He helped restore the nicene creed at the synod of alexandria in 362 and was the first western bishop to unite monastic life with ministry. Duomo di vercelli, cattedrale di santeusebio is the principal church of the city of vercelli in piedmont, italy, and the cathedral of the archdiocese of vercelli. Biographischbibliographisches kirchenlexikon ri opac. In exile in scythopolis in palestine, eusebius lived with the only catholic in town. Vercelli book, old english manuscript written in the late 10th century. Eusebius of vercelli was the subject of benedict xvis catechesis during his general audience on october 17, 2007. Eusebius of caesarea 263339 ad eusebius presents the history of the church from the apostles to his own time, with special regard to the following points. Athanasius and defender of the faith against the heresy of arianism. Eusebius of caesarea, chronicon, book 1 2008 translated by andrew smith i have searched through the various books of ancient history. Saint eusebius of vercelli, bishop my catholic life.
His mother, whose name was restituta, being left a widow, carried him and a daughter she had, both in their infancy, to rome. Claudio moreschini writes, the difficulty of establishing with any accuracy the chronology of eusebiuss works, except in a few instances, makes it advisable to discuss them under thematic headings, to which, on the whole, the related literary genres correspond. Eusebius has 62 books on goodreads with 10498 ratings. Eusebius history of the christian church loyal books. Ad 260265 339340, also known as eusebius pamphili from the greek.
The present cathedral is built on the site of earlier ones. The emperor then tried to force eusebius, saint dionysius of milan, and lucifer of cagliari to condemn athanasius under pain of death. Twenty years after eusebius death, the great saint ambrose, bishop of the nearby city of milan, wrote to the christians of vercelli during a period of conflict in their diocese. Eusebius of vercelli during his general audience on oct. With the only surviving account of christianity during its first 300 years, eusebius pioneered ecclesiastical history. Thomas to the court of king abgar the black, the second century osroene ruler. Our principal resource for earliest chrisitianity, the church history presents a panorama of apostles, church fathers, emperors. It is my purpose to write an account of the successions of the holy apostles, as well as of the times which have elapsed from the days of our savior to our own. Author eusebius, of caesarea, bishop of caesarea, approximately 260approximately 340.
And after, when valens reigned, the arians came again in their forces, and entered into the house of eusebius, and stoned him with stones, and so put him to death, and he died debonairly in our lord, and was buried in the church that he had made. On his return journey to vercelli, he attended the athanasius synod of 362 and attempted to reconcile various church divisions in antioch and reinforce church teachings elsewhere. See all books authored by eusebius, including an ecclesiastical history to the twentieth year of the reign of constantine, tr. It is dedicated to saint eusebius of vercelli, the first bishop. A scholar of the biblical canon, he was appointed bishop of caesarea in ad 314, and he. Eusebius is another of the defenders of the church during one of its most trying periods. They steadfastly refused to condemn a man who far from being a heretic was supporting the truth. In this abridged version, maier, famous for his translation of josephus, accurately captures the vitality of the original and includes ample notes. There is preserved in the cathedral at vercelli the codex vercellensis, the earliest manuscript of the old latin gospels codex a, which is generally believed to have been written by eusebius. Eusebius chronicles the events of the first three centuries of the christian church in such a way as to record a vast number of vital facts about early christianity that can be learned from no other ancient source. Here is a vatican translation of the address benedict xvi delivered today at the general audience in st. According to a letter of ambrose to the congregation in vercelli two decades after eusebius death, the local leaders recognized his piety and. The ecclesiastical history of eusebius pamphilus eusebius of caesarea, bishop of caesarea full view 1836 eusebius of caesarea, bishop of caesarea full view 1879.
At this council, arius was again declared to be a false teacher. Eusebius presents the history of the church from the apostles to his own time, with special regard to the following points. This new, highly affordable paperback edition includes maiers bestselling translation, historical commentary on each book of the church history, and ten maps and illustrations. Eusebius ecclesiastical history is one of the classics of early christianity and of equal stature with the works of flavius josephus. Parker, and the historians of ancient rome, and more on. It contains texts of the poem andreas, two poems by cynewulf, the dream of the rood, an address of the saved soul to the body, and a fragment of a homiletic poem, as well as 23 prose homilies and a prose life of st. The text of codex vercellensis is related to the text of codex corbeiensis ff 2, another old latin copy in which mk 16. Todays saint, eusebius of vercelli, spent most of his episcopal life defending the church against the arians. Ad 263 339 also called eusebius pamphili, was a roman historian, exegete and christian polemicist. It was written in koine greek, and survives also in latin, syriac and armenian manuscripts. Eusebius returned to the town of vercelli, where the people received him with great joy. Eusebius was chosen bishop of the northern italian city of vercelli by popular acclaim in the 340s, even though he was an immigrant from the island of sardinia. Some works in the list of eusebiuss writings have been lost entirely or in part.
At the council of nicaea in 325 he sat by the emperor, led a party of moderates, and made the first draft of the famous creed. Often called the father of church history, eusebius was the first to trace the rise of christianity during its crucial first three centuries from christ to constantine. Office of readings second reading from a letter by saint eusebius of vercelli, bishop epist. He was himself imprisoned in egypt, but became bishop of caesarea about 314. Church history, by eusebius of caesarea the online books. Together with pamphilus, he was a scholar of the biblical canon. I have read what the chaldaeans and assyrians have recorded, what the egyptians have written in detail, and what the greek have related as accurately as possible. Instead of putting them to death, the emperor exiled them.
Books by eusebius author of the history of the church. Study the thought and theology of the early church with writings from the father of church history. Of the mystical dispensation of our lord and saviour jesus, 144 the christ of god. History of the christian church translated by arthur cushman mcgiffert 18611933, read by david leeson. After his fathers martyrdom, he was taken to rome by his mother, where he later became a lector. The emperor, who favored arius, was not pleased with eusebius. To date i believe i have exhausted those writings found in english. During this time, christians were frequently persecuted by a hostile roman empire. Eusebius was born of a noble family in the isle of sardinia, where his father is said to have died in chains for the faith. August 2 eusebius was born on the island of sardinia where his father died a martyr. Readings for the memorial of saint eusebius of vercelli. Eusebiuss most popular book is the history of the church. Thus the remaining four books may be rather difficult for me to obtain and then translate. Eusebius, the bishop of vercelli in northern italy, attended and insisted that each bishop sign a copy of the nicene creed.
Eusebius of caesarea was a roman historian, exegete, and christian polemicist. His mother took him and his sister to live in rome where eusebius eventually joined the clergy and was ordained a lector. It was published by irico milan 1748 and bianchini rome, 1749, and is reprinted in migne, p. He became the bishop of caesarea in palestine about the year 314. Historia ecclesiastica or historia ecclesiae of eusebius, the bishop of caesarea was a 4thcentury pioneer work giving a chronological account of the development of early christianity from the 1st century to the 4th century. In 363 and back in vercelli, st eusebius with hilary of poitiers defeated arianism in the western church. According to a respectable tradition, this codex was written under the direction of bishop eusebius of vercelli, which would date it to the late fourth century. He became the first bishop in vercelli in northern italy, probably sometime in the early to mid340s.
Legendary accounts claim abgar wrote to christ asking jesus to cure him of an intolerable and incurable illness. Someone has said that if there had been no arian heresy denying christs divinity, it would be very difficult to write the lives of many early saints. Often called the father of church history, eusebius recorded crucial information about the lives of jesus disciples, the development of the new testament, roman politics, and the persecution of early christians. In neun tagen ist weihnachten, da wir jener hochheiligen nacht. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. 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.
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