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Apr 5, 2019 · Also Known As: Eusebius Pamphili. Known For: An accomplished historian as well as the Bishop of Caesarea, Eusebius created, cataloged, and preserved historical accounts and documentation of the first three centuries of Christianity. Born: The exact date of his birth is unknown; most likely in Palestine around 260 A.D.
For this ten-volume work, Eusebius is known as "the father of church history." But in his day, he was as much a maker of history as a recorder of it. Persecuted. There was once a biography of...
Mar 29, 2024 · Who was Eusebius of Caesarea? Answer. Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 260–c. 340) is known as the “father of church history.”. He was the first to write a “comprehensive” history of the early church. Eusebius of Caesarea is to be distinguished from his contemporary Eusebius of Nicomedia.
Oct 15, 2021 · Eusebius Pamphili (aka Eusebius of Caesarea, 260-340 CE) was a Christian historian, exegete, and polemicist. He became the bishop of Caesarea Maritima in 314 CE and served as court bishop during the reign of Constantine I (r. 306-337 CE).
Eusebius of Caesarea , (flourished 4th century, Caesarea Palestinae, Palestine), Bishop and historian of early Christianity. Baptized and ordained at Caesarea in Palestine, he may have been imprisoned during the Roman persecutions. His fame rests on his Ecclesiastical History (312–324), which preserves portions of works no longer extant.
Jun 8, 2018 · People. Philosophy and Religion. Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches: General Biographies. Eusebius of Caesarea. views 1,364,517 updated Jun 08 2018. EUSEBIUS OF CAESAREA. Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, apologist, Biblical exegete, and the earliest Church historian; b. c. 260; d. c. 339.
Eusebius is known above all as the first historian of Christianity, but he was also the greatest philologist of the ancient Church. It was to Caesarea, where Eusebius was born probably in about the year 260 A.D., that Origen had fled from Alexandria. And in Caesarea, Origen founded a school and a huge library.
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