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. X.* 1.1

The conference which Maris Bishop of Chalcedon being blinde had with Iulian the Apostata,

ABout that tyme Maris Bishop of Chalcedon in Bithynia being led by the hande vnto Iulian the Emperour (for that he was olde he had a webb growen in his eyes which berea∣ued him of his sight) beganne to rebuke the Emperour sharpely, calling him an impious person, an Apostata and an Atheist. he of the contrary answered him opprobriously, recompenced him with the like, called him a blind foole and sayd vnto him farther: thy God of Galilee will not restore thee thy sight agayne. for Iulianus called Christ a Galilaean and all the Christians in like* 1.2 sort. Maris a litle after answered the Emperour somewhat freely, I thanke God (sayth he) which made me blinde lest that euer I should set mine eye vpon so vngracious a face as thine is. Wher∣unto the Emperour made no answere but handled the Bishop roughly. When he perceaued that the Christians did highly reuerence and honor such as suffered martyrdome vnder the raigne of Diocletian: when he learned also for certayntie, diuerse men to be so well disposed, that willingly they woulde suffer martyrdome: he going about to depriue the Christians of so great a benefitt, deuised an other way to afflict them. And although he let passe the vnsatiable tyranny practised in the tyme of Diocletian, yet ceased he not altogether from persecuting. In mine opinion he is a per∣secutor* 1.3 which molesteth any kinde of way such men as leade a quiet and peaceable lise. Iulian in this sorte afflicted the Christans not a litle. he made a lawe that the Christians shoulde not be trayned vp in prophane literature. for (sayth he) seeing they haue the gift of vtterance so readily, they shall easily be able to ouerthrowe the quicks of Logick, wherewith the Gentils doe vpholde their doctrine.

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* 1.1

Cap. 12. in the Greeke.

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* 1.2

The answere of M•••• is vn∣to Iulian.

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* 1.3

Who is a per¦secutor.

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