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An Ecclesiastical History to the Twentieth Year of the Reign of Constantine; Being the 324th of the Christian Era
An Ecclesiastical History to the Twentieth Year of the Reign of Constantine Being the 324th of the Christian Era Author:Eusebius General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1847 Original Publisher: S. Bagster Subjects: Church history Religion / Christianity / History Religion / History Religion / Christianity / General Religion / Christian Church / History Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrat... more »ions and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Callistus, by what authority we caunot say, speaks of his mother as the sister of Pamphilus the martyr. In Arius's letter, he is termed brother to Eusebius of Nicomedia. Though he possibly might, on account of his friendship, have received this appellation, yet it is more probable that he was nearly related to the Nicomedian bishop; especially since he of Caesarea only, though many others there are mentioned, is termed by Arius, brother to that prelate. Besides, the Nicomedian Eusebius was a native of Syria, and bishop first of Bery- tus: nor was it then the usage, that foreigners and persons unknown should be promoted to the government of churches. Neither is it known what teachers he had in secular learning; but in sacred literature, he had for his preceptor Dorotheus, the eunuch, presbyter of the Antiochian church, of whom he makes honourable mention in his Seventh Book. f Notwithstanding Eusebius there says only, that he had heard Dorotheus expounding the Holy Scriptures with propriety, in the Antiochian church, we are not inclined to object to any one thence inferring, with Trithemius, that Eusebius was Do- rotheus's disciple. Theotecnus being at that time dead, the bishopric of the church of Caesarea was administered by Agapius, a person of eminent piety and great liberality to the poor. By him Eusebius was admitted into the clerical office, and with Pamphilus, a presbyter of distinction at that time in the Caesar...« less