarthage,June251:Cyprian
Cyprian: Chronology
18 Cyprian of Carthage; Relationships with Rome and the Novatianist Schism
203 TheCharacterofCornelius;hisElectiontotheSeeofRome,251:Cyprian
204 RomeandtheCarthaginianDissidents:Cyprian
205 TheUnityoftheChurch:Cyprian
206 TheConsecrationofNovatianaccordingtoCornelius,251:Eusebius(Cornelius)
207 TheChurchofRome,c. 250:Eusebius(Cornelius)
208 DionysiusofAlexandriasAppealtoNovatian:Eusebius(DionysiusofAlexandria)
209 TheEssenceofNovatiansDoctrineabouttheLapsed:Eusebius(DionysiusofAlexandria)
210 MartianofAries,254:Cyprian
211 TheSpanishAppeal,254:Cyprian
212 SchismaticalBaptismInvalid:Cyprian
213 HereticalBaptismInvalid:Cyprian
214 TheViewsofStephenofRomeagainstRebaptismofHeretics:Cyprian
215 DecisionoftheSixthCouncilofCarthage(SecondonBaptism),256:Cyprian
216 TheAfricanCustomofRebaptism,2556:Cyprian
217 LeerofFirmilian,BishopofCaesareainCappadocia,toCyprianontheRebaptismof
Heretics:Cyprian
218 EpiscopalAuthority:Cyprian
219 PestilenceatCarthage,252:Pontius
220 TheDeathoftheWorld:Cyprian
19 The Persecution of Valerian, 25760
221 TheRescriptofValerian,July258:Cyprian
222 TheTrialofCyprian,257,andhisMartyrdom,258:Acta Proconsularia
223 ThePersecutionofValerian;DionysiusofAlexandriabeforeAemilian,257:Eusebius
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(Dionysius)
224 TheTolerationRescriptofGallienus,261:Eusebius
20 Dionysius of Alexandria and Dionysius of Rome, 25964
225 DionysiusofRome,25968.AgainsttheSabellians:Athanasius
226 DionysiusofAlexandriasDefenceofhisTheology:Athanasius
227 DionysiusofAlexandriaontheBookofRevelation:Eusebius(DionysiusofAlexandria)
21 Paul of Samosata
228 TheWayofLifeofPaulofSamosata,BishopofAntioch,c. 26068:Eusebius(Leer of Synod)
229 TheRelationoftheDivineandHumaninChrist,accordingtoPaulofSamosata:Paulof
Samosata
230 UseofthetermHomoousios byPaulofSamosata:Athanasius,HilaryofPoitiers
231 AurelianandtheChristians,2725:Eusebius
22 Mani and his Religion
232 Mani,d.272:Eusebius
233 TheMessageofMani:Mani
234 TheUniversalityofManisReligion:Mani
235 ManichaeanPsalms
236 DiocletiansEdictagainsttheManichees,c. 297(?)
23 The Great Persecution, 30312
237 Anti-ChristianPropaganda;PorphyryandtheChristians:PorphyryofTyre;Augustine
(Porphyry);Jerome
238 HowtheGreatPersecutionBegan,3023:Lactantius
239 TheFirstEdictsofPersecution:Eusebius
240 HandOveryourBooks!ActionatCirta,19May303:Optatus(Gesta apud Zenophilum)
241 TheFourthEdict,304:Eusebius
242 MelitiusofLycopolis,c. 305:Codex Veronensis LX
243 TheSchismofMelitius:Codex Veronensis LX
244 LeerofPeter,BishopofAlexandria,tohisFlock:Codex Veronensis LX
245 MaximinsAemptedRevivalofPaganism,30812:Eusebius
246 TheTolerationEdictofGalerius,30April311:Lactantius
247 APetitiontoMaximinagainsttheChristians,312:CIL
24 Constantine and the End of the Persecution, 31013
248 ThePaganVisionofConstantine,310:Panegyrici Latini
249 TheConversionofConstantine,312:Lactantius;Eusebius
250 TheEdictofMilan,313:Lactantius
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251 TheInscriptionontheArchofConstantineatRome,315
252 RestitutionofPropertytotheChurch,313:Eusebius(Constantine)
253 ConstantinemakesaGrantofMoneytotheCatholicClergyoftheAfricanProvinces,313:
Eusebius(Constantine)
254 ExemptionfromPublicOcefortheCatholicClergy,313:Eusebius(Constantine)
25 Church Discipline, c. 300320
255 CanonsoftheCouncilofElvira,c. 305
256 CanonsofNeocaesarea,c. 31425
257 CanonsofArles,314
26 The Outbreak of the Donatist Schism, 30421
258 ActsoftheCouncilofCirtainNumidia,4March305:Augustine
259 TheOriginofDonatism:Optatus
260 ReportofAnulinustoConstantine,15April313:Augustine
261 ThePetitionoftheDonatiststoConstantine:Optatus
262 ConstantineOrdersanInvestigationintoDonatism,313:Eusebius
263 InstructionsfortheAppearanceofCaecilianandhisOpponentsatArles,314:Optatus
(Constantine)
264 DecisionsoftheCouncilofArles,314;LeertoPopeSilvester:Leer of the Council
265 TheVindicationofFelixofAptungi,15February315:Optatus(Acta Purgationis Felicis)
266 ConstantineContinuestheInvestigationofDonatism,316:Augustine(Constantine)
267 ConstantineDecidesinFavourofCaecilian,10November316:Augustine(Constantine)
268 PersecutionoftheDonatists,c. 320:Sermo de Passione Donati
269 TheUnmaskingofSilvanusofCirta,13December320:Optatus(Gesta apud Zenophilum)
270 AbandonmentofthePersecutionoftheDonatists,321:Optatus(Constantine)
271 WeaknessofAuthorityintheFaceofDonatistEncroachments,330:Optatus(Constantine)
27 Licinius and the Christians
272 CanonsofAncyra,c. 31419
273 ThePersecutionofLicinius,c. 319:Eusebius
28 Constantine and the Christians
274 GreatAchievementsandGreatExpectations:theconcludingwordsofEusebiusEcclesiastical
History,3245:Eusebius
275 TheRearmationofToleration,324:Eusebius(Constantine)
276 LegislationaboutSunday:Codex Theodosianus
277 OrdinationForbiddentoDecurionsandtheirFamilies,320,(?)326:Codex Theodosianus
278 NoImmunitiesforHereticsandSchismatics,326:Codex Theodosianus
279 ConstantineandtheNovatianists,326:Codex Theodosianus
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29 Outbreak of the Arian Controversy, c. 318
280 TheOutbreakoftheArianControversy,c. 318:Socrates
281 AriusandhisHeresy:Sozomen
282 TheArianHeresy;EncyclicalLeerofAlexanderofAlexandriaandhisClergy,c. 319:Socrates
283 LeerofAriustoEusebius,BishopofNicomedia,c. 320:Theodoret;Epiphanius
284 LeerofAriustoAlexander,BishopofAlexandria,c. 320:Athanasius;Epiphanius
285 TheArianStrategyaccordingtoAlexanderofAlexandria,c. 324:Theodoret
286 ExtractsfromtheThalia ofArius:Athanasius
287 TheMissionofOssius;ConstantinesLeertoAlexanderandArius,324:Eusebius
288 TheCouncilofAntioch,325:Leer of the Council
30 The Council of Nicaea
289 ConstantineSummonstheCouncilofNicaea:Leer of Constantine
290 CanonsofNicaea,325
291 LeerofEusebiusofCaesareatohisChurch,ontheCreedofNicaea:Socrates;Theodoret
292 LeeroftheCouncilofNicaeatotheEgyptianChurch:Socrates;Theodoret
293 ConstantinesViewoftheWorkoftheCouncilofNicaea,325:Socrates(Constantine)
294 TheConductandExileofEusebiusofNicomedia:Gelasius(Constantine)
295 AriusConfessionofFaith,c. 327(or?c. 334):Socrates;Sozomen
296 LeerfromExileofEusebiusofNicomediaandTheogniusofNicaea,c. 327:Socrates;
Sozomen;Gelasius
31 The Emergence of Athanasius
297 TheAppointmentoftheBishopatAlexandria:Jerome
298 AthanasiusVersionoftheMelitianStory,to328:Athanasius
299 TheReligiousPolicyofConstantine,c. 328:Athanasius(Constantine)
300 AthanasiusandtheMelitians,c. 335:Callistus
301 TheDepositionofEustathiusofAntioch,c. 330(?):Athanasius;Socrates;Eusebius
(Constantine)
302 TheCouncilofTyre,335;AccusationsagainstAthanasius:Sozomen
303 AthanasiusAppealtoConstantine;hisExile,336:Athanasius;Socrates;Sozomen
32 The Christian Empire
304 ConstantinesProscriptionoftheWorksofPorphyryandArius,c. 333:Socrates(Constantine);
Gelasius
305 ConstantineasBishop:Eusebius
306 TheChristianEmpire:Eusebius
307 TheLastDaysofConstantine,337:Eusebius
NotesonSources
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ChronologicalTables
ShortBibliography
Index
Preface to the First Edition
In 1920 and 1923 the Society forPromotingChristianKnowledgepublishedVolumesIandIIofDocu-
ments Illustrative of the History of the ChurcheditedbythelateB.J.Kidd,andcoveringtheperioddownto
AD 461, the dividing point betweenthe volumes being AD 313. As source booksthese have served stu-
dents of Early Church History well. Theyare now outofprint,andthepresentbookaimsatbeinga
successortothe earlier partof Kiddswork. In the process ofselectionsomeofthepassagesusedby
Kiddhavebeendropped,andanumberofothersadded.Itishopedthatthenotes,inwhichnumerous
further passages are incorporated, the chronological tables, and the notes on sources will be found
useful.
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The debt which thestudyofEarlyChurchHistoryowestotheworkofEusebiusofCaesarea,the
earliest church historian, need notbe reiterated here, and it maynotbeinappropriatetocommemo-
ratehiminthetitleofabookdealingwiththewholeperiodforwhichheisachiefprimaryauthority.
I wish tothank my friend and colleague, the Reverend Henry Chadwick, Fellow of Queens Col-
lege,forhiskindnessinhelpingmeatvariouspointsinmywork,particularlywithCelsusandPaulof
Samosata, and in reading the proofs of the whole. His suggestions have enabled me tointroducea
numberofimprovements.Iwishalsotothankthepublishersandtheprintersfortheirhelpduringthe
preparationandproductionofthebook.
Downing College J.Stevenson
Cambridge
1957
Preface to the Second (Revised)Edition
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studentsandalsostudentsoftheGreco-RomanworldundertheRomanempirehaveprotedfromit.
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longexperienceaslecturerandsupervisorofstudies.Thesequalitiesenabledhimtoselectdocuments
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madi in Upper Egypt in1945,consistingofCopticdocumentstranslatedfromearlierGreekoriginals,
has become availablefullyinEnglish.Aerlongandvexatiousdelaysthewholesurvivingcollection
has been published by Professor James M. Robinson, Director of the Institute of Christianity and
Antiquity, at Claremont Graduate School in California. Almost for the rst time the Gnostic move-
ment could be understood in its own rightwithouttheintermediacyofitsopponents.Aselectionof
extracts from some of these documents has therefore been included in this new edition. The Nag
Hammadi library also contained a complete Coptic version of the Gospel of Thomas, fragments of
which had been discovered at Oxyrhynchus at theendofthelastcentury,andextractsfromthistoo
have now beenincluded.Athirdgapwastheomissionofanti-Christianpolemicintheyearsleading
up tothe Great Persecution, and this has been closed bythe inclusion of extracts from Porphyry of
Tyres writings criticalofChristianity.Inreturnsomedocumentsoflessimportanceinthemselvesor
whichseemoveralongperiodtohaveformednopartofstudentsyllabuseshavebeenomied.
A major dicultyin usingtheNew Eusebius wasitsapparentabsenceofanimmediatelyrecogniz-
ablearrangementofthedocuments.TheplacingoftheDidache asDocument103,i.e.withdocuments
of near the end of the secondcentury,isacaseinpoint.Anarrangementhasnowbeenadoptedthat
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groupsdocuments intospecic subjects withinachronologicalframework.AertheDecianpersecu-
tionof25051,afairlystrictchronologicalorderhasbeenobserved.
ChangesinStevensonsnotesattheendofdocumentsandNotesonSourceshavebeenkepttothe
minimum necessary tocorrect the few errorsand toupdate some of the bibliographical references.
With thelaerendinviewashortBibliographyofworksusefultostudentsthathaveappearedsince
thepublicationofA New Eusebius hasbeenadded.
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Walzer,Galen on Jews and Christians).
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Abbreviations and Conventions
ANCL Ante-NiceneChristianLibrary
CAH Cambridge Ancient History
CIL Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum
CSEL Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiaticorum Latinorum
DCB Dictionary of Christian Biography
ETr. EnglishTranslation
GCS Die griechischen christlichen Schristeller der ersten drei Jahrhunderte
Irenaeus,Harvey Sancti Irenaei libros quinque adversus Haereses,ed.W.W.Harvey
JEH Journal of Ecclesiastical History
JRS Journal of Roman Studies
JTS (NS) Journal of Theological Studies (NewSeries)
Lawlor and Oulton, Eusebius Eusebius, The Ecclesiastical History and the Martyrs of Palestine,translated
withintroductionandnotesbyH.J.LawlorandJ.E.L.Oulton
LF LibraryoftheFathers
NHC NagHammadiCodex
NHLE The Nag Hammadi Library in English byJamesM.Robinson
NPNF NiceneandPost-NiceneFathers
Opitz Athanasius Werke,ed.H.G.Opitz(Berlin1943,etc.)
PG Migne,Patrologia Graeca
PL Migne,Patrologia Latina
TU TexteundUntersuchungenzurGeschichtederaltchristlichenLiteratur
Squarebracketsareusedtoindicateparaphrasedpassagesinthedocuments.
Exceptwhereotherwisespecied,italictypeisusedtoindicatedirectquotationsfromScriptureinthe
documents.
Eachpassageisprecededbyaseparatereferencetoitsoriginalsourceorsources.
Eachpassageisimmediatelyfollowed byareferencetothesourceorsourcesoftheEnglishversion.
Whereitisnecessarytoindicatechapterorsectiondivisionsformorethanonesource,referencesforthesecond
sourceareshowninparentheses.
Stevenson,J.(1987).A New Eusebius: Documents Illustrating the History of the Church to AD 337.London:SPCK.