§2. Eusebius’ Birth and Training. His Life in Cæsarea until the Outbreak of the Persecution.
§3. The Persecution of Diocletian.
§4. Eusebius’ Accession to the Bishopric of Cæsarea.
§5. The Outbreak of the Arian Controversy. The Attitude of Eusebius .
§7. Continuance of the Arian Controversy. Eusebius’ Relations to the Two Parties.
§3. Eusebius as a Historian. The Merits and Defects of his History .
Testimonies of the Ancients in Favor of Eusebius.
Testimonies of the Ancients Against Eusebius.
The Church History of Eusebius.
Chapter II.— Summary View of the Pre-existence and Divinity of Our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ.
Chapter IV.— The Religion Proclaimed by Him to All Nations Was Neither New Nor Strange.
Chapter V.— The Time of his Appearance among Men.
Chapter VII.— The Alleged Discrepancy in the Gospels in regard to the Genealogy of Christ.
Chapter VIII.— The Cruelty of Herod toward the Infants, and the Manner of his Death.
Chapter IX.— The Times of Pilate.
Chapter X.— The High Priests of the Jews under whom Christ taught.
Chapter XI.— Testimonies in Regard to John the Baptist and Christ.
Chapter XII.— The Disciples of our Saviour.
Chapter XIII.— Narrative concerning the Prince of the Edessenes.
Chapter I.— The Course pursued by the Apostles after the Ascension of Christ.
Chapter II.— How Tiberius was affected when informed by Pilate concerning Christ.
Chapter III.— The Doctrine of Christ soon spread throughout All the World.
Chapter V.— Philo’s Embassy to Caius in Behalf of the Jews.
Chapter VI.— The Misfortunes which overwhelmed the Jews after their Presumption against Christ.
Chapter VII.— Pilate’s Suicide.
Chapter VIII.— The Famine which took Place in the Reign of Claudius.
Chapter IX.— The Martyrdom of James the Apostle.
Chapter XI.— The Impostor Theudas and his Followers.
Chapter XII.— Helen, the Queen of the Osrhœnians.
Chapter XIV.— The Preaching of the Apostle Peter in Rome.
Chapter XV.— The Gospel according to Mark.
Chapter XVI.— Mark first proclaimed Christianity to the Inhabitants of Egypt.
Chapter XVII.— Philo’s Account of the Ascetics of Egypt.
Chapter XVIII.— The Works of Philo that have come down to us.
Chapter XIX.— The Calamity which befell the Jews in Jerusalem on the Day of the Passover.
Chapter XX.— The Events which took Place in Jerusalem during the Reign of Nero.
Chapter XXI.— The Egyptian, who is mentioned also in the Acts of the Apostles.
Chapter XXIII.— The Martyrdom of James, who was called the Brother of the Lord.
Chapter XXIV.— Annianus the First Bishop of the Church of Alexandria after Mark.
Chapter II.— The First Ruler of the Church of Rome.
Chapter III.— The Epistles of the Apostles.
Chapter IV.— The First Successors of the Apostles.
Chapter V.— The Last Siege of the Jews after Christ.
Chapter VI.— The Famine which oppressed them.
Chapter VII.— The Predictions of Christ.
Chapter VIII.— The Signs which preceded the War.
Chapter IX.— Josephus and the Works which he has left.
Chapter X.— The Manner in which Josephus mentions the Divine Books.
Chapter XI.— Symeon rules the Church of Jerusalem after James.
Chapter XII.— Vespasian commands the Descendants of David to be sought.
Chapter XIII.— Anencletus, the Second Bishop of Rome.
Chapter XIV.— Abilius, the Second Bishop of Alexandria.
Chapter XV.— Clement, the Third Bishop of Rome.
Chapter XVI.— The Epistle of Clement.
Chapter XVII.— The Persecution under Domitian.
Chapter XVIII.— The Apostle John and the Apocalypse.
Chapter XIX.— Domitian commands the Descendants of David to be slain.
Chapter XX.— The Relatives of our Saviour.
Chapter XXI.— Cerdon becomes the Third Ruler of the Church of Alexandria.
Chapter XXII.— Ignatius, the Second Bishop of Antioch.
Chapter XXIII.— Narrative Concerning John the Apostle.
Chapter XXIV.— The Order of the Gospels.
Chapter XXV.— The Divine Scriptures that are accepted and those that are not.
Chapter XXVI.— Menander the Sorcerer.
Chapter XXVII.— The Heresy of the Ebionites.
Chapter XXVIII.— Cerinthus the Heresiarch.
Chapter XXIX.— Nicolaus and the Sect named after him.
Chapter XXX.— The Apostles that were Married.
Chapter XXXI.— The Death of John and Philip.
Chapter XXXII.— Symeon, Bishop of Jerusalem, suffers Martyrdom.
Chapter XXXIII.— Trajan forbids the Christians to be sought after.
Chapter XXXIV.— Evarestus, the Fourth Bishop of the Church of Rome.
Chapter XXXV.— Justus, the Third Bishop of Jerusalem.
Chapter XXXVI.— Ignatius and His Epistles.
Chapter XXXVII.— The Evangelists that were still Eminent at that Time.
Chapter XXXVIII.— The Epistle of Clement and the Writings falsely ascribed to him.
Chapter XXXIX.— The Writings of Papias.
Chapter II.— The Calamities of the Jews during Trajan’s Reign.
Chapter III.— The Apologists that wrote in Defense of the Faith during the Reign of Adrian.
Chapter IV.— The Bishops of Rome and of Alexandria under the Same Emperor .
Chapter V.— The Bishops of Jerusalem from the Age of our Saviour to the Period under Consideration
Chapter VI.— The Last Siege of the Jews under Adrian .
Chapter VII.— The Persons that became at that Time Leaders of Knowledge falsely so-called .
Chapter VIII.— Ecclesiastical Writers .
Chapter IX.— The Epistle of Adrian, decreeing that we should not be punished without a Trial .
Chapter X.— The Bishops of Rome and of Alexandria during the Reign of Antoninus .
Chapter XI.— The Heresiarchs of that Age .
Chapter XII.— The Apology of Justin addressed to Antoninus.
ChapterXIII.— The Epistle of Antoninus to the Common Assembly of Asia in Regard to our Doctrine .
Chapter XIV.— The Circumstances related of Polycarp, a Friend of the Apostles .
Chapter XV.— Under Verus, Polycarp with Others suffered Martyrdom at Smyrna
Chapter XVI.— Justin the Philosopher preaches the Word of Christ in Rome and suffers Martyrdom.
Chapter XVII.— The Martyrs whom Justin mentions in his Own Work.
Chapter XVIII.— The Works of Justin which have come down to us.
Chapter XIX.— The Rulers of the Churches of Rome and Alexandria during the Reign of Verus.
Chapter XX.— The Rulers of the Church of Antioch.
Chapter XXI.— The Ecclesiastical Writers that flourished in Those Days.
Chapter XXII.— Hegesippus and the Events which he mentions.
Chapter XXIII.— Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth, and the Epistles which he wrote.
Chapter XXIV.— Theophilus Bishop of Antioch.
Chapter XXV.— Philip and Modestus.
Chapter XXVI.— Melito and the Circumstances which he records.
Chapter XXVII.— Apolinarius, Bishop of the Church of Hierapolis.
Chapter XXVIII.— Musanus and His Writings.
Chapter XXIX.— The Heresy of Tatian.
Chapter XXX.— Bardesanes the Syrian and his Extant Works.
Chapter II.— The Martyrs, beloved of God, kindly ministered unto those who fell in the Persecution.
Chapter III.— The Vision which appeared in a Dream to the Witness Attalus.
Chapter IV.— Irenæus commended by the Witnesses in a Letter.
Chapter VI.— Catalogue of the Bishops of Rome.
Chapter VII.— Even down to those Times Miracles were performed by the Faithful.
Chapter VIII.— The Statements of Irenæus in regard to the Divine Scriptures.
Chapter IX.— The Bishops under Commodus.
Chapter X.— Pantænus the Philosopher.
Chapter XI.— Clement of Alexandria.
Chapter XII.— The Bishops in Jerusalem.
Chapter XIII.— Rhodo and his Account of the Dissension of Marcion.
Chapter XIV.— The False Prophets of the Phrygians.
Chapter XV.— The Schism of Blastus at Rome.
Chapter XVI.— The Circumstances related of Montanus and his False Prophets.
Chapter XVII.— Miltiades and His Works.
Chapter XIX.— Serapion on the Heresy of the Phrygians.
Chapter XX.— The Writings of Irenæus against the Schismatics at Rome.
Chapter XXI.— How Appolonius suffered Martyrdom at Rome.
Chapter XXII.— The Bishops that were well known at this Time.
Chapter XXIII.— The Question then agitated concerning the Passover.
Chapter XXIV.— The Disagreement in Asia.
Chapter XXV.— How All came to an Agreement respecting the Passover.
Chapter XXVI.— The Elegant Works of Irenæus which have come down to us.
Chapter XXVII.— The Works of Others that flourished at that Time.
Chapter II.— The Training of Origen from Childhood.
Chapter III.— While still very Young, he taught diligently the Word of Christ.
Chapter IV.— The pupils of Origen that became Martyrs.
Chapter VI.— Clement of Alexandria.
Chapter VII.— The Writer, Judas.
Chapter VIII.— Origen’s Daring Deed.
Chapter IX.— The Miracles of Narcissus.
Chapter X.— The Bishops of Jerusalem.
Chapter XII.— Serapion and his Extant Works.
Chapter XIII.— The Writings of Clement.
Chapter XIV.— The Scriptures mentioned by Him.
Chapter XVI.— Origen’s Earnest Study of the Divine Scriptures.
Chapter XVII.— The Translator Symmachus.
Chapter XIX.— Circumstances Related of Origen.
Chapter XX.— The Extant Works of the Writers of that Age.
Chapter XXI.— The Bishops that were well known at that Time.
Chapter XXII.— The Works of Hippolytus which have reached us.
Chapter XXIII.— Origen’s Zeal and his Elevation to the Presbyterate.
Chapter XXIV.— The Commentaries which he prepared at Alexandria.
Chapter XXV.— His Review of the Canonical Scriptures.
Chapter XXVI.— Heraclas becomes Bishop of Alexandria.
Chapter XXVII.— How the Bishops regarded Origen.
Chapter XXVIII.— The Persecution under Maximinus.
Chapter XXIX.— Fabianus, who was wonderfully designated Bishop of Rome by God.
Chapter XXX.— The Pupils of Origen.
Chapter XXXII.— The Commentaries which Origen composed in Cæsarea in Palestine.
Chapter XXXIII.— The Error of Beryllus.
Chapter XXXV.— Dionysius succeeds Heraclas in the Episcopate.
Chapter XXXVI.— Other Works of Origen.
Chapter XXXVII.— The Dissension of the Arabians.
Chapter XXXVIII.— The Heresy of the Elkesites.
Chapter XXXIX.— The Persecution under Decius, and the Sufferings of Origen.
Chapter XL.— The Events which happened to Dionysius.
Chapter XLI.— The Martyrs in Alexandria.
Chapter XLII.— Others of whom Dionysius gives an Account.
Chapter XLIII.— Novatus, his Manner of Life and his Heresy.
Chapter XLIV.— Dionysius’ Account of Serapion.
Chapter XLV.— An Epistle of Dionysius to Novatus.
Chapter XLVI.— Other Epistles of Dionysius.
Chapter I.— The Wickedness of Decius and Gallus.
Chapter II.— The Bishops of Rome in those Times.
Chapter IV.— The Epistles which Dionysius wrote on this Subject.
Chapter V.— The Peace following the Persecution.
Chapter VI.— The Heresy of Sabellius.
Chapter VIII.— The Heterodoxy of Novatus.
Chapter IX.— The Ungodly Baptism of the Heretics.
Chapter X.— Valerian and the Persecution under him.
Chapter XI.— The Events which happened at this Time to Dionysius and those in Egypt.
Chapter XII.— The Martyrs in Cæsarea in Palestine.
Chapter XIII.— The Peace under Gallienus.
Chapter XIV.— The Bishops that flourished at that Time.
Chapter XV.— The Martyrdom of Marinus at Cæsarea.
Chapter XVI.— Story in Regard to Astyrius.
Chapter XVII.— The Signs at Paneas of the Great Might of our Saviour.
Chapter XVIII.— The Statue which the Woman with an Issue of Blood erected.
Chapter XIX.— The Episcopal Chair of James.
Chapter XX.— The Festal Epistles of Dionysius, in which he also gives a Paschal Canon.
Chapter XXI.— The Occurrences at Alexandria.
Chapter XXII.— The Pestilence which came upon them.
Chapter XXIII.— The Reign of Gallienus.
Chapter XXIV.— Nepos and his Schism.
Chapter XXV.— The Apocalypse of John.
Chapter XXVI.— The Epistles of Dionysius.
Chapter XXVII.— Paul of Samosata, and the Heresy introduced by him at Antioch.
Chapter XXVIII.— The Illustrious Bishops of that Time.
Chapter XXX.— The Epistle of the Bishops against Paul.
Chapter XXXI.— The Perversive Heresy of the Manicheans which began at this Time.
Chapter I.— The Events which preceded the Persecution in our Times.
Chapter II.— The Destruction of the Churches.
Chapter III.— The Nature of the Conflicts endured in the Persecution.
Chapter V.— Those in Nicomedia.
Chapter VI.— Those in the Palace.
Chapter VII.— The Egyptians in Phœnicia.
Chapter VIII.— Those in Egypt .
Chapter IX.— Those in Thebais.
Chapter X.— The Writings of Phileas the Martyr describing the Occurrences at Alexandria.
Chapter XI.— Those in Phrygia.
Chapter XII.— Many Others, both Men and Women, who suffered in Various Ways.
Chapter XIV.— The Character of the Enemies of Religion.
Chapter XV.— The Events which happened to the Heathen.
Chapter XVI.— The Change of Affairs for the Better.
Chapter XVII.— The Revocation of the Rulers.
Chapter II.— The Subsequent Reverse.
Chapter III.— The Newly Erected Statue at Antioch.
Chapter IV.— The Memorials against us.
Chapter VI.— Those who suffered Martyrdom at this Time.
Chapter VII.— The Decree against us which was engraved on Pillars.
Chapter IX.— The Victory of the God-Beloved Emperors.
Chapter X.— The Overthrow of the Tyrants and the Words which they uttered before their Death.
Chapter XI.— The Final Destruction of the Enemies of Religion.
Chapter II.— The Restoration of the Churches.
Chapter III.— The Dedications in Every Place.
Chapter IV.— Panegyric on the Splendor of Affairs.
Chapter V.— Copies of Imperial Laws.
Chapter VI. — Copy of an Imperial Epistle in which Money is granted to the Churches.
Chapter VII.— The Exemption of the Clergy.
Chapter VIII.— The Subsequent Wickedness of Licinius, and his Death.
Supplementary Notes and Tables.
On Bk. III. chap. 3, § 5 (note 17, continued).
On Bk. III. chap. 3, § 6 (note 22, continued).
On Bk. III. chap. 24, § 17 (note 18 continued).
On Bk. III. chap. 25, § 4 (note 18 continued).
On Bk. III. chap. 32, § 6 (note 14 a ).
On Bk. III. chap. 39, § 1 (note 1, continued).
On Bk. V. Introd. § I (note 3, continued). The Successors of Antoninus Pius .
On Bk. V. chap. 1, § 27 (note 26, continued).
On Bk. VI. chap. 2 (note 1, continued). Origen’s Life and Writings .
On Bk. VI. chap. 8, § 5 (note 4). Origen and Demetrius .
On Bk. VI. chap. 23, § 4 (note 6). Origen’s Visit to Achaia .
On Bk. VII. chap. 26, § 1 (note 4, continued).
On Bk. VIII. chap. 2, § 4 (note 3, continued). The Causes of the Diocletian Persecution .
On Bk. X. chap. 8, § 4 (note I, a).
The Bishops of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, mentioned by Eusebius.
Table showing the Roman Method of counting the Days of the Month.
Chapter XV.— The Gospel according to Mark.
1. And thus when the divine word had made its home among them, 155 The origin of the Church at Rome is shrouded in mystery. Eusebius gives the tradition which rules in the Catholic Church, viz.: that Christianity was introduced into Rome by Peter, who went there during the reign of Claudius. But this tradition is sufficiently disproved by history. The origin of the Church was due to unknown persons, though it is possible we may obtain a hint of them in the Andronicus and Junta of Romans xvi. 7, who are mentioned as apostles, and who were therefore, according to the usage of the word in Paul’s writings, persons that introduced Christianity into a new place—missionaries proper, who did not work on others’ ground. the power of Simon was quenched and immediately destroyed, together with the man himself. 156 See chap. 12, note 9, and chap. 14, note 8. And so greatly did the splendor of piety illumine the minds of Peter’s hearers that they were not satisfied with hearing once only, and were not content with the unwritten teaching of the divine Gospel, but with all sorts of entreaties they besought Mark, 157 John Mark, son of Mary (Acts xii. 12), a sister of Barnabas (Col. iv. 10), was a companion of Paul and Barnabas in their missionary journeys, and afterward a companion of Barnabas alone (Acts xv. 39), and still later was with Paul again in Rome (Col. iv. 10 and Philemon 24), and with Peter when he wrote his first epistle (1 Pet. v. 13). For the later traditions concerning Mark, see the next chapter, note 1. a follower of Peter, and the one whose Gospel is extant, that he would leave them a written monument of the doctrine which had been orally communicated to them. Nor did they cease until they had prevailed with the man, and had thus become the occasion of the written Gospel which bears the name of Mark. 158 That Mark wrote the second Gospel under the influence of Peter, or as a record of what he had heard from him, is the universal tradition of antiquity. Papias, in the famous and much-disputed passage (quoted by Eusebius, III. 39, below), is the first to record the tradition. Justin Martyr refers to Mark’s Gospel under the name “Memoirs (ἀπομνημονεύματα) of Peter” (Dial. c. Tryph. 106; the translation in the Ante-Nicene Fathers, Am. Ed. Vol. I. p. 252, which refers the αὐτοῦ to Christ, is incorrect; compare Weiss, N. T. Einleitung, p. 44, note 4). Irenæus (Adv. Hær. III. 11. 1, quoted below, V. 8. 2), Tertullian (Adv. Marcionem, IV. 5), and Origen (quoted below, VI. 25) confirm the tradition, which is repeated over and over again by the Fathers. The question as to the real authorship of our second Gospel, or rather as to its composition and its relation to Matthew and Luke, is a very difficult one. The relationship of the three synoptical Gospels was first discussed by Augustine (De Consensu Evangelistarum), who defended the traditional order, but made Mark dependent upon Matthew. This view prevailed until the beginning of the present century, when the problem was attacked anew, and since then it has been the crux of the literary criticism of the Bible. The three have been held to be dependent upon each other, and every possible order has found its advocates; a common source has been assumed for the three: the Hebrew Matthew, the Gospel according to the Hebrews (see Bk. III. chap. 25, note 24), our canonical Gospel of Mark, or an original Mark, resembling the present one; a number of fragmentary documents have been assumed; while others, finally, have admitted only oral tradition as the basis. According to Baur’s tendency theory, Matthew (polemically Jewish-Christian) came first, followed by an original Luke (polemically Pauline-Christian), then by our Mark, which was based upon both and written in the interest of neutrality, and lastly by our present Luke, designed as a final irenicum. This view now finds few advocates. The whole matter is still unsettled, but criticism seems to be gradually converging toward a common ground type (or rather two independent types) for all three while at the same time maintaining the relative independence of the three, one toward the other. What these ground types were, is a matter of still sharper dispute, although criticism is gradually drawing their larger features with more and more certainty and clearness. (The latest discussion upon the subject by Handmann, das Hebräer-Evangelium, makes the two types the “Ur-Marcus” and the Gospel of the Hebrews.) That in the last analysis, however, some space must still be left for floating tradition, or for documents irreducible to the one or two types, seems absolutely certain. For further information as to the state of discussion upon this intricate problem, see among recent works, especially Weiss, Einleitung, p. 473 sqq., Holtzmann, Einleitung, p. 328 sqq., and Schaff, Ch. Hist. I. 575 sqq., where the literature down to 1882 is given with great fullness. Conservative opinion puts the composition of all the synoptic Gospels before the destruction of Jerusalem (for the date of Luke, see III. 4, note 12); but the critical school, while throwing the original type back of that date, considers the composition of our present Gospels to have been the gradual work of years, assuming that they were not finally crystallized into the form in which we have them before the second century.
2. And they say that Peter when he had learned, through a revelation of the Spirit, of that which had been done, was pleased with the zeal of the men, and that the work obtained the sanction of his authority for the purpose of being used in the churches. 159 This mention of the “pleasure” of Peter, and the “authority” given by him to the work of Mark, contradicts the account of Clement to which Eusebius here appeals as his authority. In Bk. VI. chap. 14 he quotes from the Hypotyposes of Clement, a passage which must be identical with the one referred to in this place, for it is from the same work and the general account is the same; but there Clement says expressly, “which when Peter understood he neither directly hindered nor encouraged it.” Clement in the eighth book of his Hypotyposes gives this account, and with him agrees the bishop of Hierapolis named Papias. 160 The passage from Papias is quoted below in Bk. III. chap. 39. Papias is a witness to the general fact that Mark wrote down what he had heard from Peter, but not (so far as he is extant) to the details of the account as given by Eusebius. Upon Papias himself, see Bk. III. chap. 39. And Peter makes mention of Mark in his first epistle which they say that he wrote in Rome itself, as is indicated by him, when he calls the city, by a figure, Babylon, as he does in the following words: “The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son.” 161 1 Pet. v. 13. Commentators are divided as to the place in which Peter wrote this epistle (compare Schaff’s Church Hist. I. p. 744 sqq.). The interpretation given by Eusebius is the patristic and Roman Catholic opinion, and is maintained by many Protestant commentators. But on the other hand the literal use of the word “Babylon” is defended by a great number of the leading scholars of the present day. Compare Weiss, N. T. Einleitung, p. 433, note 1.