Eusebius of Caesarea · Church History · Book VIII
Passages · 17
Book VIII
- Church History VIII.1 — The Events which preceded the Persecution in our Times. 1. It is beyond our ability to describe in a suitable manner the extent and nature of the glory and freedom with which the word of piety toward the God of the…vatican.va
- Church History VIII.2 — The Destruction of the Churches. 1. All these things were fulfilled in us, when we saw with our own eyes the houses of prayer thrown down to the very foundations, and the Divine and Sacred Scriptures committed to the…vatican.va
- Church History VIII.3 — The Nature of the Conflicts endured in the Persecution. 1. Then truly a great many rulers of the churches eagerly endured terrible sufferings, and furnished examples of noble conflicts. But a multitude of others,…vatican.va
- Church History VIII.4 — The Famous Martyrs of God, who filled Every Place with their Memory and won Various Crowns in behalf of Religion. Chapter IV.—The Famous Martyrs of God, who filled Every Place with their Memory and won Various Crowns…vatican.va
- Church History VIII.5 — Those in Nicomedia. 1. Immediately on the publication of the decree against the churches in Nicomedia, a certain man, not obscure but very highly honored with distinguished temporal dignities, moved with zeal toward…vatican.va
- Church History VIII.6 — Those in the Palace. 1. This period produced divine and illustrious martyrs, above all whose praises have ever been sung and who have been celebrated for courage, whether among Greeks or barbarians, in the person of…vatican.va
- Church History VIII.7 — The Egyptians in Phœnicia. 1. Those of them that were conspicuous in Palestine we know, as also those that were at Tyre in Phœnicia. Who that saw them was not astonished at the numberless stripes, and at the firmness…vatican.va
- Church History VIII.8 — Those in Egypt. 1. Such was the conflict of those Egyptians who contended nobly for religion in Tyre. But we must admire those also who suffered martyrdom in their native land; where thousands of men, women, and…vatican.va
- Church History VIII.9 — Those in Thebais. 1. It would be impossible to describe the outrages and tortures which the martyrs in Thebais endured. They were scraped over the entire body with shells instead of hooks until they died. Women were…vatican.va
- Church History VIII.10 — The Writings of Phileas the Martyr describing the Occurrences at Alexandria. 1. Since we have mentioned Phileas as having a high reputation for secular learning, let him be his own witness in the following extract,…vatican.va
- Church History VIII.11 — Those in Phrygia. 1. A small town of Phrygia, inhabited solely by Christians, was completely surrounded by soldiers while the men were in it. Throwing fire into it, they consumed them with the women and children…vatican.va
- Church History VIII.12 — Many Others, both Men and Women, who suffered in Various Ways. 1. Why need we mention the rest by name, or number the multitude of the men, or picture the various sufferings of the admirable martyrs of Christ? Some…vatican.va
- Church History VIII.13 — The Bishops of the Church that evinced by their Blood the Genuineness of the Religion which they preached. Chapter XIII.—The Bishops of the Church that evinced by their Blood the Genuineness of the Religion which…vatican.va
- Church History VIII.14 — The Character of the Enemies of Religion. 1. Maxentius his son, who obtained the government at Rome, at first feigned our faith, in complaisance and flattery toward the Roman people. On this account he commanded his…vatican.va
- Church History VIII.15 — The Events which happened to the Heathen. 1. During the entire ten years of the persecution, they were constantly plotting and warring against one another. For the sea could not be navigated, nor could men sail from…vatican.va
- Church History VIII.16 — The Change of Affairs for the Better. 1. Such was the state of affairs during the entire persecution. But in the tenth year, through the grace of God, it ceased altogether, having begun to decrease after the eighth…vatican.va
- Church History VIII.17 — The Revocation of the Rulers. 1. Wrestling with so many evils, he thought of the cruelties which he had committed against the pious. Turning, therefore, his thoughts toward himself, he first openly confessed to the…vatican.va
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Exodus 20:3 · Exodus 22:20 · Psalm 89:39 · Psalm 89:40 · Psalm 89:41 · Psalm 89:42 · Psalm 89:43 · Psalm 89:44 · Psalm 89:45 · Lamentations 2:1 · Lamentations 2:2 · Matthew 18:7 · Philippians 2:6 · Philippians 2:7 · Philippians 2:8 · 1 John 4:18