A new history of ecclesiastical writers containing an account of the authors of the several books of the Old and New Testament, of the lives and writings of the primitive fathers, an abridgement and catalogue of their works ... also a compendious history of the councils, with chronological tables of the whole / written in French by Lewis Ellies du Pin.

A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL AUTHORS Mentioned in this VOLUME.

Giving an Account of the Time of their Birth, their Names, Country and Employ∣ments, when they Flourished, with the Time of their Deaths.

• EUSEBIUS, BORN in the Reign of Galienus, about the Year 264. Ordain'd Bishop of Caesarea in Pa∣laestine in 313. Flourished under Constantine. Died in the Year 338.
• CONSTANTINE, Born in the Year 273. The first Christian Empe∣rour. Elected the 6^th of August 309. Died May 22. 337.
• C. VECTIUS AQUILINUS JUVENCUS, A Priest of Spain. Flourished about the Year 329.
• RHETICIUS, Bishop of Autun. Flourished at the beginning of the Fourth Century.
• EUSTATHIUS, Born about the end of the Third Century. Elected Bishop of Antioch in the Year 323. Flourished from that time to the Year 330. Died about the Year 335.
• PETER, Ordained Bishop of Alexandria in the Year 300. Suffered Martyrdom in 311.
• ALEXANDER, Ordained Bishop of Alexandria in 305. Died about the End of the Year 325.
• St. ATHANASIUS, Born about the Year 300. Ordained Bishop of Alexandria in 326. Maintained the Faith of the Church until the Year 373. Died about the Year 373.
• St. JACOBUS NISIBENUS, Flourished at the End of the Third and the begin∣ning of the Fourth Century. Died about the Year 340.
• MARCELLUS, Bishop of Ancyra. Flourished from the Year 325, till the Year 336.
• HOSIUS, Born Anno 267. Bishop of Corduba. Flourished from the beginning to the middle of the Fourth Cen∣tury. Died in 358.
• JULIUS, Ordained Bishop of Rome in the Year 335. Died in 352.
• ASTERIUS, An Arian Philosopher. Wrote about the Year 330.
• THEODORUS, Bishop of Perinthus. Flourished about the Year 330.
• TRYPHILIUS, Bishop in Cyprus. Flourished under Constantius.
• HELIODORUS, A Priest. Under the same.
• DONATUS, Under Constantine and Constantius.
• ...

  • VITELLIUS, and
  • ...MACROBIUS,

  Under Constantius.

• St. ANTHONY the Abbot, Born about the Year 250. He Retired into his Soli∣tude in the Year 270. and Flourished till the middle of the Fourth Century. Died An. 356.
• St. PACHOMIUS, Abbot. Flourished at the end of the Fourth Centu∣ry. Died about the Year 400.
• ORESIESIS, Disciple of St. Pachomius. Flourished at the end of the Fourth Century.
• THEODORUS, Priest. Successor of St. Pachomius. Flourished at the same time.
• ...

  • MACARIUS, A Monk of Sceta;
  • MACARIUS, Abbot in Thebais, and
  • MACARIUS, Disciple of St. Anthony.

  Flourished all about the end of the Fourth Century.

• SERAPION, Bishop of Thmuis. Ordained in the Year 340.
• EUSEBIUS EMISENUS, Flourished from the Year 330. Died about the Year 350.
• BASIL, Ordained Bishop of Ancyra in the Year 336. Died af∣ter the Year 360.
• ...

• ... LIBERIUS, Ordained Bishop of Rome in the Year 352. Driven away in 356. Restored in 358. Died in the Year 366.
• St. HILARY, Ordained Bishop of Poictiers about the Year 350. Sent into Exile in 356, and Restored in 360. Died Anno 367.
• LUCIFER, Bishop of Calaris. Flourished about the middle of the Fourth Century. Died about the Year 370.
• MARIUS VICTORINUS, Of Africa. Flourished about the end of the Fourth Century. Died about the Year 370.
• St. PACIANUS, Bishop of Barcelona. Flourished about the end of the Fourth Century. Died about the Year 380.
• GREGORY, Bishop of Elvira in Spain. Flourished from the Year 357 to the end of that Century.
• PHAEBADIUS, Bishop of Agen. Flourished from the Year 350, almost to the end of the Century. Died about the Year 395.
• St. OPTATUS, Bishop of Milevis. Wrote about the Year 370. Died in the Reign of Valentinian, about the Year 372.
• ACACIUS, Bishop of Caesarea in Palaestine. Succeeded Eusebius in the Year 338. Died in 366.
• PHOTINUS, Bishop of Sirmium. Discover'd his Error about the Year 344. Died in 376.
• AETIUS, Taught his Errours in the Year 340. Died in 366.
• EUNOMIUS, Disciple of Aëtius. Published his Errors from the Year 350 till near the end of the Century. Died about the Year 395.
• GEORGE, Of Laodicea. Began to appear about the Year 320, and was ordained Bishop in 330. Died about the Year 359.
• APOLLIN ARIUS the Father, Priest of Laodicea. Flourished under Constantius and Julian.
• APOLLINARIUS the Son, Bishop of Laodicea. Flourished under Constantius and Julian. Died about the Year 370.
• TITUS, Of Bostra. Flourished in the Reigns of Julian and Jovian.
• DIDYMUS the Blind, Born towards the Year 300. Professor in the School of Alexandria. Flourished about the middle of the Fourth Century. Died about the Year 395.
• PETER, Bishop of Alexandria. Ordained in the Year 373. Died in 381.
• LUCIUS, The pretended Bishop of Alexandria. Invaded that See in the Year 373.
• AQUILIUS SEVERUS, Died about the Year 370.
• EUZOIUS, Died about the Year 390.
• St. CYRIL, Ordained Bishop of Jerusalem in 356. Died about the Year 386.
• St. EPHREM, The Syrian, Deacon of Edessa. Flourished from the Year 360. Died in the Year 378.
• DAMASUS, Ordained Bishop of Rome in the Year 366. Died in 384.
• St. BASIL, Born in the Year 328. Ordained Bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia in 369. Died in the Year 379.
• St. GREGORY NAZIANZEN, Born about the Year 328. Flourished from the Year 368. Died in the Year 389.
• St. GREGORY NYSSEN, Born in 330. Constituted Bishop of Nyssa in 371. Died in 395.
• St. CAESARIUS, Born about the Year 330. An Officer of the Empe∣rour. Died in the Year 369.
• St. AMPHILOCHIUS, Ordained Bishop of Iconium in 375. Died about the Year 395.
• MAXIMUS, A Philosopher. Flourished about the end of the Fourth Century.
• EUSEBIUS VERCELLENSIS, Flourished under the Emperours Constantius and Valens. Died in the Year 370.
• MELETIUS, Chosen Bishop of Antioch in the Year 361. Died 380.
• DIODORUS, A Priest of Antioch. Who Flourished about the Year 370. and was ordained Bishop of Tarsus in 375.
• HILARY, Deacon of Rome. Flourished under Liberius and Da∣masus.
• ...

  • PRISCILLIAN,
  • MATRONIANUS,
  • TIBERIANUS,

  Executed in 384.

• DICTINIUS, Died about the beginning of the Fifth Century.
• ITHACIUS or IDACIUS, Bishop of Ossobona. Flourished about the end of the Fourth Century.
• FAUSTINUS, A Luciferian Deacon. Presented his Petition to the Em∣perours in the Year 384.
• ...

• ... PHILASTRIUS, Bishop of Brescia. Died in 387.
• TIMOTHY, Ordained Bishop of Alexandria in the Year 381.
• NECTARIUS, Chosen Archbishop of Constantinople, Anno 382. Died in 397.
• GELASIUS, Bishop of Caesarea in Palaestine. Flourished about the end of the Fourth Century.
• SIRICIUS, Bishop of Rome. Succeeded Damasus in 386.
• SABINUS, Bishop of the Macedonians at Heraclea. Flourished a∣bout the end of the Reign of Theodosius.
• AMBROSE, Of Alexandria, Disciple of Didymus. Died about the Year 375.
• THEOTIMUS, Bishop of Tomi in Scythia. Flourished at the end of the Fourth Century.
• EVAGRIUS, Ordained Bishop of Antioch in 386. Died in 393.
• St. AMBROSE, Born about the Year 340. Baptized and Ordained Bishop of Milan in 374. Died in the Year 396.
• St. EPIPHANIUS, Born Anno 332. Ordained Bishop of Salamis in the Year 366. Died in 402 or 403.
• PHILO CARPATHIUS, A Supposititious Author.
• Q. JULIUS HILARION, Died about the Year 400.