The history of the church from our Lords incarnation, to the twelth year of the Emperour Maricius Tiberius, or the Year of Christ 594 / as it was written in Greek, by Eusebius Pamphilius ..., Socrates Scholasticus, and Evagrius Scholasticus ... ; made English from that edition of these historians, which Valesius published at Paris in the years 1659, 1668, and 1673 ; also, The life of Constantine in four books, written by Eusibius Pamphilus, with Constantine's Oration to the convention of the saints, and Eusebius's Speech in praise of Constantine, spoken at his tricennalia ; Valesius's annotations on these authors, are done into English, and set at their proper places in the margin, as likewise a translation of his account of their lives and writings ; with two index's, the one, of the principal matters that occur in the text, the other, of those contained in the notes.
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The history of the church from our Lords incarnation, to the twelth year of the Emperour Maricius Tiberius, or the Year of Christ 594 / as it was written in Greek, by Eusebius Pamphilius ..., Socrates Scholasticus, and Evagrius Scholasticus ... ; made English from that edition of these historians, which Valesius published at Paris in the years 1659, 1668, and 1673 ; also, The life of Constantine in four books, written by Eusibius Pamphilus, with Constantine's Oration to the convention of the saints, and Eusebius's Speech in praise of Constantine, spoken at his tricennalia ; Valesius's annotations on these authors, are done into English, and set at their proper places in the margin, as likewise a translation of his account of their lives and writings ; with two index's, the one, of the principal matters that occur in the text, the other, of those contained in the notes.
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Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340.
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1683.
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Persecution -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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"The history of the church from our Lords incarnation, to the twelth year of the Emperour Maricius Tiberius, or the Year of Christ 594 / as it was written in Greek, by Eusebius Pamphilius ..., Socrates Scholasticus, and Evagrius Scholasticus ... ; made English from that edition of these historians, which Valesius published at Paris in the years 1659, 1668, and 1673 ; also, The life of Constantine in four books, written by Eusibius Pamphilus, with Constantine's Oration to the convention of the saints, and Eusebius's Speech in praise of Constantine, spoken at his tricennalia ; Valesius's annotations on these authors, are done into English, and set at their proper places in the margin, as likewise a translation of his account of their lives and writings ; with two index's, the one, of the principal matters that occur in the text, the other, of those contained in the notes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A38749.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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CHAP. XXXI. Concerning the heterodox and corrupt opinion of the Manichees which sprang up at this time.
AT the same time that mad-man, (truly cal∣led a 1.1Manes) who gave denomination to that furious Heresie, was armed with madness; Satan himself that Adversary of God, having pro∣duced him for the destruction of many men. This person was barbarous in his whole course of life, in his very discourse and manners, he was as to his disposition devilish and mad: he undertook what was agreeable hereto, and attempted to feign him∣self to be Christ. Sometimes he declared him∣self to be the * 1.2Paraclete, and the very holy Spirit, being also besides his madness puft up with pride: at other times, as if he were Christ, he elected twelve disciples to be Colleagues of his new∣formed opinion: Moreover, when he had patched up a Collection of false and Atheistical opinions, gathered out of various Heresies which were long since extinct, he poured them, like some deadly poi∣son, out of Persia into b 1.3 our Countrey. Hence came that impious name of the c 1.4Manichees, which at this time abounds in many places; such there∣fore was the original of this d 1.5 forged doctrine, which sprang up in the times before mentioned.
Notes
a 1.1
Eusebius, as we here see, derives the name of this He∣retick from the Greek word 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, a mad∣man: The Learned Bishop Pearson, on the Creed, supposes Manes to be a Title rather than a name, and to be deri∣ved from the He∣brew 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 or '〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, signifying, an Here∣tick: see his reasons for this derivation, in his marginal notes at pag. 64. of his Exposition on the Creed; Edit▪ Lond. 1669.
Manes was not the first Authour of this Heresie, though his fol∣lowers were from him called Manicheans. Indeed, Manes disseminated this Heresie in the days of Aurelianus, or Probus the Emperour: but he had a predecessour, though not a master, called first Terebintbus, afterwards Buddas: which Buddas had a former master, by name Scythianus, who was the first Authour of this Heresie, and lived about the Apostolick times. See the pedegree of this Heresie drawn at large by Epiphanius, Advers. Manicheos; pag. 617, &c. Edit. Petav.