The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine

Oct 3, 2024 7:29 PM

Author:Eusebius,Andrew Louth,Andrew Louth,G. Williamson

Eusebius's account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years.

Bishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in writing the History and provided a model for all later ecclesiastical historians. In tracing the history of the Church from the time of Christ to the Great Persecution at the beginning of the fourth century, and ending with the conversion of the Emperor Constantine, his aim was to show the purity and continuity of the doctrinal tradition of Christianity and its struggle against persecutors and heretics.

Reviews

An elegant story, engagingly told. Freeman has a talent for narrative history and for encapsulating the more arcane disputes of ancient historians and theologians

—— Independent

There is much here to admire... It is a panoramic view that Freeman handles with grace, erudition and lucidity

—— Washington Times

A triumph... Engrossing... Successfully realized... Wholly admirable... Freeman is to be congratulated on a broad-brush approach that throws the main issue into sharp focus... [He] has added a new level of understanding

—— The Times Higher Education Supplement

A marvellous example of what a zen-like act of sustained attention can do to honour and illuminate the ordinary... It has a universality

—— Evening Standard

A scintillating read... Not only a fine evocation of the period, but also a fascinating study of a marriage

—— GQ

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