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. XXII.* 1.1

Howe that Macedonius hauinge gotten againe the Byshopricke of Constanti∣nople, vexed such as were of the contrary opinion.

MAcedonius then, after that Paulus had departed this life with the maner aboue sayde, was made Bishop of Constantinople, he had greate liberty & accesse vnto the Emperoure, he made warres among y^• christians, nothing inferior to the tyrannicall practises of those ti∣mes: he perswaded the Emperour to ayd him, whē as in very deede he procured the ouerthrowe & destruction of the churches, & preuayled so muche, that whatsoeuer he lewdly had compassed, the same forthewith was by a lawe confirmed. Euery citie sounded of proclamations. The souldiers were cōmaunded to see y^• Emperours edicts take place. As many as cleaued vnto y^• Creede con∣taininge y^• clause of one substance, were not onely cut of from y^• churches, but also banished altoge∣ther the cities. And first they ioyne heads & hāds together, to bring this to passe. But whē this pe∣stilent infection had spred it selfe farre & nigh, such as had litle, or rather no care at all of y^• ecclesia¦stical affaires, determined with themselues, to constraine men to their communion. The violence* 1.2 truely was no lesse, then y^• of olde, practised towards the christians, whē they were compelled and drawne to sacrifice vnto Idols. For many endured sundry kinds of torment: often racking and dis∣membring of their ioynts: confiscating of their substance: some bereaued of their natiue soile: other some departed this life vnder y^• hands of y^• tormentor: some died in banishment, & neuer sawe their countrey againe. These were their practises throughout all the cities of y^• Easte, but specially at Constantinople. This ciuill plague & persecutiō (afore time ••eing not out of measure) Macedo∣nius did greatly augmēt, as soone as euer he had gottē y^• Bishopricke. But the cities of Greece, of Illyrium, & of y^• other partes tending towards the West, were voyd of all these tumults & calami∣ties, because they agreed within themselues and obserued the canons of the Nicene councell.

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* 1.1

Cap. 27. in the greeke.

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* 1.2

The persecu∣tion of the christians by the Ariā he∣retickes.

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