The History of the Church:
From Christ to Constantine (Penguin Classics) – April 3, 1990
by Eusebius (Author), Andrew
Louth (Editor, Introduction), & G. A.
Williamson (Translator)
“Eusebius's account is the
only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300
years. Bishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in
Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in writing the History and provided a
model for all later ecclesiastical historians. In tracing the history of the
Church from the time of Christ to the Great Persecution at the beginning of the
fourth century, and ending with the conversion of the Emperor Constantine, his
aim was to show the purity and continuity of the doctrinal tradition of
Christianity and its struggle against persecutors and heretics.” – Amazon ($12.54
with tax and shipping; 405 pages)
I bought another edition of this book back in college, ironically by the same translator G. A. Williamson. I sold that one some time back. I believe I am finally ready to read it more closely. How much of the Shadow Library am I going to buy again? It came this morning before the rains fell. The cover I received has a patch, where the price tag was torn off, no doubt; it looks like a bandage over the man on the right's eye. Andre Routh was also the editor of Early Christian Writings.
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