The auncient ecclesiasticall histories of the first six hundred yeares after Christ, wrytten in the Greeke tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Euagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Cæsarea in Palæstina vvrote 10 bookes. Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople vvrote 7 bookes. Euagrius Scholasticus of Antioch vvrote 6 bookes. VVhereunto is annexed Dorotheus Bishop of Tyrus, of the liues of the prophetes, apostles and 70 disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greeke tongue by Meredith Hanmer, Maister of Arte and student in diuinitie. Last of all herein is contayned a profitable chronographie collected by the sayd translator, the title whereof is to be seene in the ende of this volume, with a copious index of the principall matters throughout all the histories

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Title: The auncient ecclesiasticall histories of the first six hundred yeares after Christ, wrytten in the Greeke tongue by three learned historiographers, Eusebius, Socrates, and Euagrius. Eusebius Pamphilus Bishop of Cæsarea in Palæstina vvrote 10 bookes. Socrates Scholasticus of Constantinople vvrote 7 bookes. Euagrius Scholasticus of Antioch vvrote 6 bookes. VVhereunto is annexed Dorotheus Bishop of Tyrus, of the liues of the prophetes, apostles and 70 disciples. All which authors are faithfully translated out of the Greeke tongue by Meredith Hanmer, Maister of Arte and student in diuinitie. Last of all herein is contayned a profitable chronographie collected by the sayd translator, the title whereof is to be seene in the ende of this volume, with a copious index of the principall matters throughout all the histories
Author: Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340.
Publication: Imprinted at London :: By Thomas Vautroullier dwelling in the Blackefriers by Ludgate,; 1577.
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Subject terms: Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Early works to 1800.
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CAP. XX.

Of the succession of Byshopes in the moste famous churches.

IN the tenthe yeare of the raygne of Comodus, when Eleutherius had gouerned the bishop∣ricke of Rome thertene yeares: Victor succeded him. at what tyme also Iulianus after he had continewed tenne yeares, in the bishopes seae of Alexandria, dyed, and Demetrius came in place. at what tyme likewise Serapion, (mentioned a little before) was knowen to be the eyght Bishope of Antioche after the Apostles. Then was Theophilus bishope of Caesarea in Palesti∣na, and Narcissus (before remembred) bishope of Ierusalem, and Banchillus bishope of Co∣rinthe in Hellada, Polycrates bishope of Ephesus, and an infinite number more (as it is verye likelie) besydes these, excelled at that tyme. but we rehearse theim by name and that, iustlye by whose meanes and writinges the catholicke fayth hath bene continewed vnto our tyme.