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Historia ecclesiastica

These are the contents of the first volume of Theodoret's Ecclesiastical History

1. The purpose of the history. 2. Whence the heresy of the Arians began. 3.

Catalogue of the principal bishops. 4. Letter of Alexander, bishop of Alexandria, to Alexander, bishop of Constantinople. 5. Letter of Arius to Eusebius, the bishop of Nicomedia. 6. Letter of Eusebius, bishop of Nicomedia, to Paulinus, bishop of Tyre. 7. The proceedings of the great synod at Nicaea. 8. Refutation of the Arians from the writings of Eustathius the Great and of Athanasius. 9. The proceedings against Meletius the Egyptian, from whom the Meletian schismatics have continued to this day, and the synodical letter concerning this. 10. Letter of the emperor Constantine to the absent bishops concerning the decrees of the synod. 11. Concerning the grain allowances granted to the churches and the other virtues of the emperor. 12. Letter of Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea, concerning the faith set forth at Nicaea. 2 13. Refutation of the Arians who blaspheme now, from the writings of Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea. 14. Concerning the death of Arius, from the letter of Athanasius. 15. Letter of the emperor Constantine concerning the building of the churches. 1 6. Another letter of the same concerning the preparation of the divine scriptures. 17. Another letter of the same to Macarius, the bishop of Jerusalem, concerning the building of the divine temple. 18. Concerning Helena, the mother of the emperor Constantine, and the finding of the precious wood of the cross, and her zeal for the building of the divine temple. 19. Concerning the unlawful translation of Eusebius from Nicomedia to Constantinople. 20. Letter of the emperor Constantine against Eusebius and Theogonius, written to the Nicomedians. 21. Concerning the plot formed by Eusebius and his party against the holy Eustathius, the bishop of Antioch. 22. Concerning the heretical bishops appointed in Antioch after the exile of the holy Eustathius. 23. Concerning the faith of the Indians. 24. Concerning the guidance of the Iberians to piety. 25. Letter of the emperor Constantine to Sapor, the king of the Persians. 2 6. Concerning the plot contrived against the holy Athanasius. 27. Letter of the emperor Constantine to the Alexandrians. 28. Another plot against Athanasius. 29. Letter of the emperor Constantine to the synod. 30. Concerning the synod held at Tyre and the plot contrived there against the 3 blessed Athanasius on account of the notorious hand of Arsenius. 31. Concerning the consecration ceremonies held in Jerusalem and the exile of the great Athanasius. 32. Concerning the will of the blessed emperor Constantine. 33. A defense of the emperor. 34. Concerning the death of the emperor.

OF THEODORET, BISHOP OF CYRRHUS, ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY

BOOK ONE

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Historia ecclesiastica

Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ τόμῳ τῆς Θεοδωρήτου ἐκκλησιαστικῆς ἱστορίας

αʹ. Ὁ τῆς ἱστορίας σκοπός. βʹ. Πόθεν ἤρξατο τῶν Ἀρειανῶν ἡ αἵρεσις. γʹ.

Κατάλογος τῶν πρωτευόντων ἐπισκόπων. δʹ. Ἐπιστολὴ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἐπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρο ἐπίσκοπον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. εʹ. Ἀρείου ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς Εὐσέβιον τὸν Νικομηδείας ἐπίσκοπον. ςʹ. Εὐσεβίου ἐπισκόπου Νικομηδείας ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς Παυλῖνον ἐπί σκοπον Τύρου. ζʹ. Τὰ κατὰ τὴν μεγάλην σύνοδον τὴν ἐν Νικαίᾳ. ηʹ. Ἔλεγχος τῶν Ἀρειανιζόντων ἐκ τῶν Εὐσταθίου τοῦ μεγάλου καὶ Ἀθανασίου συγγραμμάτων. θʹ. Τὰ κατὰ Μελίτιον τὸν Αἰγύπτιον, ἐξ οὗ Μελιτιανοὶ σχισματικοὶ μέχρι τοῦ παρόντος διέμειναν, καὶ συνοδικὴ περὶ τούτου ἐπιστολή. ιʹ. Ἐπιστολὴ τοῦ βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου πρὸς τοὺς ἀπολειφθέντας ἐπισκόπους περὶ τῶν ἐν τῇ συνόδῳ τυπωθέντων. ιαʹ. Περὶ τῶν σιτηρεσίων τῶν ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις χορηγηθέντων καὶ τῆς ἄλλης τοῦ βασιλέως ἀρετῆς. ιβʹ. Ἐπιστολὴ Εὐσεβίου τοῦ Καισαρείας ἐπισκόπου περὶ τῆς ἐκτε θείσης ἐν Νικαίᾳ πίστεως. 2 ιγʹ. Ἔλεγχος τῶν νῦν βλασφημούντων Ἀρειανῶν ἐκ τῶν Εὐσεβίου τοῦ Καισαρείας ἐπισκόπου συγγραμμάτων. ιδʹ. Περὶ τῆς Ἀρείου τελευτῆς ἐκ τῆς Ἀθανασίου ἐπιστολῆς. ιεʹ. Ἐπιστολὴ τοῦ βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου περὶ τῆς τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν οἰκοδομίας. ι ϛʹ. Ἄλλη ἐπιστολὴ τοῦ αὐτοῦ περὶ τῆς τῶν θείων γραφῶν κατα σκευῆς. ιζʹ. Ἄλλη τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς Μακάριον τὸν ἐπίσκοπον Ἱερο σολύμων περὶ τῆς οἰκοδομίας τοῦ θείου ναοῦ. ιηʹ. Περὶ Ἑλένης τῆς τοῦ βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου μητρὸς καὶ τῆς τοῦ τιμίου ξύλου τοῦ σταυροῦ εὑρέσεως καὶ τῆς περὶ τὴν οἰκο δομίαν τοῦ θείου ναοῦ σπουδῆς. ιθʹ. Περὶ τῆς παρανόμου Εὐσεβίου ἀπὸ Νικομηδείας ἐπὶ τὴν Κων σταντινούπολιν μεταθέσεως. κʹ. Ἐπιστολὴ τοῦ βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου κατὰ Εὐσεβίου καὶ Θεο γονίου γραφεῖσα Νικομηδεῦσι. καʹ. Περὶ τῆς ὑπὸ Εὐσεβίου καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτῷ γεγενημένης κατὰ τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐσταθίου τοῦ τῆς Ἀντιοχείας ἐπισκόπου συσκευῆς. κβʹ. Περὶ τῶν μετὰ τὴν ἔξοδον τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐσταθίου κατασταθέντων ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ ἐπισκόπων αἱρετικῶν. κγʹ. Περὶ τῆς Ἰνδῶν πίστεως. κδʹ. Περὶ τῆς Ἰβήρων πρὸς τὴν εὐσέβειαν ποδηγίας. κεʹ. Ἐπιστολὴ τοῦ βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου πρὸς Σαβώρην τὸν βα σιλέα Περσῶν. κ ϛʹ. Περὶ τῆς κατὰ τοῦ ἁγίου Ἀθανασίου τυρευθείσης ἐπιβουλῆς. κζʹ. Ἐπιστολὴ τοῦ βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου πρὸς Ἀλεξανδρέας. κηʹ. Ἄλλη κατὰ Ἀθανασίου ἐπιβουλή. κθʹ. Ἐπιστολὴ τοῦ βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου πρὸς τὴν σύνοδον. λʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἐν Τύρῳ γεγενημένης συνόδου καὶ τῆς ἐκεῖσε κατὰ τοῦ 3 μακαρίου Ἀθανασίου διὰ τὴν Ἀρσενίου περιβόητον χεῖρα κατα σκευασθείσης ἐπιβουλῆς. λαʹ. Περὶ τῶν ἐγκαινίων τῶν ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις γεγενημένων καὶ τῆς ἐξορίας τοῦ μεγάλου Ἀθανασίου. λβʹ. Περὶ τῆς τοῦ μακαρίου Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ βασιλέως διαθήκης. λγʹ. Ἀπολογία ὑπὲρ τοῦ βασιλέως. λδʹ. Περὶ τῆς τοῦ βασιλέως τελευτῆς.

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