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 15, 2024.
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CHAP. XV. Concerning what happened to the Gentiles.
INdeed, throughout the whole a 1.1 ten years space of the persecution, there was no intermission of mutual conspiracies and intestine wars amongst them: the Sea was impassible to those that made voyages over it. Neither could any persons arrive at any Haven whatsoever, ••ut they must indu••e all sorts of scourges, be tormented, have their sides torn with nails, and be interrogated, by their un∣dergoing all sorts of tortures, whether they came from the Enemies Country: and at last they un∣derwent the punishment of crucifixion, or were burnt to death. Furthermore, they provided shields, breast-plates, darts, speares, and other such like military instruments. Also, galleys, and weapons for a Sea-fight were every where prepared Nei∣ther did any person expect any thing else but an incursion of the enemy. After all these [cala∣mities] followed a famine and a pestilence; of which we will give a relation at an opportune place and time.
Notes
a 1.1
The per∣secution began in the year of Christ 303; when Dio∣cletian was in his 8th, an Maxi∣mian in his 7th, con∣sulate. It ended in the year of Christ 312; then, when Constan∣tine, ha∣ving con∣quered Maxentius, sent letters to Maximi∣nus Empe∣rour of the East, to procure liberty for the Christians; as our Eusebius relates in Book 9. Therefore the persecution lasted ten years, as 'tis here af∣firmed. And so the years are noted in the M. S. copies of Eusebius's Chronicon, as Pontacus has observed. Epiphanius therefore is mista∣ken; who (in his Book De ponder. & Mensur.) says this persecu∣tion lasted twelve years. See the following chapter, where our Au∣thour relates, that the persecution ceased on the tenth year. Vales.