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.
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Subject terms: Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Early works to 1800.
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CAP. XLVII.

Of Thalassius Byshop of Caesarea in Cappadocia.

PRoclus about that time in the seauenteenth Consulship of Theodosius, tooke in hand a marue∣lous enterprise suche a thinge as none of the bishops of old haue at any time brought about. After the desease of Filmus bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, the Caesareans came to Con∣stantinople for a bishop. When Proclus mused with himselfe whome he should assigne to be theyr bishop, by chaunce on the sabbaoth day as he sought a fit mā for the rowme all the Senators came to the church for to see whome he woulde elect, of which number Thalassius was one, Liuetenant & gouernour of the nations and cities throughout Illyrium. Who as reporte goeth being commaū∣ded of the Emperour to gouerne certen contreyes of the East, was consecrated of Proclus, and in steede of a Liuetenant made bishop of Caesarea. And thus y^• Ecclesiasticall affayres of those times enioyed peace and tranquility. But here I will cut of and make an end of my history prayinge for the continewance of peace and prosperous estate of all churches vnder heauen, for the wealth of all people, for the cōcord and vnity of all cities and contreyes. For when peace preuayleth there is no matter for an historiographer to occupie his pēne. for most holy Theodorus which hast inioined me this taske, nowe at length performed in these seauē bookes of the Ecclesiasticall history: there would haue bene no matter ministred for my penne, if such as set theyr minds on seditiō & discorde had bene at peace and vnity among them selues. This seauenth booke contineweth the historye of two and thirty yeares, our wholl history being deuided into seauē bookes compriseth the compasse of one hundreth and forty yeares, begining at the first yeare of the two hundreth and first Olympiad when Constantine was proclaimed Emperour, & ending the second yeare of the three hundreth &* 1.1 fift Olympiade, being the seauenteenth Consulship of Theodosius the Emperour.

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* 1.1

Socrates en∣deth his hi∣••tory Anno Dom. 440.

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