Index of Authors, Subjects, and Chapters

^A Achillas, Alexandrian presbyter, head of the catechetical school, 289. Acts of the Apostles, apocryphal, 97. See Andrew, Paul, Peter. Acts, false, of the Christians, 350 sqq. Acts of Pilate, 40 sqq. Fabricated in hatred of the Christians, and given to children to learn by heart, 350, 352, [Records of our Savior's recent and late distribution], 27. Acts of the passion of Carpus, Papulus, and Agathonica, 163. Adauctus, treasury official and imperial procurator, martyr under Diocletian, 304. Adrianus, emperor, edict forbidding Jews to return to Jerusalem, 118. Rescript to Minucius Fundanus, 122 sqq., 148. Adrianus, of Manganaea, martyr under Maximinus. On the Martyrs of Palestine, ch. 11. Aedesius, philosopher, brother of Apphianus, martyr, ibid. ch. 5. [Egyptian diviners, soothsayers, etc., 413, 449. The Egyptians attribute the invention of geometry, astronomy, and arithmetic to themselves, 615.] Aelianus, who attended the Antiochene council against Paul of Samosata, 279. Aelius Publius Julius, bishop of Develtos in Thrace, 187. Aemilianus, prefect of Egypt, 237, 258, 259, 260. Aemilius Frontinus, proconsul of Asia, 185. Agabus, prophet of the New Testament, 41, 42, 46. Agapius, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, 288. On the Martyrs of Palestine, ch. 3. Agathobulus, nicknamed the Teacher, Jewish writer before Philo, 287. Agathonica, suffered martyrdom, 136. Agbarus, king of Edessa, Epistle to Christ, 32. Agrippa Castor, against Basilides, 120. Agrippinus, bishop of Alexandria, 141, 174. Albinus, procurator of Judea. Successor of Festus, 66. Alcibiades, martyr, Montanist, 167, 168. Perhaps on page 179 for Miltiades one should read Alcibiades, as on page 183. Alcibiades instead of Miltiades. Alexander, bishop of Cappadocia and thereafter of Jerusalem or Aelia, 210, 212, 228, 248, where he built a library, 222. Confessor of Christ, died in prison, 234. [Crowned with martyrdom, 301.] To this Alexander, Clement of Alexandria dedicated his book *On the Ecclesiatical Canon* against those judaizing, 214. His epistle to the Antinoites, 212; to the Antiochenes, 212, 213; to Demetrius, 222; to Origen, 216. Alexander, bishop of Rome, 115, 117, 170. Alexander, a Phrygian, physician and martyr, 183. Another, 239. Another, 261. Two others, an Egyptian and a Gazan (A.D. 304). See the book *On the Martyrs of Palestine*, ch. 3. Alexander, Montanist, pseudo-martyr, 185. Alexandrian school, 175, 280, 283. Alpheus, bishop, martyr under Diocletian, 319. On the Martyrs of Palestine, ch. 1. Ambrosius, recalled from the sect of Valentinus by Origen, 218. Origen to him for writing, 224. Origen dedicates to him the book *On Martyrdom*, 228. Confessor under Maximinus, 228. Ammia, of Philadelphia, prophetess of the New Testament, 183. Ammon, bishop of Berenice, to whom Dionysius of Alexandria wrote epistles against Sabellius, 277. Ammon, martyr, under Decius, 240. Ammonarium, a virgin crowned by martyrdom under Decius, 230. Another of this name, 230. Ammonianus, martyr, under Decius, 259. Ammonius, philosopher, teacher of Origen, a Christian turned pagan, according to Porphyry, 220. Yet Eusebius attributes to this Ammonius the book *On the Harmony of Moses and Jesus*, and other writings testifying he was a Christian, 221. Ammonius, prefect of Alexandria, martyr under Diocletian, 308. Anacletus, or more correctly Anencletus, bishop of Rome, 87, 91, 170. Anatolius, Alexandrian, bishop of Caesarea, 288. Then of Laodicea, 281 sqq., where [he is spoken of] regarding his manifold erudition. Asked by the Alexandrians to assume the headship of the Aristotelian school, 283. His Paschal Canon, 286 sqq. Arithmetic textbook in ten books, 287. [Made coadjutor first by Theotecnus, bishop of Caesarea, 370.] Andrew, apostle, 71. His apocryphal Acts, 97. Anicetus, bishop of Rome, 124, 125, 127, 141, 142, 171, 193. [How much honor he showed to Polycarp, 219.] Annals and public commentaries of the Edessenes, 32 sqq. Annianus, bishop of Alexandria, 66, 87. Anteros, bishop of Rome, 229. Anthimus, bishop of Nicomedia, martyr, 297, 307. Antinous, 121. Prophecies of Antinous, 122. Antipater, son of Herod the Ascalonite, 19, 22. Antoninus, presbyter, martyr under Maximinus, 333. On the Martyrs of Palestine, ch. 9.

1552 Anulinus, proconsul of Africa, 391, 393. Epistle of Constantine the Great to him, 390. Another, 394. Apelles, heretic, 177. Attacked the sacred scriptures of the Old Testament in many books, 178. Disputations of Apion and Peter, 110. Apion, adversary of the Jews, 43. His book against the Jews, 83. Another Apion, Christian writer on the Hexaemeron, 195. Apocrypha supposedly written by heretics, 145. [Census lists, 355.] Apollinaris (Claudius), 141, 169, 187. Bishop of Hierapolis, 146, 149, 169. His Apology for the Christians to Verus Antoninus, 146. Other writings, 149. Against the Montanists, 179, 186. These are the things that are mentioned, 187. Apollonia, suffered martyrdom, 237. Apollonides (from the heresy of Artemas) corrupts the sacred Scriptures, 198. Apollonius, writer against the Montanists, 181-186. Apollonius, martyr, 189. [Excellent in education and philosophy.] His apologetic oration delivered to the senate, 189. Apollophanes, philosopher, 220. Apostolic word: "Be approved money-changers," 235. Apostolic presbyter, praised by St. Irenaeus, 173; by St. Clement of Alexandria, 215. Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles, 97. [Teachings], 97. Apphianus, martyr, under Maximinus. On the Martyrs of Palestine, ch. 4. Aquila, confessor, under Valerian, 261. Aquila of Pontus, who translated the books of the Old Testament into Greek, 173, 217. Aquila, prefect of Egypt, 204, 207. Arabianus, Christian writer, 195. Error of the Arab Psychopannychists refuted by Origen, 233. Archelaus, son of Herod the Great, 27. Edessene Archives, 32. Ares, martyr under Maximinus. On the Martyrs of Palestine, ch. 10. Apology of Aristides for the Christians, 116 sqq. Aristion, apostolic man, 111. His [sayings of the Lord] praised by Papias, 112. Aristo of Pella, writer, 118. Aristobulus from Paneas, Jewish writer, 215. One of the Seventy Translators, 287. His [exegesis of the Mosaic Law] to Ptolemy Lagus and Philadelphus, 287. Aristotle, 197. Aristotelian school of Alexandria, 281. Esdras famous in the times of Artaxerxes, 174. Artemas, 282. Heresy of Artemas, 195 sqq. Asclepiades, bishop of Antioch, 212, 223. Asclepiodotus, disciple of Theodotus the Tanner, a heretic, 197. Asclepius, bishop of the Marcionite sect, martyr under Maximinus. On the Martyrs of Palestine, ch. 10. Asterius Urbanus, writer, 182. [Asturius] Astyrius, Roman senator, martyr, 261. Ater [otherwise Aster], an Egyptian, martyr, 239 sqq. Athenodorus, brother of Gregory Thaumaturgus, disciple of Origen, bishop of some church in Pontus, 230, 267, 278. Attalus of Pergamum, martyr, 157, 161, 162, 163, 167. Atticus, consular man, 104. Another, bishop of Synnada in Phrygia, 222. Books, author unknown (perhaps Rhodo), three against the Montanists, 179-183. Another against the heresy of Artemas, 195. Avilius, bishop of Alexandria, 87, 90. Avircius Marcellus, 179. Aurelius Cyrenius. See below, Cyrenius. Autolycus, to whom Theophilus of Antioch wrote, 116. Auxentius, martyr under Maximinus. On the Martyrs of Palestine, ch. 7. B Babylas, bishop of Antioch, 229. Confessor of Christ, died in prison, 234. Bacchius, grandfather of Justin Martyr, 126. Bacchylides, 144. Perhaps the same as Bacchylus, of whom shortly. Bacchylus, bishop of Corinth, 190. His epistle on the Pasch, 191. Barcabbas and Barcoph, prophets of Basilides, 120. Barcochebas, 118, 122. Bardesanes, a Syrian, 151. His errors and writings, 151. Barnabas, 30, 38. His epistle, 214, 215. Spurious, 97. Barsabas (Justus), apostolic man, 112. Bartholomew, apostle, 173. Basilicus, Marcionite, 177. Basilides the Alexandrian, heretic, 119. [His books, 24 in number, on the Gospel], 120.

^A Basilides, martyr, 207, 208. Basilides, bishop of Pentapolis, to whom Dionysius of Alexandria wrote, 279. Basilidians, 142. Their prophets, see above under Barcabbas. Beryllus, bishop of Bostra, and his writings, 222. Error, 231. Besas, martyr, 257. Biblias, underwent martyrdom, 158 seq. Library of the city of Aelia, 222. Of Pamphilus the martyr, 231. Blandina, underwent martyrdom, 157, 161, 164. Blastus, heretic, 178, 187. Bolanus, who was present at the Council of Antioch against Paul of Samosata, 279.

C Cæcilian, bishop of Carthage, 391, 394. Letter of Constantine the Great to him, 393. Caius (two), bishops of Jerusalem, 176. Caius against Artemon, 195. Against Proclus the Montanist, the *Dialogue* (Zýtnois), 67, 99, 100, 103, 222 seq. Caius, bishop of Rome, 281. Caius, martyr, 183. Another Caius, 256, 260, 261. Callistio, to whom Rhodon wrote, 178. Callistus, bishop of Rome, 223. Candidus on the Hexaemeron, 193. Capito, bishop of Jerusalem, 176. Carpocrates, heretic, 120. Carpocratians, 142. Carpus, martyr, 136. Cassian's *Chronography*, 215. Cassianus, bishop of Jerusalem, 176. Cassius, bishop of Tyre, 194. Heresy of the Cataphrygians, 149, 178, 179 seq., 186, 222. See Montanists. Cathari, as the Novatians called themselves, 242. Catholic Epistles of the Apostles, 215. Celadion, bishop of Alexandria, 125, 141. Celerinus, confessor under Decius, 242. Celsus, bishop of Iconium in Pisidia, 222. Cephas (Gal. ii, 9), distinct from Peter the Apostle, one of the LXX disciples of Christ, 30. Cerdo, bishop of Alexandria, 90, 115. Cerdo, heretic at Rome, founder of the Marcionites, 124. Cerinthus, heretic, 99 seq. His *Apocalypse*, 100. The Apocalypse of John is attributed to him by some, 273. John refused to use the public bath with him, 100, 128. Chæremon, deacon, 257, 258, 261. Chæremon, bishop of the city of Nilus, exiled with his wife, 240. Chæremon, Stoic, 220. Chrestus (Ad), to the bishop of Syracuse, letter of Constantine the Great, 391. Epistle to Christ attributed to Abgar, 32. Sayings of Christ which are not read in the Gospels, 108, 186. The parables and teachings (εἶναι παραβολαὶ αἱ διδασκαλίαι) inserted in the books of Papias, 112. [Others concerning Him, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 21, 31 seq., 761, 763, 765.] Chrysophora, 145. Clarus, bishop of Ptolemais in Syria, 194. Clement, 216. Alexandrian, 175. Disciple of Pantaenus, prefect, 208. Defender of the divinity of Christ, 196. Teacher of Origen, 208. On his writings, 214 seq. From the *Hypotyposes* or *Divine Institutions*, 63, 65, 213; Book I, 175, 176, 208; [Book III], 101, 102; Book VI, 102. Book on the Pasch, 147, 215. Book, *Who is the Rich Man that is Saved?*, 91-94. Clement, bishop of Rome, 74, 87, 90, 106, 170. Wrongly confused with Flavius Clement the consul, 89. It is handed down by some that he translated the Epistle to the Hebrews into Greek, 110; and recently, the Disputations of Peter and Apion were falsely attributed to Clement, 110. Cleobius, Jew, heretic, 142. Cleobians, 142. Conon, bishop of the Church of Hermopolis, to whom Dionysius of Alexandria wrote, 247. Constantine the Great, oration on peace at the Council of Nicaea, edicts. See below under 'Letter'. The inscription of his statue, 359 seq. Bishop, 537. Coracio, upholder of the Chiliasts, confuted by Dionysius of Alexandria, 272. Cornelius, bishop of Antioch, 141. Cornelius, bishop of Rome, 254, 215, 217, 230. His letter to Fabius of Antioch on the condemnation of Novatus (Novatian), 242-243. His other letters, 242. Cornutus, Stoic, 220. Crescens, philosopher, 136, 137. Another Crescens, sent by Paul the Apostle to Gaul, 74. ^B Crispus, son of Constantine, comes in the expedition and victory against Licinius, 398, 399. Cronion Eunus, martyr, 238. Cronius, philosopher, 220. Culcianus, prefect of Egypt under Maximinus, and suppressor of the Christians, 366. Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, taught that heretics ought to be rebaptized, 251. His letters, 242. Cyrenius (Aurelius), martyr, 187. Cyrenius (Aurelius), prefect under Gallienus, 262. Cyrillus, bishop of Antioch, 284. Cyrus, king of the Persians, 408.

D Demonia (prosemeiosis), 517. Dalce, 134. Damas, bishop of Magnesia on the Meander, 107. Edict of the Emperor Decius against the Christians, 258. [Death, 711]. Demetrianus, bishop of Antioch, 248, 251, 263, 277. His son, Dominus, 282. Demetrius, bishop of Alexandria, 190, 202, 204, 205, 209, 216, 221, 222, 228, 229. Demetrius, presbyter, 261. Demetrius, Jewish writer, 215. Desposyni, kinsmen of our Saviour, 23. Didymus, to whom Dionysius of Alexandria wrote, 260, 266. Edict of Diocletian against the Christians, taken down by a certain Christian and publicly torn to pieces, 296. Although not correctly done, says Lactantius (ch. 13 of *De mortibus persecutorum*), yet it was done with a great spirit. Diodorus, who censures the libraries (ὁ τὰς βιβλιοθήκας ἐπιτιμῶν), 646. Dionysia, underwent martyrdom, 239. Dionysius the Areopagite, first bishop of Athens, 14, 144. Dionysius, bishop of the Corinthians, 74, 141. His various letters, 143 seq. To the Athenians, 74, 143, 144. To the Roman Church, 68, 144, 145. [Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 758]. Dionysius, disciple of Origen, 229. Prefect of the catechetical school, 229. Thence bishop of Alexandria, 232, 261, 278, 289. The one "according to us" (ὁ καθ᾽ ἡμᾶς), 100. (Compare Dodwell's dissertation on Irenaeus, p. 227). His letters on baptism: I. To Stephen, bishop of Rome, 251. II. To Xystus, bishop of Rome, 254. ^C To Dionysius, a presbyter (afterwards bishop) of Rome, 254. V. To Xystus, bishop of Rome, 254. VI. To the same. Paschal Letters, 266. To the Alexandrian fellow-presbyters, 266, 268, 269. To the brethren situated throughout Egypt, 266, 268, 269. To Hierax, bishop, 266 seq. To Flavius, 266. Others, 266. His letters to Cornelius, bishop of Rome, 217, 218. To Domitius and Didymus, 260. To the Church of Antioch, 279. Against Germanus, bishop, 235, 257-261. To Hermammon and the brethren situated in Egypt, 250, 235-237, 269, 270. To Novatus, letters, 266, 269, 277. Second book, *On the Promises*, against Nepos, 100, 270-276. His other writings, 217. Dionysius, to whom he wrote, and who is called *Theognostus* (?) by Dionysius of Alexandria, 232. Afterwards bishop of Rome, 254, 277, 279, 283. Dionysius of Alexandria inscribed to him books against Sabellius, 277. Dionysius, of Tripolis, martyr. Another Dionysius, martyr. Regarding the Martyrs of Palestine, ch. 5. Dionysius, the former consul (ὁ ἀπὸ ὑπατικῶν), 547. Dioscorus, confessor, 239. Another, a presbyter, 261. Dius, presbyter of Alexandria, martyr under Diocletian, 508. Dius, bishop of Jerusalem, 211. Docetae, 214. Dolichianus, bishop of Jerusalem, 176. Domitius, to whom Dionysius of Alexandria wrote, 260, 266. Domninus, martyr under Maximinus, 528. Regarding the Martyrs of Palestine, 7. Domnus, bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, 263. Domnus, of Demetrianus the bishop, bishop of Antioch, 282, 284. Donatists are hinted at, 473. Dorotheus the eunuch, presbyter of Antioch, skilled in Hebrew, whom Eusebius heard interpreting the sacred Scriptures in the Church, 284. Procurator of the purple-dyers at Tyre, 284 et 292. [Imperial chamberlain, 376, 381]. Martyr, 296, 297. Dositheus, heretic, 142. Dositheans, 142. ^D Dracilianus, vicar of the praetorian prefects under Constantine, 500. Dusares, worshipped by the Arabs, 615.

Ebionites, 99, 173, 218. Eleutherus, deacon, 142. Afterwards Roman bishop, 125, 142, 153, 168, 170, 171, 189. Elias, martyr under Maximinus, 335. Elpistus, 144. Heresy of the Encratites, 149 sqq. Ennathas, of Scythopolis, suffered martyrdom under Maximinus, 333 sqq. ^B Epagathus (Vellius), martyr, 153 sqq. Ephrem, bishop of Jerusalem, 141. Epistle of Sabinus, praetorian prefect under Maximinus, to the governors of the provinces of the East on behalf of the Christians, translated from Greek into Latin by Eusebius, 347 sqq. Synodal epistle of the Council of Antioch to Dionysius of Rome, and Maximus, bishop of Alexandria, and the rest of the bishops against Paul of Samosata, 279 sqq. Of the Gallican Council, 191. Of the martyrs of Lyons to Eleutherus, bishop of Rome, 168. ^C Synodal epistle of the churches of the province of Osrhoene concerning the celebration of Easter, 191. Of the bishops of the province of Palestine, 191, 194. Of the churches of Pontus, 191. Of the Roman Council, 191. Epistle of the Church of Smyrna to the Philomelians and the rest of the churches, on the martyrdom of Polycarp, 128-135. Of the same on the martyrdom of Pionius, of Asia and Phrygia, 154-165, 166, 167 sqq. ^D Epistle of the emperors. Of Hadrian to Minucius Fundanus, 122, 123, 148. Of Antoninus Pius to the Larissaeans, Thessalonians, Athenians, and all the Greeks on behalf of the Christians, 148. Of M. Antoninus concerning the thundering legion, 169. To the community of Asia on behalf of the Christians, 126, 189. Of Gallienus to Dionysius and the rest of the bishops, 262. Of Aurelian against the Christians, 283. Of Diocletian, 294, 296, 298, 318, 360, 364. Palinode of Galerius Maximinus, 345, 346. On behalf of the Christians, 315, 316, 357, 365. Of the same to the city of the Tyrians, 352 sqq. To Sabinus, praetorian prefect, on behalf of the Christians, 347 sqq. Edict in favor of the Christians, 360 sqq., 363 sqq., 362, 367, 370, 388 sqq. Edicts of Constantine and Licinius against Maximinus, 366. Of Constantine on behalf of the Christians after the defeat of Licinius, 399. To Anulinus concerning the restoration of the property of the churches, 390. To the same concerning the immunity of the clergy, through Hosius sent, 473-478. To the people of Antioch, 516 sqq. To Caecilianus, bishop of Carthage, 486. To the churches, before the Council of Nicaea, 486. After the Council of Nicaea, 491-494. To Eusebius, bishop of Caesarea, 465. Another, 518. Third, 543. Fourth to the same concerning the preparation of sacred books, 513. Law concerning heretics, 520 sqq. Others, 453 sqq., 455-463, 464, 482 sqq. Epistle to Macarius, bishop of Jerusalem, 499, 500, 501. To the same and the rest of the bishops of Palestine, 509 sqq. To Miltiades, bishop of the city of Rome, and Marcus, 591. To the provincials of the East. Edict translated from Greek into Latin, 466-471. To all provincials concerning the restoration of the property of the Christians, 455 sqq. To Sapor, king of the Persians, 550 sqq. To Theodotus, Theodorus, and the rest gathered at Antioch, 519. To the council of bishops in the city of Tyre, 546, 547. Constantine’s epistle to Ursus, Rationalis of Africa, is mentioned, 393. Epimachus, martyr, 239. Eros, bishop of Antioch, 141. Esdras, restorer of the prophetic books in the time of Artaxerxes, 174. Essenes, 143. Eubulus, of Mangananea, martyr under Maximinus. Concerning the martyrs of Palestine, c. 11. Euclid’s Geometry, 197. Euelpis, layman, preaches in the Church at Laranda, 222. Eumenes, bishop of Alexandria, 118, 125. Eupus (Cronion), martyr, 238. Euphranor, to whom Dionysius of Alexandria wrote and dedicated the book On Temptations, 277. Euphronius, presbyter, 519. Eupolemus, Jew, 215. Euporus, to whom Dionysius of Alexandria wrote, 277. Eusebius, deacon, 257. Domestic of Alexandria, 284, 285. Eusebius, of Caesarea, used the library of Aelia city built by Bishop Alexander, 222, 284. And the library of Pamphilus, whose index he inserted in the books On the Life of Pamphilus, 10. Books of Prophetic Eclogues, 10. Orations, 405, 542, 550. Concerning the martyrs of Palestine, 508. Passions of the ancient martyrs, 135, 156. Where concerning Pionius, *et* 153, 169, 189. Apology for Origen elaborated by the joint effort of Eusebius and Pamphilus, 252. Book II of that work, 221, 232; book VI, 233. Three books Concerning the Life of Pamphilus, 251, 258, 508, 330. "We also have recorded the events as they happened." Eutychianus, bishop of Rome, 284. Eutychius, who attended the Council of Antioch against Paul of Samosata, 279. Gospel according to the Hebrews, 97, 113, 143. [184.] Received only by the Ebionites, 99. Syriac, 133. Diatessaron of Tatian, 150. See also Matthias, Paul, Peter. Evarestus, bishop of Rome, 106, 115, 170. Evodius, first bishop of Antioch, 91. After Peter, 106.

F Fabianus, bishop of Rome, 229. Martyr, 234. Fabius, bishop of Antioch, 234, 256, 262. Fadus, procurator of Judea, 49. Faustinus, confessor under Valerian, 261. Faustus, 236, 260. Perhaps the same Faustus, deacon and confessor under Valerian, 257, 258, 261. Faustus, presbyter of Alex., martyr under Diocletian, 308. Felix, bishop of Rome, 283, 284. Festus, procurator of Judea, 61. Firmilianus, bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, 228, 247, 251, 252, 263, 278, 279, 280. Firmilianus, governor of Palestine. (A.C. 308.) Concerning the martyrs of Palestine, c. 8, 9, 11. Flavianus, governor of Palestine, ibid., prologue. Flavius, to whom Dionysius of Alexandria wrote, 260. Florinus, presbyter of Rome, heretic, 178, 187, 188. Florus, procurator of Judea, 68. Frontinus (Aemilius), proconsul of Asia, 185. Fundanus (Minucius). To Minucius Fundanus, proconsul of Asia, Hadrian's rescript, 122 sqq., 148.

G Galen, 197. Galileans, 17, 143. Rescripts of the Emperor Gallienus on behalf of the Christians, 262. Georgius, presbyter, 519. Germanicus, martyr, 129. Germanio, bishop of Jerusalem, 211. Germanus, bishop, to whom Dionysius of Alexandria wrote, 257, 260. Germanus, martyr under Maximinus, 333. Concerning the martyrs of Palestine, c. 9. Gordius, bishop of Jerusalem, 211. Gorgonius, governor of the province, a Christian under an ethnic emperor, 292. Martyr under Diocletian, 297. Gortheus, Jewish heretic, from whom the Gortheni, 142. Granianus (Serenius), proconsul. See Serenius. Gratus, proconsul of Asia, 180. Gregorius (by another name Theodorus), disciple of Origen, bishop of the Church in Pontus, 230, 263, 278.

H Hegesippus, 87, 88, 89 sqq., 103, 104, 105, 121 sqq., 125, 141. Seems to have come over from the Jews to the Christians, 143. In five books of apostolic traditions, 121. Where a passage from that work is: and more, 142, 143. "In the memoirs mentioned," 63-65. Heresy of the Helcesaites, born at once, extinguished at once, 252. Helena, queen of the Adiabenians, 49, 50. [Her tomb near the city of Jerusalem, 61.] Helena Augusta, mother of Constantine the Great, 504, 505, 506. Helena, of Simon Magus, 50. Helenus, bishop of Tarsus, 247, 251, 252, 278, 279. Heliodorus, bishop of Laodicea, 251. Hemerobaptists, 143. Heraclas, 217. Presbyter, 222. Brother of Plutarch the martyr, bishop of Alexandria, disciple of Origen, 204, 228, 229, 232, 253, 254. Heraclides, procurator of the estates of the Emperor Constantine, 393. Heraclides, martyr, disciple of Origen, 206. Heraclitus the philosopher. An allusion is made to the dictum of Heraclitus the philosopher, "flowing like a river," 613. Heraclitus, a Christian writer, 195. Herais, catechumen, suffered martyrdom, 206. Shepherd of Hermas, 72, 97, 173. Hermogenes the heretic, 146. Hermon, bishop of Jerusalem, 289. Hermophilus (from the heresy of Artemon) corrupter of the Holy Scriptures, 198.

Hero, disciple of Origen, martyr, 206. Another, an Egyptian, 259. Hero, bishop of Antioch, 108, 141. Herod the Great, 18, 19, 24. Junior, 29, 42. Irenarch, 131, 134. Hesychius, Egyptian bishop, martyr under Diocletian, 308. Hieracas, Egyptian bishop, to whom Dionysius of Alexandria wrote, 266. Hierax, who was present at the Council of Antioch against Paul of Samosata, 279. Hippolytus, bishop, 222, 218. His book De Pascha and other writings, 223 seq. Historians, non-Christian, οἱ ἄποθεν τοῦ καθ' ἡμᾶς λόγου συγγραφεῖς, 89, 116, 154, 169. ίδιος τις αὐτῶν συγγραφεύς, 268. Homer, 319, 608. Hosius, sent by Hosius to Caecilianus, bishop of Carthage, 393. Hosius, bishop of Cordova, 393, 487. Hyginus, bishop of Rome, 123, 124, 123, 171, 193. Hymenaeus, bishop of Jerusalem, 263, 278, 279, 289. Hyrcanus, 19.

I ^A Ignatius, bishop of Antioch, 91, 173. His martyrdom and epistles, 106 seq., 110. Passage from the epistle to the Romans, 107. To the Smyrnaeans, 108. Polycarp mentions the epistles sent to him, and sent them, along with others he could find, to the Philippians, 109. Uncertain author against the Cataphrygians, book I, 189; II, 181; III, 182. Uncertain author against the heresy of Artemon, 195. Ingenuus, martyr under Decius, 240. Irenaeus, 142, 143, 215. Presbyter of Lyons, 168. Bishop, 170. Principal of the churches of Gaul, 191. Auditor of Polycarp, 170, 180. A man of peace, 191. His five books against heresies, 171, 98, 108, 110, 119, 120, 124; book I, 51, 98, 100, 119, 120, 124, 150; II, 91, 171; III, 91, 100, 124, 127 seq., 170, 172; IV, 141; V, 88, 110, 141, 172. Epistle to Florinus concerning the monarchy, 187, 188. Against Marcion, 146, 172. Concerning the Ogdoad, 177. Synodical epistle to Victor, bishop of the city of Rome, 192, 193. Other writings of his, 187, 194. He confesses Christ to be God and man, 196. Ischyrion, martyr under Decius, 240. Isidore the Egyptian, martyr under Decius, 233.

J Epistle of James, 66, 97. James the Just, bishop of Jerusalem, 38 seq., 63, 74 (where is also [discussed] the other James), 86, 117. John the Apostle, 90, 91 seq. He refused to use the same bath as Cerinthus, 100, 128. He wrote good Greek, 276. His Gospel, 94 seq., 172, 216, 226, 227. First Epistle, 274, 275. Second and third, 96, 97, 227, 274. Apocalypse, 96, 97, 146, 172 seq., 186, 227, 255, 271, 272, 273. Perhaps [the work] of John the presbyter, 111, 273 seq., 275. Diction οὐκ ἄξια, 276. Apocryphal Acts, 97. [He is exiled, 109. He returns and governs the churches of Asia, 113.] His tomb, 102 seq. John the presbyter, an apostolic man, 111. The tomb of both [the] Johns at Ephesus, 111, 275. His παραδόσεις, praised by Papias, 112. John, bishop of Jerusalem, 117. John, a reader, of excellent memory, martyr under Maximinus, 343 seq. Joseph Barsabas, an apostolic man, 112. Josephus (Flavius), 287, 215. His praise and writings, 84 seq. History, 17, 20, 27, 42, 50, 55, 68, 75, 81. His pursuit of truth, 49. Antiquities, book XVII, 25; XVIII, 18, 27, 28, 29, 30. Where there is testimony concerning Christ, and 43 seq.; XIX, 47 seq., 49; XX, 60 seq., 65. From the epilogue of the Antiquities (or Concerning his own life), 86. Jewish War, book II, 18, 23 seq., 45, 61; V, 76 seq.; VI, 78–80, 82–84. Against Apion, book I, 85. Josephus, bishop of Jerusalem, 117. Judas the Galilean, 17, 18. Judas, writer of the Seventy Weeks of Daniel, 208. Judas, bishop of Jerusalem, 118. Epistle of Jude the Apostle, 66, 97, 214, 215. Hatred and curses of the Jews against the Christians ^B [fates, 20]. Juliana, from whom Origen received the commentaries of Symmachus, 218. Julian, bishop of Alexandria, 174, 190, 202. Two other bishops of Jerusalem, 176. Julian, bishop of Apamea, 182. Julian, martyr, 238. Another, a Cappadocian, under Maximinus. Concerning the martyrs of Palestine, c. 11. Julius (Aelius Publius), of Develtum, a Thracian colony, bishop, 187. Julius Africanus, 18. His epistle to Aristides περὶ συμφωνίας τῆς ἐν τοῖς Εὐαγγελίοις γενεαλογίας, 20–23. Other writings of his, 230. Justin, 98, 105, 173. Defender of the divinity of Christ, 196. His writings, 139 seq. He wrote the work against Marcion, 125, 50, 122, 125, 126, 136, 137 seq. Second Apologetic, 122, 125, 125, 126, 136, 137–139. Dialogue against Trypho, 110. Justus, bishop of Alexandria, 117. Justus Barsabas, an apostolic man, 112. [Justus, bishop of Jerusalem, 129, 144.] Justus of Tiberias, an historian, 86. Justus (James), bishop of Jerusalem. See above under James. Another Justus, a Jew, bishop of Jerusalem, 106, 117. Another younger one, likewise bishop of Jerusalem, 117.

L Laetus, prefect of Egypt, 447. Latronianus, corrector of Sicily, 392. Leonides, father of Origen, martyr, 201. Levi, bishop of Jerusalem, 117. A book which the Helcesaites claimed fell from heaven, 134. Books of the Old Testament, 149, 225. Of the New, 97. Edicts of Licinius against the Christians, 431 seq. See also above under Epistle. Oration of the same, 446, 451. Linus, bishop of Rome, 71, 74, 87, 91, 170. Longinus, a philosopher, 220. Gospel of Luke, approved by the apostle Paul, 73, 226. Luke committed the Gospel of Paul to writing, 172. It is handed down by some that he translated the Epistle to the Hebrews into Greek, 110, 215, 227. Lucian, presbyter of Antioch [393], martyr under Maximinus, 307. His apologetic oration, delivered at Nicomedia in the presence of the emperor, 307, 331. Dionysius of Alexandria wrote an epistle concerning Lucian to Dionysius of Rome, 255. Lucius, martyr, 139. Lucius, bishop of Rome, 250 seq. Lucius, who condemned Paul of Samosata at the synod of Antioch, 279. Lucius, presbyter, 261. Lucuas, leader of the Jews, 116. Lupus, prefect of Egypt, 115. Lusius Quietus, commander of the Roman army, 116.

M Macar, martyr, 239. Τὰ Μακκαβαϊκὰ Σαρδῆς Σαρβανὶ ἔλ., 226. Macrianus, 270. ἐπὶ τῶν καθόλου λόγων τοῦ βασιλέως, Catholic (or rationalis) of the emperor, 256. Here, in the same place, he is called ἀρχισυνάγωγος τῶν ἀπ᾿ Αἰγύπτου μάγων, because, like the magicians of Egypt who resisted Moses, he persuaded Valerian to superstitious sorcery. Disputation of Malchion, prefect of the sophistic school at Antioch and Christian presbyter, against Paul of Samosata, 278, 279. Malchus, martyr under Valerian, 261. Manes, a heretic, 283. Manichaeans, 284. Marcella, who suffered martyrdom along with her daughter, Potamiana, 287. Marcellinus, bishop of Rome, 284. Marcellus, a confessor under Valerian, 258. From the Roman brothers, 257. Marcianus, brother of St. Irenaeus, 104. Marcianus, a heretic, Docetist, 213, 214. Marcion of Pontus, a heretic, 123, 128, 144, 146, 150, 173, 177, 224. Marcionites, 143. Their dissensions, 177. Their founder Cerdo, that sect, suffered martyrdom under Valerian, 262. Asclepius, bishop under Maximinus, 535. Marcius Turbo, commander of the Roman army, 116. Marcus, the first bishop of Alexandria, 66. His Gospel, 95, 96. Approved by the apostle Peter, 53, 216. Marcus, interpreter of Peter, 95, 96, 112 seq., 172. Marcus, the younger, bishop of Alexandria, 125. Marcus, bishop of Jerusalem, 119, 176. Marcus, to whom the epistle of Constantine the Great was sent, 591. Marcus, a heretic, 124. Mary, mother of Christ, 23, 24. Another Mary, 79, 80. Marinus, martyr, 263. Marinus, bishop of Tyre, 251. Another, 391. Masbothaeans, a Jewish heresy, 142, 143. Maternus, 391. Matthew, 226. His Gospel, 93 seq., 113, 172.

^A Matthias, apostle, 30, 31, 38. Gospel attributed to him, 97. Matthias, bishop of Jerusalem, 117. Maturus, martyr, 157, 161. Maximilla, prophetess of Montanus, 178, 180, 182, 186. She hanged herself, 181. Edicts of Emperor Maximinus. See Epistles above. Maximinus, bishop of Antioch, 146, 186. Another of Jerusalem, 176. Book of Maximus, *Whence is evil, and that matter was created by God*, 195. Maximus, bishop of Bostra, 278. Maximus, whom Dionysius of Alexandria calls fellow-presbyter, 287, 288. He who succeeded in the bishopric of Alexandria after Dionysius, 261, 278, 279, 289. Maximus, Roman presbyter, confessor under Decius, 212. Maxys, tribune of soldiers under Maximinus, 334. Mazabanes, bishop of Jerusalem, 234, 251, 263. Melcatharus, worshipped by the Phoenicians, 645. Meletians, 472. Meletius, bishop of the churches of Pontus, 289. A man most learned in every branch, but called "Attic honey" for his eloquence. Known to Eusebius for seven years, 289. Melito, 141, 215. Bishop of Sardis. His writings, 146 seq. From the book *On the Passover*, 147. From the *Apology to Emperor Verus*, 127, 147, 148. From his *Selections from Holy Scripture* to Onesimus, 148 seq. He confesses Christ to be God and man, 196. Melito the eunuch, 191. Menander, heretic, 98, 118. Menandrians, 142. Mercuria, martyred, 239. Meruzanes, bishop of the Armenians, 247. Metras, martyr, 237. Metrodorus, presbyter of the sect of Marcion, martyr, 133. Miltiades, Montanist, 179. See Alcibiades above. Epistle of Constantine the Great to Miltiades, bishop of Rome, and Marcus, 391. Book of Miltiades, a Montanist adversary, *That a prophet ought not to speak in ecstasy*, 183. Other writings of his, 183. Moderatus, Pythagorean, 229. Modestus, writer, 141. *Against Marcion*, 146. Montanists, many boasted of having martyrs, 182. Montanus, heretic, 149, 168, 180, 183, 184. He hanged himself, 181. [His filth and avarice, 234.] Mopsus, worshipped by the Cilicians, 645. Moses, Roman presbyter, martyr under Decius, 245. Musaeus, Jewish writer, praised after Philo and Josephus, 287. Musanus, writer, 141. *Against the Encratites*, 149. Mysteries of the Gentiles, 621.

N Narcissus, bishop of Jerusalem, 176, 190, 194, 210, 211, 212. Narcissus, to whom the epistle of Constantine the Great was sent, 519. Natalis, confessor, bishop of the Theodotians, 196 seq. Nemesion, Egyptian, martyr, 240. Neon, bishop of Laranda, 222. Nepos, Egyptian bishop, assertor of Chiliasm, refuted by Dionysius of Alexandria, 270. His *Refutation of the Allegorizers*, 271. Psalms, 271. Nicene Council, 486 seq. Nicetes, father of Herod the Irenarch, 131, 134. Nicolaitans, 101. Saying of Nicolaus: "That one must abuse the flesh," 101. Nicomachus, bishop of Iconium, 278, 279. Nicomachus, Pythagorean, 220. Nilus, Egyptian bishop and martyr under Diocletian, *De martyr. Palaest.*, c. 13. Novatian schism, 248. Novatians, 251. Novatus (more correctly Novatian), presbyter of the Roman Church, 241 seq. Numenius, philosopher, 220.

O Obandes, worshipped by the Arabs, 645. Writers of Olympiads, 46. Onesimus, bishop of the Ephesians, 107. Onesimus, to whom Melito wrote the *Selections from Holy Scripture*, 148. Oracles of Olympian Zeus, 349. By which Maximinus was deceived, 563. Oracle concerning the Lord of the lands, who was to come forth from the borders of the Jews, 84. Double oracle given to the apostles concerning their sojourn in Jerusalem, 75, 186. ^B

Panegyric Oration addressed to Paulinus, Bishop of Tyre

P Pachymius, Egyptian, 254. Bishop and martyr under Diocletian, 308. Palma, bishop of the Amastrians, 144, 191. Pamphilus, presbyter of Caesarea, 288 seq. Martyr under Maximinus, 288 seq., 231, 308, 329, 336, 338, 339, 340. With Eusebius, composed the Apology for Origen, 231. ^C Pantaenus, from a Stoic philosopher became head of the Christian school of Alexandria, 175, 208, 214, 216, 221. Papias, bishop of Hierapolis, 53, 106. His five books of *Expositions of the Lord's Oracles*, 110. From the preface of his books, 111. Another passage from the books of Papias, 112. "A small-minded man," ibid. Papyrius, 191. Papulus, martyr, 136. Patermuthius, martyr under Maximinus, 343. Patricius, Vicar of the Prefects, 393. Paulinus, a layman, preaches at Iconium, 222. Paulinus, to whom Eusebius dedicates the tenth book of his *History*, 269. Bishop of Tyre, 371. The same is implied, 376, 385. [He built a most beautiful church in the city of Tyre, 465.] Paul of Antioch, a learned man, but a heretic, who taught at Alexandria in the time of Origen, 203. Paul the Apostle. Apocryphal Acts, 72, 97. Epistles, 226. Rejected by the Ebionites, 99. By the Elcesaites, 234. Epistle to the Hebrews, 72, 110, 194, 215 seq., 223, 227. A passage from it is attributed to Paul by Dionysius of Alexandria, 237. Paul named before Peter, 265. Although in Latin, the reversed order is seen. Paul of Jannita, martyr under Maximinus. *De martyr. Palaest.*, c. 8. Paul of Samosata, 195, 284. Bishop of Antioch, *Ducenarius*, as he preferred to be called rather than bishop, 280. Reading the scriptures and declaiming while walking in public and surrounded by a bodyguard, 281. Another Paul, who condemned Samosatenus in the Council of Antioch, 279. Paul (Servilius), proconsul of Asia, 147. Another Paul, 236, 260. Another Paul, martyr. His pious prayers before death. *De martyr. Palaest.*, c. 11. Pausis, Egyptian martyr. (A.D. 304.) Ibid. Peleus, Egyptian bishop, martyr under Diocletian. Ibid. Perennis the Judge, 189. Second Epistle of Peter the Apostle, 72, 97, 227. Apocryphal Acts, 72. Gospel, 72, 97, 213. Preaching, 72. Revelation or Apocalypse, 72, 97, 215. His wife, who suffered martyrdom, 102. Martyrdom of Peter and Paul, 71. Their sepulcher in Rome, 67 seq. Books of Peter and Apion, attributed to Clement of Rome, 110. Petrus, bishop of Alexandria, 289, and martyr, 290, 308, 351. Peter the Ascetic, so called, from the village of Anea in the territory of Eleutheropolis, martyr under Maximinus. *De martyr. Palaest.* c. 10.

^A Petrus, imperial chamberlain under Diocletian, martyr, 297. Another Peter, 236, 260, 261. Pharisees, 143. Phileas, bishop of Thmuis, martyr under Diocletian, 301. Most learned in philosophy and secular letters. Philemon, whom Dionysius of Alexandria calls presbyter, 252. A Roman presbyter, 253. Philetus, bishop of Antioch, 223, 224. The tomb of Philip the apostle and his daughters, 102, 103. Regarding his daughters, 109, 112, 183, 191, where [it speaks] also of Philip, who died at Hierapolis. Regarding Philip the emperor, who, desiring to become a Christian, was instructed by the bishop first to perform penance, which he did, 232. Philip, Asiarch, 132. Philip, bishop of Gortyna in Crete, 144. His book against Marcion, 146. Philip, bishop of Jerusalem, 117. Philo, the Jew, 43, 215, 287. Familiar with the apostle Peter, 43. Embassy to the emperor Gaius, 44 seq. Book *On the Virtues*, 45. *On the Contemplative Life*, 54-57. Philoromus, procurator of Alexandria, martyr under Diocletian, 301. Picentius, thrice consul under Maximinus, and persecutor of Christians. His punishment, 366. Pierius, presbyter of Alexandria, 289. Most famous for his ecclesiastical sermons, 289. Pilate, 27, 40, 46. His *Acts*. See *Acts*. Pinytus, bishop of the Gnossians in Crete, 141. His epistle to Dionysius of Corinth, 144. Pionius, martyr, 135 seq. Pius, bishop of Rome, 125, 171, 193. Plato, 220. Most temperate, 590, 577. Pliny’s epistle to Trajan concerning Christians, 103. Plutarch, martyr, student of Origen, 204, 260. Fables of the poets, 578. Polybius, bishop of the Trallians, 107. Polycarp, 100, 127 seq., 188. Bishop of Smyrna, 106, 107, 134, 191. Familiarly associated with the apostle John, 193. With Anicetus, pontiff of Rome, 193. His epistle to the Philippians, 198, 128. Several epistles, 188. Martyrdom, 128-135. Prayers, 133. Polycrates, bishop of the Ephesians, 190. His epistle to Victor, bishop of Rome, 102, 191. Pontianus, pontiff of Rome, 224, 229. Ponticus, martyr, brother of Blandina, 164. Porphyry, the philosopher in Sicily, celebrated for his three books against the Christians, 219 seq. Porphyrius, servant of Pamphilus, martyr under Maximinus. *De martyr. Palæst.* c. 11. Potamiana, famous for her martyrdom, 207 seq. Pothinus, bishop of Lyons and martyr, 159 seq., 170. Potitus, Marcionite, 177. Primus, bishop Alexander [of Jerusalem], 115, 117. Another of Corinth, 142. Prisca, 184. Priscilla, prophetess of the Montanists, 178, 180, 187. Priscus, father of Justin the martyr, 126. Priscus, martyr under Valerian, 261. Probus, martyr under Maximinus. *De martyr. Palæst.* c. 10. Procopius, bishop of Caesarea, martyr under Diocletian. Ibid. c. 10. Proculus, who was present at the Council of Antioch against Paul of Samosata, 279. Prophets and priests of the idol of Maximinus, 567. Protoctetus, presbyter of Caesarea, to whom Origen dedicated his book *On Martyrdom*, 228. Protogenes, who was present at the Council of Antioch against Paul of Samosata, 279. Proverb: "As is the word, so is the character," 205. "Not even for a moment," 311. Psalms of the Therapeutae of Philo, 55, 57. Psalms and odes, 196, 271, 281, 349, 371. Psalms of Paul of Samosata, 281. Ptolemy, martyr, 138. Another under Decius, 240. Ptolemy, son of Lagus, 173, 174. Publius, bishop of Athens and martyr, 143. Pythagoras, having imitated Moses, 590. Basilides followed the five-year silence of the Pythagoreans, 120. Oracles of the Pythian Apollo, 467, 468, 627. See above, *Oracles*.

[Q] Quadratus, 109. Successor to Publius in the bishopric of Athens, 143. Prophet, 183. His Apologetic for the Christians, to the emperor Hadrian, 116. Quietus Lusius. See above, *Lusius*. Quinta, suffered martyrdom, 237. Quintus, a Phrygian, recklessly offering himself to martyrdom, for which he was unequal, 129. Quirinius, governor of Syria, 18.

[R] Reticius, bishop in Gaul, 391, 392. Rhodon's book to Callisto, against Marcion, 177. Commentaries on the Six Days of Creation, 178. He wished to answer the questions of his teacher Tatian, 178. He wrote various books, 177. Romanus, deacon and exorcist of Caesarea, martyr at Antioch (A.D. 303) under Diocletian. *De martyr. Palæst.* c. 2. Eusebius also [wrote] of him in book one, *On the Resurrection*, tome I, Sirmondi’s works, p. 66 seq. Romulus, subdeacon of Diospolis, martyr, 213. Diocese of Rhossus, a town in Syria. Rufus, martyr, 108. [Rufus, prefect, slaughtered many Jews, 144.]

[S] Sabellius. The Sabellian heretics, 252. Epistles of Dionysius of Alexandria against Sabellius, 277. Sabinus, prefect of Egypt, 235, 260. Another, pretorian prefect, under Maximinus, 347, 348. His epistle, 347. Names of the Hebrew and Greek sacred books of the Old Testament, 225 seq. Sacred books burned in the marketplace, 293, 379. By the edict of Diocletian, 294, 318. Sadducees, 143. Sagaris, bishop, 191. Martyr, 147. Proverbs of Solomon, the "all-virtuous Wisdom," 145, 149. The Wisdom of Solomon was called the Book of Proverbs, 173, 194, 214. Samaritans, 143. Sanctus, deacon of Vienne and martyr, 157 seq., 161. Saracen barbarians, 241. Saturnilus of Antioch, heretic, 119, 150. Saturnilians, 142. Sejanus, bitterly persecuted the Jews, 44. Seleucus, martyr under Maximinus. *De martyr. Palæst.* c. 11. Roman Senate: the decree concerning God, that no one be accepted unless approved by the Senate, 41. Seneca, bishop of Jerusalem, 117. Seventy Interpreters, 173 seq., 217. Other Greek versions of the books of the Old Testament, 173 seq., 217. Serapio, bishop of Antioch, 190, 212. His epistle to Caricus and Ponticus, against the Cataphrygians, 186 seq. Book on the Gospel of Peter and other writings, 213. Another Serapio, martyr, 237. Serapion who lapsed, 246. Serenius Granianus, proconsul of Asia. Letters to Hadrian concerning not killing the Christians rashly, 122, 123. Serenus, disciple of Origen, martyr, 206. Another of the same name, 206. Servilius Paulus, proconsul of Asia, 147. Severus, heretic, 150. Severians, 150. Sextus’ book *On the Resurrection*, 195. Erythraean Sibyl, 591 seq., 597. Her acrostic, 592. Sidonius, confessor under Decius, 242. [Silvanus. See Sylvanus.] Simeon, son of Cleopas, bishop of Jerusalem, 87, 91, 106, 117, 142. His martyrdom, 103 seq. Simon Magus, 39 seq., 50 (where is the inscription of the statue, "To Simon the Holy God") seq. His disciple Menander, 98, 119. His magical deceptions, 120. Simonians, 51, 142. Book of Jesus son of Sirach, 214. Socrates, the philosopher, 576. Socrates, bishop of Laodicea, 284. Sotas, bishop of Anchialus, wished to cast out the demon from Priscilla, 187. Soter, bishop of Rome, 141, 142, 144, 151, 153, 171, 193. His epistle to the Corinthians, 145. Stephen, protomartyr, 38. Stephen, bishop of Laodicea, 288. Stephen, bishop of Rome, 251, 252. Sylvanus, bishop of Emesa, martyr under Diocletian, 351, and book *De martyr. Palæst.* c. 7. Sylvanus, bishop of Gaza, martyr under Maximinus. *De martyr. Palæst.* c. 13. Symmachus, Ebionite, Greek version of the sacred books, 217. His commentaries, 218. Syneros, Marcionite, 177.

^A Synods concerning the controversy over Easter, 190 seq. Synod against the Arab Psychopannychites, 233. Against Beryllus, 231. Against Montanus, 181. Against Novatus, concerning heretics to be rebaptized, 254. In the case of Caecilianus, 391. Antiochene Synod, by which certain men attempted to confirm the schism of Novatus, 217. Another against Paul of Samosata, 277. Another against the same, 278. Nicene Synod, 486 seq. Hegesippus produces some things from the Gospel according to the Hebrews and from the Syriac, 143.

T Tatian, author of the Encratites, 194, 150. His *Against the Greeks*, 137, 151, 214 seq. *Diatessaron*, 150. *Book of Questions*, which Rhodon, his disciple, undertook to resolve, 178. Tatian, asserter of the divinity of Christ, 196. Having undertaken to render the Epistles of the Apostle Paul into more elegant words, he left a great multitude of writings, 151. Telesphorus, Bishop of Rome, 118, 123 seq. Telesphorus, to whom Dionysius of Alexandria wrote, 277. Tertullian, learned in Roman law, 41. *Apologeticus* to the Roman senate, 169. Translated from Latin into Greek, 41, 67, 90, 105, 169, 170. Thebutis, heretic, 142. Thecla the Younger, suffered martyrdom under Maximinus, 321, 327. Thelymidres, Bishop of Laodicea, 247, 251. Themison, 182. Montanist, 148 seq. Bishop, 141. Theoctistus, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, 228, 248, 251, 263. His epistle to Demetrius, Bishop of Alexandria, 222. Theodorus, Egyptian bishop, martyr under Diocletian, 307. Theodorus, who was present at the Antiochene council against Paul of Samosata, 279. Theodorus, layman, preaches at Synnada in Phrygia, 222. Theodosia, of Tyre, suffered martyrdom under Maximinus. *De martyr. Palæst.* c. 7. Theodotio, Ephesian, 173, 217. Theodotus, Bishop of Laodicea, 288. Most skilled in the medical art, 288. Theodotus, in Phrygia, held to be a prophet with Montanus and Alcibiades, 168, 181. Theodotus the Tanner, heretic, 196. He corrupted the Holy Scriptures, 197. Theodotus the Silversmith, disciple of the Tanner, 169. Theodulus, martyr under Maximinus. *De martyr. Palæst.* c. 11. Theonas, Bishop of Alexandria, 289. Theophilus of Antioch, *To Autolycus* and other writings, 141, 145 seq. Theophilus, bishop who condemned Paul of Samosata in the Antiochene council, 279. Theophilus, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, 190, 194. Theophilus, soldier, martyr under Decius, 240. Theophrastus, philosopher, 197. Theotecnus, Bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, 263, 278, 279, 288. Theotecnus, curator of Antioch, 349. Governor of the province under Maximinus, 367. His execution, 367. Therapeutae of Philo, 54, 55 seq. Theudas, impostor, 59. Thomas, apostle, 33, 71. His apocryphal Gospel, 97. Thrasea, martyr, 186. Bishop of Eumenia, 191. Timaeus, Bishop of Antioch, 284. Timolaus, of Pontus, martyr. *De martyr. Palæst.* c. 3. Timotheus, martyr, of Gaza under Diocletian. Ibid. Timotheus, disciple of the Apostle Paul, Bishop of Ephesus, 73. Timotheus, 255. Son of Dionysius, Bishop of Alexandria, 277. Titus, Bishop of Crete, 37. Tobias, Bishop of Jerusalem, 117. "Greater than tragic hearing," 334. Turbo (Marcius). See Marcius. Tyrannio, Bishop of Tyre, martyr under Diocletian, 307, 308. Tyrannus, Bishop of Antioch, 284. U Ulpianus, of Tyre, martyr, 325. Urbanus, confessor under Decius, 242. Urbanus, Bishop of Rome, 223, 224. Urbanus, Prefect of Palestine (A.D. 304), 321, 324, 329, where his execution is mentioned. He had Firmilianus as a successor, 330. Urbanus (Asterius), writer, 182. Urbicius the Judge, 138, 139. Ursus, registrar of Africa, 393. V Valens, Bishop of Jerusalem, 176. Valens, deacon of Jerusalem, martyr under Maximinus, 356. Valentina, of Caesarea, suffered martyrdom under Maximinus, 331. *De martyribus Palæst.* c. 5. Valentinian, follower for some time, Bardesanes, 151. Valentinus, heretic at Rome, 124, 150, 187. Valentinians, 142. Valerius Gratus, procurator of Judea, 28. A certain heathen seer and poet, inciting Emperor Decius to persecution, 236. Confer John Pearson in *Annales Cyprianici*, pag. 11, and Henry Dodwell, *Dissertatio XI Cyprianica*, sect. 56. Vettius Epagathus, martyr, 155 seq. Victor, Bishop of Rome, 190, 191, 195. Letters concerning Easter, 191, 192. He did not hold the same view as Artemon, 196. Virgilius, the most excellent of the poets in Italy, 593. From his fourth Eclogue certain verses were translated into Greek, 395, 597. X Xystus, Bishop of Rome, 117, 118, 171, 103. Xystus, another Bishop of Rome of the same name, 252, 262, 277. Z Zabdas, Bishop of Jerusalem, 289. Zacchaeus, Bishop of Jerusalem, 118. Zacchaeus, bishop, martyr under Diocletian. *De martyr. Palæst.* c. 1. Zamolxis, worshipped by the Getae, 645. Zebinas, of Eleutheropolis, martyr under Maximinus. *De martyr. Palæst.* c. 9. Zebinus, Bishop of Antioch, 224, 229. Zeno, martyr under Decius, 240. Zenobius, presbyter of Sidon, martyr under Diocletian, 307. Zephyrinus, Bishop of Rome, 195, 196, 197, 261, 222, 223. Zosimus, martyr, 108. Zoticus, presbyter of Otrous, 179, 186. Zoticus, Bishop of Comana, 182, [231], 236.

ANALYTICAL INDEX TO EUSEBIUS' ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, AND THE BOOKS ON THE LIFE AND PRAISES OF CONSTANTINE.

A Abdus, son of Abdi, of Edessa, healed by Thaddaeus, 34. Abgarus or Agbarus, king of the Edessenes, wrote letters to Christ, 51, 52. The rescript of Christ to Abgarus, ibid. Acacius and Strategius, counts, 519. Achior the Ammonite, 23. Acts of Pilate, forged by the pagans, 27, 350. Adauctus, martyr, 304. Emperor Hadrian’s epistle to Minucius Fundanus in favor of the Christians, 123. The Egyptians boast that geometry, astronomy, and arithmetic were invented among them, 645.

Aelia, the city which was once called Jerusalem, 50, 119. Aelius Publius Julius, bishop of Develtum, 187. Aemilianus, prefect of Egypt, 257, 258. Aemilius Frontinus, proconsul of Asia, 185. A Temple of Aesculapius at Aegis in Cilicia, 513. Aeon has neither beginning nor end, 615. Whence the saying, ibid. Africanus’s opinion on the discrepancy in the genealogies of Christ, 21. On the history of Susanna, 230. His books of Chronography, ibid. Agabus the prophet, 41, 42. His prediction regarding the famine was fulfilled under Claudius, 46. Agapius, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, 288. On the martyrs of Palestine, c. 6. Agathobulus the two so-called teachers, 287. Agrippa made king of Judaea by Gaius, also called Herod, 47. He killed the apostle James, the brother of John, ibid. His death, 48. Agrippa, son of King Agrippa, made king of Judaea by Claudius, 59. Agrippa Castor wrote against Basilides, 120. Agrippinus, bishop of Alexandria, 141. Albinus, procurator of Judaea, 66. Alcibiades, a martyr of Lyons, 167. Alexander, Roman bishop, fifth after the apostles, 115. Alexander, Phrygian by birth, a martyr of Lyons, 163. Alexander the Montanist condemned for robbery, 185. Alexander was coadjutor to Narcissus, bishop of Jerusalem, 210. Likewise, 212. Founder of the ecclesiastical library, 222. Allegorical expositions of Holy Scripture, 57. Ambrosius, converted to the true faith by Origen, 218. He invites Origen to write and provides him with scribes, 224. Confessor under Emperor Maximinus, 228. Ammia the prophetess, 183. Ammon, Zeno, Ptolemaeus, Ingenuus, and Theophilus, martyrs of Alexandria, 240. Ammonaria, two martyrs of Alexandria, 239. Ammonius was a Christian philosopher, 221. His book *On the Consonance of Moses and Christ*, 221. Anatolius, bishop of Laodicea, 284. His book *On the Passover*, 286. Made coadjutor first by Theotecnus, bishop of Caesarea, 288. Andrew the apostle preached the Gospel in Scythia, 71. Androgynous priests of the Nile suppressed by Constantine, 527. Anencletus, bishop of the Roman Church, 87. Anicetus, Roman bishop, 125. The honor he showed to Polycarp, 193. Annianus, first bishop of Alexandria, 66. Anteros, bishop of the city of Rome, 228. Anthimus, bishop of Nicomedia, crowned with martyrdom, 297, 307. Antinous, a servant of Emperor Hadrian, 121. In his honor, Hadrian founded a city and established games, 122. Antipater, son of Herod the Ascalonite, 19, 22. Made procurator of Palestine by Hyrcanus, 22. Anulinus, proconsul of Africa, 390, 391, 593. Apelles the heretic, 177. Aphaca, a place in Phoenicia, infamous for the cult of Venus, 512, 625. Apion wrote on the Hexaemeron, 195. Apocalypse: whether it was written by John the Evangelist or another, 277. Apollinaris, bishop of Hierapolis, 149. His books, ibid., 187. Apollonia the virgin, becomes a martyr of Alexandria, 237. Apollonides the heretic corrupted the books of Holy Scripture, 198. Apollonius, an ecclesiastical writer, 184. Apollonius, after completing a glorious martyrdom in Rome, 189. Apollophanes the philosopher, 220. Apostles: many besides the twelve are so called, 51. Apostles and Christ: their images carefully preserved, 265. Aquila of Pontus translated the books of the Old Testament into Greek, 173. Aquila, prefect of Alexandria, 204, 207. Arabianus, an ecclesiastical writer, 195. Archelaus, son of Herod, 27. Ardaba, a village of Phrygia, the homeland of Montanus, 180. Aristides wrote an apology for the Christians, 117. Aristion and John the presbyter, disciples of the Lord, 111. Aristobulus, king and high priest of the Jews, 19. Aristobulus, one of the Seventy Interpreters, 287. Artemon’s heresy, 195. Its author and parent was Theodotus the Tanner, 196. Asclepiades, bishop of Antioch, 212. Asclepiodotus the heretic, a disciple of Theodotus, 196. He emended the books of Holy Scripture, 197. Asturius, a martyr, 264. Ater, a martyr of Alexandria, 239. Athenodorus, bishop in Pontus, 263. Attalus of Pergamum, a martyr of Lyons, 157, 162, 165. Atticus, bishop of Synnada in Phrygia, 222. Augustus reigned for 62 years, 27. Aurelian, preparing a persecution, is struck down by divine vengeance, 283, 600. Aurelius Cyrenius, 187. Ause, called by his parents Jesus the son of Nave (Nun), 11. Avilius, bishop of the city of Alexandria, 87.

B Babylas, bishop of Antioch, 229. Bacchylides and Elpistus, 144. Bacchylus, bishop of the Corinthians, 190. Baptism, the seal of Christ, 92. Baptism of the sick in bed, 244. Those baptized in this manner are not to be promoted to the clergy, 245. Barchochebas, leader of the Jews, 118, 122. He persecuted the Christians, ibid. Bardesanes the Syrian, 151. Barnabas, one of the seventy disciples of Christ, 30, 38. The apocryphal epistle of Barnabas, 97. Bartholomew preached the Gospel to the Indians, 175. Basilicus, a Marcianite heretic, 177. Basilides the martyr, 207, 208. Basilides, heresiarch, 119. He wrote twenty-four books on the Gospel, 120. He invented the prophets Barcabbas and Barcoph, ibid. Basilidians, heretics, 142. The Jewish War under Trajan, 115, 116. Under Hadrian, 118, 122. Benjamin, bishop of Jerusalem, 117. Beryllus, bishop of Bostra, 222, 231. Besas the soldier, a martyr of Alexandria, 239. Betthera, a most fortified city of Judaea, 118. Biblias, a martyr of Lyons, 158. Alexander, bishop of Jerusalem, was the first founder of an ecclesiastical library, 222. Blandina, a martyr of Lyons, 157, 161, 164. Blastus the heretic, 178, 187.

C Caesarea Philippi is called Paneas by the Phoenicians, 264. There, a statue was placed to Christ by the woman whom Christ had healed, 265. Caius the emperor persecuted the Jews most severely, 44. He confiscated their houses of prayer to the treasury, ibid. Caius, an ecclesiastical writer, flourished in Rome under Pope Zephyrinus, 67. His disputation against Proclus, 222. Caius and Alexander, martyrs of Apamea, 183. Caius, bishop of Jerusalem, 176. Caius, Roman bishop, 284. Callirhoe in Judaea, a place famous for its hot springs, 25. Callistus, bishop of the city of Rome, 225. Candidus wrote on the Hexaemeron, 195. Capito, bishop of Jerusalem, 176. Carbunculus, in the reign of Maximinus, blinded many people, 355. Carpocrates, author of the Gnostic sect, 120. Carpocratians, 142. The Chronography of Cassianus, 215. Cassianus, bishop of Jerusalem, 176. Cassius, bishop of Tyre, 194. The heresy of the Cataphrygians, 149. The Catholic Church is one, and always like itself and constant, 121. Its gifts, ibid. Celadion, bishop of Alexandria, 125. Celerinus, a confessor who initially followed Novatus, 242. Celsus, bishop of Iconium in Pisidia, 222. Cephas, one of the seventy disciples of Christ, 50. Cerdo, bishop of the city of Alexandria, 90. Cerdon the heretic flourished in Rome, 124. Cerinthus the heresiarch, 100, 273. The apostle John fled from meeting him, 128. Chaeremon the philosopher, 220. Chaeremon, bishop of a city on the Nile, 241. The divinity of Christ, 5. In Christ there are two natures, ibid., 650. Christ recognized by the prophets and the righteous, 6. Christ appeared under human form to Abraham, Jacob, and Joshua, 7. Daniel predicted that the kingdom of Christ would come after the end of the world, 10. The name of Christ was august in ancient times, 11. Among the Hebrews, high priests and kings were called Christs, 12. The priesthood of Christ, 14. The birth of Christ under Augustus, 17. Baptism under Tiberius, 27. Why he wished to die, 652. True God, 654.

The Christian religion, born and educated together with the empire, refrained from the blood of animals, 159. The name of Christians predicted by the prophets, 13. The antiquity of the Christian religion, ibid., 148, 469. The definition of a Christian, 16. The name of Christians first began at Antioch, 42. Whence arose the charge of incest and infanticide which was cast upon the ancient Christians, 120. The name of Christians common also to heretics, 123. Clarus, bishop of Ptolemais in Syria, 194. Clemens, companion of Blessed Paul, third bishop of Rome, 74; he translated the Epistle of Paul to the Hebrews into Greek, 110. Clemens Alexandrinus, 175; master of the Alexandrian school, 208, 213; his books, 214. Cleobiani, heretics among the Jews, 142. Clopas, was the brother of Joseph, 87. Cemeteries of the Christians, 258, 262; assemblies accustomed to be held in them, 349. Comites (counts) of the first and second rank, 527. Lay Communion, 244. Councils in Asia against the heresy of Montanus, 181. The utility and necessity of councils, 434. Council in Palestine concerning the celebration of the Paschal day, 190. Roman council under Pope Victor concerning the same question, ibid. Council of the bishops of Pontus concerning the same matter, 191. Council of the bishops of Gaul concerning the same matter, ibid. Council of the Churches of Osrhoene and Mesopotamia, ibid. Council in Arabia against the errors of Beryllus, 231. Another council in Arabia, 254. Council of Rome against Novatus, 242. African council against Novatus, ibid. Council of Antioch concerning the lapsed and the opinion of Novatus, 247, 248. Council of Iconium and Synnada concerning the rebaptizing of heretics, 234. Council of Antioch against Paul of Samosata, 277 et seqq. Council of Nicaea, 486 et seqq. Roman council concerning the case of Caecilianus, 391. Council of Arles concerning the same case, ibid. Consignation or the laying on of hands by a bishop, by which the Holy Spirit is given to the baptized, 244. Constantia, an emporium of the people of Gaza, 544. Constantinus Augustus, so called by the soldiers, 309. He erects the sign of the Cross in the city of Rome, 359, 428. He sees the sign of the Cross in the sky, 422. Invites his subjects to embrace the faith of Christ, 465, 466 et seqq. His rule undivided, 483, 541. He receives bishops at a banquet, 491. He remitted a fourth part of the taxes to his subjects, 527. He distributes alms to all on the day of Easter, 536. He abolished the penalties of celibacy and childlessness, 538. During his reign two vices grew prevalent, avarice and hypocrisy, 553. He is baptized at Nicomedia, 557. He dies on the day of Pentecost, 559. With what honor were his funeral rites celebrated, 560 et seqq. Buried in the temple of the Apostles, and prayers were made for his soul there, 562. Constantius Chlorus, father of Constantine the Great, a most religious prince, 309. He abstained from the persecution of Christians, 413. His humanity and indulgence towards his subjects, 414. Coracio, an Egyptian, convinced by Dionysius of Alexandria, 272. Cornelius, the centurion, the first from the Gentiles baptized by Peter, 42. Cornelius, bishop of Antioch, 141. Cornelius, pope, 234. Cornutus, the philosopher, 220. Crescens, was sent by the apostle Paul to Gaul, 74. Crescens, the Cynic philosopher, 136, 137. Cronius, the philosopher, 220. The sign of the Cross is salutary and life-giving, 451, 627. Constantine signs his forehead with the sign of the Cross, 481. He placed the sign of the Cross in his palace, 508. The sign of the Cross is the protection and safeguard of the empire, ibid.; a scourge of demons, 620; its force and power, 628, 630, 631. Culcianus, a most fierce persecutor of Christians, is killed, 366. Cyprianus, bishop, 242. He judges that heretics ought to be rebaptized, 251. Cyrillus, bishop of Antioch, 284. Cyrus, king of the Persians, 408. Damas, bishop of Magnesia, 107. Praise of Daniel, 590, 591. The edict of the Emperor Decius against the Christians, 238. His death, 600. Dedication of the martyrion or basilica of Jerusalem, 549. Demetrianus, bishop of Antioch, 218, 231. Demetrius, bishop of Alexandria, 190. Description of the basilica of Tyre, 580 et seqq. Description of the basilica of Jerusalem, 501 et seqq. Description of the Lord's house at Antioch, 508, 629, 630. Basilica of the Apostles at Constantinople, 553. Desposyni were called the relatives of our Savior and those descended from them, 23; originating from the village of Nazareth and Cochaba, ibid. Deacons, seven, ordained by the apostles, 38. Constantine commanded the Lord's day and the sixth day of the week to be honored, 534, 536, 628. Christ himself commanded the Lord's day to be honored, 664. Diocletian's edicts against the Christians, 294, 298, 318. Diodorus Siculus wrote a compendium of history, 616. Dionysia, martyr of Alexandria, 239. Dionysius the Areopagite, first bishop of Athens, 74. Dionysius, bishop of Corinth, 143. His Catholic epistles, ibid. et seqq. Dionysius, bishop of the city of Rome, 254, 277. Dionysius, of consular rank, 547. Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 616. Dionysius of Alexandria, a disciple of Origen, is put in charge of the Alexandrian school, 229. Is ordained bishop, 252. For the faith of Christ, he is banished to Taposiris, 255. His books, 247, 248, 266, 269, 277. He is banished to the town of Cephro, 258. Dies under Gallienus, 278. Dioscorus, confessor, 239. Dioscorus, presbyter of the Alexandrian church, 261. The order and names of the disciples of Christ are nowhere found written, 30. Dius, bishop of Jerusalem, 211. Dius, Faustus, and Ammonius, presbyters of the Alexandrian church, martyrs, 308. Docetae, heretics, 214. Doctrines or Institutions of the Apostles, an apocryphal book, 97. Dolichianus, bishop of Jerusalem, 176. Churches are called "Dominica" (Lord's) when they are consecrated to Christ the Lord, 661. Domitilla, deported to the island of Pontia for the faith of Christ, 89. Domitian, the second persecutor of the Christians, 88. He checked the persecution by issuing an edict, 90. Domnus, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, 263. Domnus, bishop of Antioch, 282. Dorotheus, presbyter of the Antiochene church, 284. Dorotheus, chamberlain of the emperor, 292, 296. Crowned with martyrdom, 297. Dositheus, author of the sect of the Dositheans, 142. Dracilianus, vicar of the praetorian prefects, 500. Dusares and Obaudas, gods of the Arabs, 615. Duke of Phoenicia, 350. Ebionite heretics, who they were, 99. Why so called, ibid., 173. Gifts of the Church or charisms, 172, 183. Very large and spacious churches built by Christians before the persecution of Diocletian, 292. Edessa, a most Christian city, 39. Eleutherus, bishop of the city of Rome, 133, 168, 171. Heresy of the Encratites, 149, 150. Book of Enoch, apocryphal, 287. Ephres, bishop of Jerusalem, 117. Epimachus and Alexander, martyrs of Alexandria, 259. Episcopal throne, 229, 263. Christ dwells entirely in the bishops, 386. It befits bishops and clerics to provide a good example to the people, 281. Bishops are to be preferred to any judge, 539. Eros, bishop of Antioch, 141. Essenes, a Jewish heresy, 143. Esta, first married Matthan, then Melchi, 21, 22. Those receiving the Eucharist said "Amen", 243. Euelpis, a layman, preaches in the Church, 222. Eumenes, bishop of Alexandria, 118. The eunuch of Queen Candace was the first to preach the word of God to the Ethiopians, 40. Eunus, who is also Cronion, servant of Julian, martyr of Alexandria, 238. Euphronius, a presbyter born at Caesarea in Cappadocia, 519. Eusebius, deacon of the Alexandrian church, later bishop of Laodicea, 261, 284. Eusebius, surnamed Pamphili, delivered an oration on the praises of Constantine at the Nicene synod, 405. He delivered another oration to Constantine in the palace at the tricennalia of Constantine, ibid., 550. He is called by the Antiochenes to the bishopric of the city of Antioch, 516. He is praised by Constantine for having declined the bishopric of Antioch, 518. He delivered an oration to Constantine in the palace, 542.

Eutychianus, bishop of Rome, 281. ^A Evangelium secundum Hebraeos (Gospel according to the Hebrews), 97, 99, 113, 143. Evangelium Syriacum (Syriac Gospel), 143. Gospel [composed] from the four Gospels, 150. Evarestus, bishop of the city of Rome, 106. Evodius, first bishop of Antioch after Peter, 91.

F Fabianus, bishop of the city of Rome, 229. Fabius, bishop of Antioch, 234. Fadus, procurator of Judea, 49. Famine removes shame, 76. Fate and fortune is a name without a reality, 572, 574. Faustus, Eusebius, and Chaeremon, deacons of the Church of Alexandria, 257, 261. Faustus, martyr under Diocletian, 261, 308. Felix, procurator of Judea, 59. Felix, bishop of the city of Rome, 283. Festus, procurator of Judea, 59. Firmilianus, bishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, 228, 247, 251. Flavianus, governor of Palestine, 318. Florinus, presbyter of the Roman Church, fell into heresy, 178, 187. Florus, procurator of Judea, 68.

G Galilean sect, 17, 143. ^B Geiorae, as they are called by the Jews, 23. Georgius, presbyter appointed by Alexander, 519. Germanicus, martyr of Smyrna, 129. Germanio, bishop of Jerusalem, 211. Gladiator shows forbidden by Constantine, 537. Gordius, bishop of Jerusalem, 211. Gorgonius, the emperor’s chamberlain, 292. Crowned with martyrdom, 297. Gortheus, author of the Gorthean sect, 142. Ecclesiastical grades of deacons, presbyters, and bishops, 57. Of lectors and exorcists, 298. Gregorius Thaumaturgus, disciple of Origen, 250.

H Heretics did not dare to bring their errors into the open until after the death of the apostles, 104, 105. Heretics divided into multiform species of errors, 121. Heretical sects destroy one another, ibid. Meetings and encounters with heretics to be avoided, 128. Heretics corrupted the books of Sacred Scripture, 197. Heretical books to be read with caution, 253. Hegesippus, when he flourished, 121. His books, 142. Helcesaitan heresy, 233. Helena, queen of the Adiabeni, provided grain to the Jews, Helena the harlot, companion of Simon Magus, ibid. Helena Augusta, mother of Constantine, sets out to the Holy Places for the sake of prayer, 504. She builds two churches there, ^C Her burial, 506. Helenus, bishop of Tarsus, 251. Heliodorus, bishop of Laodicea in Syria, ibid. Hemerobaptists, a heresy of the Jews, 143. Heraclas, disciple of Origen, 204. Chosen by Origen as an assistant in teaching and a colleague, 217. A student of philosophy and Greek disciplines, 221. Heraclas the presbyter wears the philosophical mantle, ibid. Constituted bishop of Alexandria, 228. His fame, 230. His rule concerning the reception of heretics, 253. Heraclides, disciple of Origen, martyr, 206. Heraclitus wrote Commentaries on the Apostle, 195. Herais, a catechumen, martyr, 206. The book of Hermas which is called The Shepherd, 72, 97, 173. Hermogenes the heretic, 146. Hermon, bishop of Jerusalem, 289. Hermophilus the heretic amended the books of Holy Scripture, 198. Herod, a foreigner, 18. An Idumean by paternal descent, an Arab by maternal lineage, ibid. Made king of Judea by the Senate and Augustus, 19. Slays the infants, 24. Herod Junior, son of Herod the Great, kills John the Baptist, 29. Banished by Gaius along with his wife Herodias, 42. He was present at the Passion of Christ, ibid. Herod, Irenarch of Smyrna, son of Nicetas, 131. Heron, disciple of Origen, martyr, 206. Heron and Isidorus, Egyptian ^D martyrs, 239. Heros, bishop of Antioch, 108. Hesychius, Pachumius, and Theodorus, bishops and martyrs, 308. The Church of Jerusalem was called a virgin, 142. Hippolytus, bishop, 222. His books, 223, 224. Hyrcanus, prince of the Jews, captured by the Parthians, 19. Human sacrifice, once customary both among Greeks and Barbarians, 646. Prohibited by the Emperor Hadrian, 659. Hosius, bishop of Corduba, 395. Attended the Council of Nicaea, 487. Hyginus, bishop of Rome, 123. Ninth successor of the apostles, 124. Hymenaeus, bishop of Jerusalem, 263, 279.

I Ignatius, second bishop of Antioch after Peter, 91, 106. His epistles are enumerated, 107. Division of the Roman Empire, when it was first made, 309, 345. Index of the books of the Old Testament, 149, 225. Irenaeus, presbyter of Lyons, 168. Becomes bishop as a young man, 188. Ischyrio, killed for the faith of Christ, 240.

J James, brother of the Lord, one of the LXX disciples, 31, 38. Created bishop of Jerusalem, 38. Surnamed Justus, 38, 65. Also surnamed Oblias, 64. His martyrdom, 64, 63. His catholic epistle, 66. His chair religiously preserved, 265. Fast before Easter, 191. Its variety among ancient Christians, 192, 193. Diversity of fasts does not hinder the agreement of faith, 193. Two Johns lived in Asia at the same time, 111. John, bishop of Jerusalem, 117. John the apostle preached in Asia, 71. Died at Ephesus, ibid. Banished to the island of Patmos, 88. Returning thence after the death of Domitian, he governed the Churches of Asia, 91, 92. For which cause he wrote the Gospel, 95, 96. Joseph, bishop of Jerusalem, 117. Josephus the historiographer, 84. His books, 85. The Jews first existed under judges, afterwards under kings; after the captivity, they used the rule of the nobility and an oligarchy; they had their origins described in the archives, 23. They had a sacred treasury which was called Corbanas, 45. Their seven sects, 64, 142, 143. The slaughter of the Jews under Vespasian, 81. Jews forbidden to enter Jerusalem by Hadrian, 118. Jewish traditions, or *deuteroseis*, 143. Judas the Galilean, 17, 18. Judas, one of the brothers of Christ, 89. Judas, bishop of Jerusalem, 118. Judas the ecclesiastical writer, 208. Julianus, bishop of Alexandria, 174. Julianus, bishop of Apamea, 182. Julianus, martyr of Alexandria under Decius, 238. Justinus the philosopher, 122, 126. His martyrdom, 136, 137. His book, 139, 140. Justus of Tiberias, the historian, 86. Justus, bishop of Jerusalem, 106. Another Justus, bishop of Jerusalem, 117. Justus, surnamed Barsabas, 112. Justus, bishop of Alexandria, 117.

L Description of the Labarum, 423. Fifty soldiers guarded the Labarum, 447. Laetus, prefect of Egypt, 202. The laity, at the request of the bishops, sometimes preached in church, 222. Question about Easter regarding Laodicea in Asia, 147. Latronianus, corrector of Sicily, 392. Legio Fulminea (Thundering Legion), whence so called, 169. Leonides, father of Origen, martyr, 201. Levi, bishop of Jerusalem, 117. Licinius makes war upon Constantine, 395, 433. Persecutes Christians, 396, 443. His avarice, 397, 436. Vanquished by Constantine and Christ, 399, 452. Prohibited synods of bishops, 434. Linus, first bishop of the Romans, 71, 74. Longinus the philosopher, 220. Lucas, follower of Paul; committed to writing the Gospel preached by Paul, 172. Lucianus, presbyter of the Church of Antioch, 307. Martyr, 581. Lucius, martyr of Rome under Pius, 159. Lucius, Pope, 250. Lucuas, leader of the Jews, 116. Lupus, prefect of Egypt, 115. Lusius Quietus, after the Jews were defeated, obtained the administration of Palestine, 116.

Macar, martyr of Alexandria, 239. Macrianus, prefect of the Emperor Valerian, 256. He seizes the tyranny, 270. Malchio, presbyter of Antioch, disputed against Paul of Samosata, 278. Manichaean heresy, 283. Marcellinus, Roman bishop, 281. Marcion of Pontus, heresiarch, 124, 125. Marcionites, 142. Marcius Turbo conquered the Jews in many battles, 116. Marcus, companion of Peter, wrote the Gospel at Rome, 53. Peter later approved this Gospel, 53, 216. Marcus set out for Egypt and preached the Gospel there, ibid. Marcus, interpreter of Peter, 112, 172. He wrote the Gospel after the death of Peter, 172. Marcus, bishop of Jerusalem, 119. Marcus, heretic, 124. Marcus, bishop of Alexandria, 135. Mary, from the same tribe as Joseph her husband, 23, 24. Maria, a marsh near Alexandria, 55. Mary, a Jewish woman, consumed her own son during the siege of Jerusalem, 79, 80. Marinus, bishop of Tyre, 251. Marinus, martyr of Caesarea, 263. The Martyr Christ, 166. Martyrs as disciples and imitators of Christ, 135. Honors of the martyrs, 585. Martyrs honored and venerated by Christians, 135. Their relics zealously preserved, 134. Their birthday [date of martyrdom] celebrated annually with zeal, 135. Assessors of Christ, 211. Martyrs among the heretics, 182. Humility of the martyrs, 166. Clemency toward the lapsed, 167, 241. Masbotheus, author of the Masbothean sect, 142. Matthew, in his native tongue, wrote the Gospel for the Hebrews, 95, 113, 172, 173, 226. Matthias, the apostle, was one of the 70 disciples of Christ, 50, 31, 38. His preaching and doctrine, 101, 161. Matthias, bishop of Jerusalem, 117. Maturus, a neophyte, martyr of Lyons, 157. Maxentius seized the tyranny at Rome, 310. He restrained the persecution of Christians by edict at the beginning of his reign, ibid. His atrocities and cruelty, ibid., 424. He is defeated by Constantine, 358. Maximianus Galerius, author and standard-bearer of the persecution of Christians, 314, 317, 437. How he was struck by divine vengeance, 514, 315. His retraction, or edict concerning the restoration of peace and liberty to Christians, 315, 316. His death, 317. Maximianus Herculius perished with his throat broken by a noose, 310. Maximinus, the tyrant: his drunkenness and lust, 312. The most cruel of all persecutors, 322, 366. He waged war with the Armenians, 335. Defeated by Licinius, 363, 438. Maximinus, the Augustus, abdicated of his own accord, 310. Highly superstitious and fearful, 311. Also avaricious and prodigal, 312. Maximinus, bishop of Antioch—the seventh from the apostles, 146. Maximus, ecclesiastical writer, 195. Maximus, presbyter of the Roman Church and confessor, 242. Maximus, presbyter of the Alexandrian Church, 257, 261. Afterwards bishop of Alexandria, 261, 278. Maximus, bishop of Bostra, 278. Mazabanes, bishop of Jerusalem, 234, 251. Melcatharus and Usorus, gods of the Phoenicians, 645. Melchisedech, priest of the most high God, 14. Meletius, bishop of the Pontic churches, 289. Melitene, a region of Lesser Armenia, 298. Melito, bishop of Sardis, 127, 146. His books, 146, 147, 196. He was a eunuch, 191. Menander, heresiarch, 98. Menandrianists, his followers, 142. Mercuria, martyr of Alexandria, 259. Meruzanes, bishop of the Armenians, 217. Metras, martyr of Alexandria, 237. Metrodorus, presbyter of the Marcionites, consumed by flames for Christ, 135. Miltiades, ecclesiastical writer, 183, 184, 196. Miracles wont to occur in the Church, 171. Moderatus, Pythagorean philosopher, 220. Montanus, with Prisca and Maximilla, author of the Cataphrygian sect, 168, 178. His life, 180. His death, 181. His filth and avarice, 184. Mopsus, worshipped as a god in Cilicia, 613. Moses, presbyter of the Roman Church, martyr, 245. Moses, the most ancient of all the prophets, 5. The great servant of God, 6, 427. Educated in the court of tyrants, 412. Leader of the people appointed by God, ibid. Praise of him, 589. The chastity of the Alexandrian woman, whom Rufinus calls Dorothea, 312. Musaeus, Jewish writer, 287. Musanus, ecclesiastical writer, 149.

N Narcissus, bishop of Jerusalem, 176. His miracles, 210. Natalis, confessor at Rome, deceived by heretics, 196. At length he returned to the Church, 197. Nemesion, the Egyptian, 240. Neon, bishop of Laranda, 222. Nepos, bishop of Egypt, wrote a refutation of the Allegorists, 271. Nero, the first of the Roman Emperors to persecute the Christians, 67. Nicetas, father of Herod the Irenarch, 134. Heresy of the Nicolaitans, 101. Nicomachus, Pythagorean, 220. Nicomas, bishop of Iconium, 278. Heresy of Novatus, 241. Novatus, author of the Catharan sect, 242. Novatus, or Novatian, deserted by the confessors, 243. He usurped the bishopric of the Roman city, ibid. His eulogy, 257. Books of the New Testament, 97. Numenius, philosopher, 220.

O Onesimus, bishop of the Ephesians, 107. Onesimus, a pious and studious man, 148. Origen: his education from boyhood, 202 et seqq. He teaches grammar, 203. Chosen catechist for the Alexandrian Church at age 18, 204. His abstinence, 205, 206, 208. The envy of Demetrius against him, 208. Also called Adamantius, 216. He came to Rome in the time of Pope Zephyrinus, ibid. He composed the Hexapla and Tetrapla, 218. He introduced allegorical interpretations of Scripture, 220. Summoned by the Empress Mammaea, 223. Becomes a presbyter of Caesarea, 224. His books, 225, 230, 231, 235. Tortured for the faith of Christ, 234. Dies in his seventieth year, 250.

P Palma, bishop of the Amastriani, 144, 191. Pamphilus, presbyter of the Caesarean Church, 288, 336. Crowned with martyrdom, 308, 329. Pamphilus, presbyter, collected the ecclesiastical library, 231. Pantaenus, master of the school of Alexandria, 175, 221. Papias, bishop of Hierapolis, 106. His five books, *On the Exposition of the Words of the Lord*, 110. A man of mediocre talent, 112. He provided the occasion for the error of the Millenarians, 112. Papyrius, martyr, 191. Paredrus spirits and those who cast in dreams, 120. Pascha: The Asians celebrated it on the fourteenth moon, 190. The dissension concerning the celebration of Easter persisted until the Council of Nicaea, 485. The decree of the Nicene Synod regarding the day of Easter, 442. Patermuthius, consumed by flames for the faith of Christ, 333. Paulinus, bishop of the Tyrians, 369. He built a most beautiful church in the city of Tyre, 371. Paul, the apostle, is appointed, 40. Led bound to Rome, 61. Again led to Rome, he is crowned by martyrdom, 62. Beheaded under Nero, 67, 71. Epistles of Paul, 14, 72. Acts of Paul, an apocryphal book, ibid., 97. Epistle to the Hebrews written in Hebrew, 215. It is not believed by the Romans to be Paul's, 223. Paul of Samosata, 277. Attempted to renew the heresy of Artemon, 195, 282. Convicted by Malchio the presbyter, 278. His avarice and arrogance, 280. Deposed in the Synod of Antioch, 282. Paul, martyr in Palestine, 330. His pious and Christian prayer before death, 332. Another Paul, martyr with Pamphilus, 336. Peleus and Nilus, bishops of Egypt, crowned with martyrdom, 308, 343. Pella, a town beyond the Jordan, 75. Christians migrated there before the siege of Jerusalem, ibid. Pilgrimage to the places of the Holy Land, 212, 504. The persecution of Diocletian lasted ten years, 313, 314. Peter, prince and patron of all the apostles, 52. He came to Rome to preach the word of God there and to oppose Simon Magus, ibid. Crucified at Rome under Nero, 67. [---] Jews who were in the dispersion, 71. Epistles of Peter, 72. Acts, Gospel, Preaching, and Revelation of Peter are apocryphal, 72, 97, 213. Peter's wife crowned by martyrdom, 102. Peter, bishop of Alexandria, 289. Crowned by martyrdom.

308. Ninth year of the persecution, 290, 308, 551. ^A Peter, the Emperor’s chamberlain, crowned by martyrdom, 297. Pharisees, heretics of the Jews, 143. Phileas, bishop of Thmuis, martyr, 301. Philetus, bishop of Antioch, 223. The daughters of Philip lived at Hierapolis, 112. Philip the apostle had a wife and children by her, 102. Died at Hierapolis, ibid., 191. His daughters were prophetesses, 191. Philip, bishop of Jerusalem, 117. Philip, Asiarch, 132. Philip, bishop of Gortyna, 141, 144. His book against Marcion, 146. Philip, the Christian emperor, 232. Philo Judaeus, a most famous man, sent as an ambassador to Gaius, 43. His books are reviewed, 58. Placed in the public library at Rome, 59. Philoromus, martyr, 301. Picentius, a friend of the Emperor Maximinus, killed, 366. Pierius, presbyter of the Church of Alexandria, 289. Pilate, appointed procurator of Judea by Tiberius, 27. Sends a report to Tiberius regarding the miracles of Christ, 40. Committed suicide, 46. Pinytus, bishop of the Cretans, 141, 144. Martyrdom of Pionius in the city of Smyrna, 135. Pius, bishop of Rome, 125. Praise of the philosopher Plato, 577. Plutarch, disciple of Origen, 204. Martyr, 206. Penance is a second baptism, 93, 94. Example of sincere penance, 94. Trophy of the resurrection, ibid. Polybius, bishop of the Trallians, 107. Polycarp, bishop of the Smyrnæans, 106. Came to Rome because of the question of Easter, and conferred with Anicetus, 127, 193. Avoided a meeting and greeting with the heretic Marcion, 128. His epistle to the Philippians, 128. His martyrdom, 129 et seqq. Prayer of Polycarp for the Catholic Church, 131, 133. Polycrates, bishop of Ephesus, 190. His epistle to Pope Victor, 191. Pontianus, bishop of the city of Rome, 224. Ponticus, brother of Blandina, martyr, 164. The High Priests of the Jews were formerly perpetual, and they obtained that office by hereditary right, 28. Sedition of the High Priests against the priests, 60. Potamiana, martyr, 270. Pothinus, bishop of Lyons, martyr, 159. Potitus, a Marcionite heretic, 177. Just prayer has invincible power, 591, 602. Prayer for the dead, 562. Primus, bishop of the city of Alexandria, fourth after the apostles, 115. Primus, bishop of the Corinthians, 142. Priscus, Malchus, and Alexander, martyrs under Valerian, 261. Procopius, the first of the martyrs of Palestine in the persecution of Diocletian, 318. The nature of the psalmody of the ancient Christians, 57. Psalms composed by Christians, 196, 281. Ptolemy, martyr at Rome, 138. Publius, bishop of Athens, martyr, 143.

Q Quadratus, illustrious for the gift of prophecy, 109, 183. Offered an Apology for the Christians to the Emperor Hadrian, 116. Quadratus, bishop of Athens, 143. Questions concerning sacred and obscure matters are not to be entrusted to the ears of the common people, 475. Oak of Mamre, 509. Miracles which were performed in that place, 510. A basilica constructed there by Constantine, 510. Quinta, a woman of Alexandria, martyr, 257. Quintus, a Phrygian by nation, who had rushed forward to martyrdom of his own accord, terrified by the sight of the tortures, denied the faith, 129. Quirinius, governor of Syria, 18.

R Reticius and Maternus, bishops of the Gauls, 391. Rhodon, disciple of Tatian, 177. Rhossus, a town in Syria, 213. Liberality and beneficence of the Roman Church, 145. Antiquity and nobility of the Roman Church, 216. With what honor presbyters were once received in epistles, 143. Romanus, deacon, martyr at Antioch, 520. Rufus, prefect of Judea, slaughtered innumerable Jews, 118.

S Dogma of the heretic Sabellius, 232. Sabinus, prefect of Egypt under Decius, 255, 260. Sabinus, praetorian prefect of Maximinus, 347.

The unbloody and mystical sacrifice of the mass, 549, 633. Sadducees, a heresy of the Jews, 143. Sagaris, bishop, martyr, 147, 191. Samaritans, heretics of the Jews, 143. Sanctus, deacon of Vienne, 157, 161. The Wisdom of Solomon was called the book of Proverbs, 143, 149. Saracens, 241. Saturninus, heresiarch under Hadrian, 119. Saturnilians, 142. Alexandrian School, 175. Sejanus persecuted the Jews most bitterly, 44. Seneca, bishop of Jerusalem, 117. Septuagint Interpreters, 174. The Lord’s Sepulcher, buried by pagans with heaped-up earth and defiled by a statue of Venus, 497. Serapio, bishop of Antioch, 186. His books, 213. Serapio, martyr of Alexandria, 237. Serenius Granianus, proconsul of Asia, 123. Serenus, disciple of Origen, martyr, 206. Serenus, another disciple of Origen, martyr, ibid. Severians, heretics named after Severus, 150. Sextus wrote about the resurrection, 193. Sibyl of Erythrae, 591. Her verses concerning the advent of Christ, 592. In what words she addresses God, 597. Signs that preceded the destruction of Jerusalem, 82. Silvanus, bishop of Emesa, martyr, 308, 351. Silvanus, bishop of Gaza, martyr, 308, 328. His eulogy, 343. Simon Magus is baptized by Philip, 39. He came to Rome and there deceived many with his sorceries, 50. He was the leader and standard-bearer of all heretics, 51. Simonian heretics, ibid. Socrates, bishop of Laodicea, 284. Why Socrates was killed by his fellow citizens, 576. Sosthenes, one of the LXX disciples of Christ, 30. Sotas, bishop of Anchialus, 187. Soter, bishop of the city of Rome, 141. His praise, 145. Stephen, deacon, the first martyr of Christ, 38. Stephen, pope, 251. Stephen, bishop of Laodicea, 288. Symeon, son of Clopas, bishop of Jerusalem, 87. After various tortures he is affixed to the cross, 103, 104. Symmachus, an Ebionite, 218. His books, ibid. Syneros, heretic, 177.

T Tablet or title of the guilty who were led about in the amphitheater, 162. Telesphorus, bishop of Rome, the seventh after the apostles, 18. Tertullian, most expert in Roman laws, 41. Thaddaeus, one of the LXX disciples of Christ, 51. Sent to Edessa by the apostle Thomas, 32, 33. He heals Abgar through the laying on of hands, 34. He preaches the Gospel of Christ to the Edessenes, 35. Thebutis, who first made a schism in the Church of Jerusalem, 142. Thelymidres, bishop of Laodicea, 247. Themison, a Montanist, 182, 184. Theoctistus, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, 228, 248. Theodosia, virgin, martyr at Caesarea, 328. Theodotio of Ephesus translated the books of the Old Testament into Greek, 173. Theodotus, Montanist, 168, 181. Theodotus the Tanner is excommunicated by Victor, 196. Theodotus, bishop of Laodicea, 288. Theodulus, martyr together with Pamphilus, 340. Theonas, bishop of Alexandria, 289. Theophilus, bishop of Antioch, the sixth after the apostles, 141. His books, 143. Theophilus, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, 190. Theotecnus, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine, 263, 279. Theotecnus, curator of the city of Antioch, 549. Author and instigator of the persecution of the Christians, ibid. Killed by Licinius, 367. Why the Therapeutae were so called, 51. Their monasteries and institutions, 55 et seq. Theudas, imposter, 49. Thomas, the apostle, also called Judas, 33. Preached the Gospel to the Parthians, 71. Thrasea, martyr, 186. Bishop of Eumenia, 191. Timaeus, bishop of Antioch, 284. Timolaus, Dionysius, Romulus, Paesis, and Alexander, and another Alexander, martyrs in Palestine, 521. Timothy, disciple of Paul, first bishop of the Ephesians, 73. Titus, disciple of Paul, bishop of the cities of Crete, 73. Tatian, author of the sect of the Encratites, 137, 149, 150.

Liber Quaestionum [Book of Questions], 178. Reckoned among the Catholic writers, 196. Tobias, son of Tobias, of Edessa, 33. Tobias, bishop of Jerusalem, 117. Constantine disapproves of the translation of bishops from one see to another, 516. Tyrannio, bishop of Tyre, martyr, 307. Tyrannus, bishop of Antioch, 284.

U Ulpianus, martyr in the city of Tyre, 325. Urbanus, bishop of the city of Rome, 223. Urbanus, governor of Palestine, 321. Is put to death by capital punishment, 329.

V Valerian, emperor, at the beginning of his reign, fostered Christians most kindly, 256. His shameful servitude and captivity among the Persians, 600. Valerius Gratus, procurator of Judea, 28. Valens, bishop of Jerusalem, 176. The martyrdom of the virgin Valentina, 331. Valentinus, the heresiarch, flourished in Rome, 124. Valentinian heretics, 142. The nature, properties, and works of the Word of God, 636 and sqq. God from God, Light from Light, 640. The cause and reason for His Incarnation, 649 and sqq.

The vestment of the high priest of the Jews, kept under seal by Herod and Archelaus, 20. Vettius Epagathus, martyr at Lyons, 155. Victor, pope, 190. He threatens to excommunicate the churches of Asia, 192. He is recalled by Irenaeus, 193. The Vigil of the Christians and the fasts before the Paschal feast, 536. Virgil Maro’s verses concerning Christ, 593 and sqq. The virgins of the Christians, 56, 526. The vine, the insignia of the centurions, 263.

X Xystus, bishop of the city of Rome, 117. Another Xystus, bishop of the city of Rome, 252.

Z Zabdas, bishop of Jerusalem, 298. Zacchaeus, bishop of Jerusalem, 117. Zamolxis, god of the Getae, 645. Zebinus, bishop of Antioch, 224. Zenobius, presbyter of the Church of the Sidonians, martyr, 307, 308. Zephyrinus, pope, 195. Zoticus of Otrus, presbyter, 179. Zoticus, bishop of Comana, 182, 186.

ORDER OF SUBJECTS: WHAT IS CONTAINED IN THIS VOLUME

EUSEBIUS PAMPHILI. The dedicatory epistle of Valois to the prelates and clergy of the Gallican Church, 9. Preface of the same to the same, 15. Epistle of Pierre de Marca to Valois, 29. EUSEBIUS’ ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. BOOK ONE. Chapter 1. — What the subject matter of this work is, 47. Chapter 2. — Of the pre-existence and divinity of our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, 51. Chapter 3. — That the name of Jesus Christ itself was known of old, and honored by the divine prophets, 67. Chapter 4. — That the religion preached by Him to all peoples is neither new nor foreign, 75. Chapter 5. — Concerning the times when He appeared to men, 79. Chapter 6. — That in His time, as had been foretold by the prophets, the rulers who by continuous succession of family had ruled over the Jews came to an end, and that, first of the aliens, Herod reigned over them, 86. Chapter 7. — Of the discrepancy which is believed to exist between the Gospels concerning the lineage of Christ, 90. Chapter 8. — Of Herod’s cruelty against the infants, and what manner of life’s end he had, 99. Chapter 9. — Of the times of Pilate, 106. Chapter 10. — Of the high priests of the Jews under whom Christ preached the Gospel, 107. Chapter 11. — Testimonies concerning John the Baptist and concerning Christ, 114. Chapter 12. — On the disciples of our Savior, 118. Chapter 13. — A narrative concerning the toparch of the Edessenes. An example of the letter written by King Agbar to Jesus, and sent to Him at Jerusalem by the courier Ananias, and the rescript of Jesus to Agbar by the same, 119.

BOOK TWO. Proem, 131. Chapter 1. — Concerning those things which the apostles established after the ascension of Christ, 134. Chapter 2. — How Tiberius was affected when Pilate had reported to him the things done by Christ, 139. Chapter 3. — How the doctrine of Christ was quickly dispersed throughout the whole world, 142. Chapter 4. — How after the death of Tiberius, Gaius appointed Agrippa as king of the Jews, and condemned Herod to perpetual exile, 146. Chapter 5. — How Philo undertook an embassy for the Jews to Gaius, 147. Chapter 6. — How many evils befell the Jews after Christ’s death, 150. Chapter 7. — How Pilate laid violent hands upon himself, 155. Chapter 8. — Of the famine which happened in the reign of Claudius, 155. Chapter 9. — The martyrdom of James the apostle, 158. Chapter 10. — How Herod, who was also called Agrippa, having persecuted the apostles, immediately experienced divine vengeance, 158. Chapter 11. — Of Theudas the impostor and his companions, 162. Chapter 12. — Of Helena, queen of the Osroenes, 166. Chapter 13. — Of Simon Magus, 167. Chapter 14. — Of the preaching of Peter the apostle in the city of Rome, 170. Chapter 15. — Of the Gospel according to Mark, 171. Chapter 16. — How Mark first preached the knowledge of God to the Egyptians, 174. Chapter 17. — What Philo mentions concerning the ascetics in Egypt, 174. Chapter 18. — Which of Philo’s books have reached us, 185. Chapter 19. — Of what kind of calamity afflicted the Jews at Jerusalem on the very day of the Passover, 190. Chapter 20. — What things were done at Jerusalem under the reign of Nero, 190. Chapter 21. — Of the Egyptian man, who is mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles, 191. Chapter 22. — How Paul, sent in chains from Judea to Rome, was acquitted by the sentence of the judges to plead his case, 191. Chapter 23. — How James, who was called brother of the Lord, suffered martyrdom, 195. Chapter 24. — How after Mark, Annianus was ordained the first bishop of the Alexandrians, 206. Chapter 25. — Of the persecution of Nero, in which Peter and Paul underwent martyrdom at Rome for religion, 207. Chapter 26. — How the Jews were vexed with innumerable evils, and finally undertook a war against the Romans, 210.

BOOK THREE. Chapter 1. — Among what nations the apostles preached Christ, 211. Chapter 2. — Who was the first to preside over the Roman Church, 215. Chapter 3. — Concerning the epistles of the apostles, 216.

CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME.

Chapter IV. — On the first succession of the apostles. 359 Chapter V. — On the final conquest of the Jews after the death of Christ. 363 Chapter VI. — On the famine that oppressed the Jews. 367 Chapter VII. — [Omitting repeating numbers as per instructions.] Chapter VIII. — Concerning the predictions of Christ. Chapter IX. — Concerning Josephus and the books that he left written. Chapter X. — How the same Josephus made mention of the divine books. Chapter XI. — How Simeon, after James, ruled the Church in Jerusalem. Chapter XII. — How Vespasian ordered those who drew their lineage from David to be sought out. Chapter XIII. — That Anencletus was the second to preside over the Church of Rome. Chapter XIV. — How likewise Avilius was the second to preside over the Church of Alexandria. Chapter XV. — That Clement was the third bishop of the Roman Church. Chapter XVI. — On the epistle of Clement. Chapter XVII. — On the persecution of Christians under Domitian. Chapter XVIII. — On the apostle John and his Revelation. Chapter XIX. — How Domitian ordered the descendants of David to be killed. Chapter XX. — Concerning the kinsmen of our Savior. Chapter XXI. — How Cerdo was the third to preside over the Church of the Alexandrians. Chapter XXII. — That Ignatius was the second bishop of the Church of the Antiochians. Chapter XXIII. — A narrative concerning the apostle John. Chapter XXIV. — On the order of the Gospels. Chapter XXV. — On the divine Scriptures received by the consensus of all, and on those which are not such. Chapter XXVI. — On Menander the impostor. Chapter XXVII. — On the heresy of the Ebionites. Chapter XXVIII. — On the heresiarch Cerinthus. Chapter XXIX. — On Nicolaus and those named after him. Chapter XXX. — On the apostles who lived in matrimony. Chapter XXXI. — On the passing of John and Philip. Chapter XXXII. — How Simeon, bishop of Jerusalem, underwent martyrdom. Chapter XXXIII. — How Trajan forbade Christians to be sought out. Chapter XXXIV. — That Evarestus ruled the Roman Church as the fourth. Chapter XXXV. — That Justus was the third to preside over the Church of Jerusalem. Chapter XXXVI. — On Ignatius and his epistles. Chapter XXXVII. — On the preachers of the Gospel who still flourished at that age. Chapter XXXVIII. — On the epistle of Clement and other things falsely attributed to him. Chapter XXXIX. — On the books of Papias.

BOOK IV. Chapter I. — Who were the bishops of Rome and Alexandria during the reign of Trajan. Chapter II. — What the Jews suffered under the same emperor. Chapter III. — Who wrote books for the defense of the faith during the reign of Hadrian. Chapter IV. — Who were the bishops of Rome and Alexandria under the same emperor. Chapter V. — Who, from our Savior until those times, were the bishops of Jerusalem. Chapter VI. — The final conquest of the Jews in the times of Hadrian. Chapter VII. — Who were the leaders of false doctrine at that time. Chapter VIII. — Who were the ecclesiastical writers at that time. Chapter IX. — The epistle of Hadrian, that no Christian should be punished without trial. Chapter X. — Who were the bishops of Rome and Alexandria during the reign of Antoninus. Chapter XI. — Concerning those who were authors of sects at that time. Chapter XII. — On the Apology of Justin to Antoninus. Chapter XIII. — The epistle of Antoninus to the community of Asia concerning our religion. Chapter XIV. — What is recounted concerning Polycarp, the disciple of the apostles. Chapter XV. — How Polycarp, together with others, suffered martyrdom while Verus was emperor. Chapter XVI. — How Justin the philosopher earned martyrdom while preaching the religion of Christ at Rome. Chapter XVII. — Concerning the martyrs whom Justin mentions in his books. Chapter XVIII. — Which of Justin's books have reached us. Chapter XIX. — Who presided over the churches of Rome and Alexandria when Verus was emperor. Chapter XX. — Who ruled the Church of Antioch at that time. Chapter XXI. — Concerning the ecclesiastical writers who flourished at the same age. Chapter XXII. — Concerning Hegesippus, and those whom he mentions. Chapter XXIII. — Concerning Dionysius, bishop of the Corinthians, and the epistles written by him. Chapter XXIV. — Concerning Theophilus, bishop of the Antiochians. Chapter XXV. — Concerning Philippus and Modestus. Chapter XXVI. — Concerning Melito and those whom he mentions. Chapter XXVII. — Concerning Apollinaris, bishop of the Church of Hierapolis. Chapter XXVIII. — Concerning Musanus and his writings. Chapter XXIX. — Concerning Tatian and his heresy. Chapter XXX. — Concerning Bardesanes the Syrian and his books that survive.

BOOK V. Prooemium. Chapter I. — How many and in what way they suffered death for piety in Gaul during the reign of Verus. Chapter II. — How the martyrs beloved of God extended a helping hand to those who lapsed during the persecution and applied a remedy. Chapter III. — What kind of vision appeared divinely in sleep to the martyr Attalus. Chapter IV. — How the martyrs commended Irenæus in their epistle. Chapter V. — How God granted rain to Marcus Aurelius Caesar, our prayers having been heard. Chapter VI. — Enumeration of the bishops of the city of Rome. Chapter VII. — That up to those times miracles were performed through the faithful. Chapter VIII. — In what manner Irenæus makes mention of the divine Scriptures. Chapter IX. — Who were the bishops during the principate of Commodus. Chapter X. — Concerning Pantaenus the philosopher. Chapter XI. — Concerning Clement of Alexandria. Chapter XII. — Concerning the bishops of Jerusalem. Chapter XIII. — Concerning Rhodo and the dissension of the Marcionites, mentioned by him. Chapter XIV. — Concerning the false prophets of the Cataphrygians. Chapter XV. — Concerning the schism of Blastus which occurred at Rome. Chapter XVI. — What things are recounted concerning Montanus and his false prophets. Chapter XVII. — Concerning Miltiades and his writings. Chapter XVIII. — How Apollonius refuted the Cataphrygian, and whom he mentions. Chapter XIX. — The opinion of Serapion concerning the heresy of the Cataphrygians. Chapter XX. — What Irenæus wrote against the schismatics operating at Rome. Chapter XXI. — How Apollonius suffered martyrdom at Rome. Chapter XXII. — Who were the prominent bishops at that time. Chapter XXIII. — Concerning the question which was raised at that time regarding Easter. Chapter XXIV. — Concerning the dissension of the churches of Asia. Chapter XXV. — How all came to one opinion concerning the day of Easter. Chapter XXVI. — How many monuments of elegant genius Irenæus left us. Chapter XXVII. — How many others also flourished at the same time. Chapter XXVIII. — Concerning those who in the beginning followed the heresy of Artemon: with what morals they were endowed, and how they dared to deprave the Holy Scriptures.

BOOK VI. Chapter I. — Concerning the persecution under Severus. Chapter II. — Concerning Origen's education from childhood. Chapter III. — How, while yet a very young man, he preached the word of God. Chapter IV. — How many, instructed by him in the rudiments of faith, were led to martyrdom.

^A Chapter V. — Concerning Potamiana. Chapter VI. — Concerning Clement of Alexandria. Chapter VII. — Concerning Judas, the writer. Chapter VIII. — Concerning the bold deed of Origen. Chapter IX. — Concerning the miracles of Narcissus. Chapter X. — Concerning the bishops of Jerusalem. Chapter XI. — Concerning Alexander. Chapter XII.- Concerning Serapion and his extant books. 544 Chapter XIII. — Concerning the works of Clement. 546 Chapter XIV. — Of which books of Scripture the same Clement makes mention. 550 Chapter XV. — Concerning Heraclas. 554 Chapter XVI. — How great study Origen bestowed upon the divine Scriptures. 554 Chapter XVII. — Concerning Symmachus the interpreter. 559 Chapter XVIII. — Concerning Ambrose. 559 Chapter XIX. — What things have been related by the heathens concerning Origen. 562 Chapter XX. — Which of the writers of his age have come down to us. 571 Chapter XXI. — Which bishops flourished at that time. 574 Chapter XXII. — Which of the works of Hippolytus have reached us. 574 Chapter XXIII. — Concerning the study of Origen, and how he attained the honor of the presbyterate. 575 Chapter XXIV. — What things he interpreted at Alexandria. 578 Chapter XXV. — How he censured the books of both Testaments. 579 Chapter XXVI. — How Heraclas succeeded to the episcopate of Alexandria. 586 Chapter XXVII. — How the bishops questioned Origen. 586 Chapter XXVIII. — Concerning the persecution under Maximinus. 587 Chapter XXIX. — How Fabian was divinely appointed bishop of the Romans. 587 Chapter XXX. — Who the disciples of Origen were. 590 Chapter XXXI. — Concerning Africanus the chronographer. 590 Chapter XXXII. — How many and which Commentaries Origen wrote in Caesarea of Palestine. 591 Chapter XXXIII. — Concerning the error of Beryllus. 591 Chapter XXXIV. — Concerning Philip Caesar. 595 Chapter XXXV. — How Dionysius succeeded Heraclas in the episcopate. 595 Chapter XXXVI. — How many other books were authored by Origen. 595 Chapter XXXVII. — Concerning the dissension of the Arabs. 598 Chapter XXXVIII. — Concerning the heresy of the Elcesaites. 598 Chapter XXXIX. — Concerning the persecution of Decius, and what Origen suffered. 599 Chapter XL. — Concerning those at Alexandria who underwent martyrdom. 602 Chapter XLI. — Concerning those things which happened to Dionysius. 606 Chapter XLII. — Concerning others mentioned by Dionysius. 614 [No break in source, continuing column 1580] Chapter XLIII. — Concerning Novatus, of what sort his character was, and his heresy. 615 Chapter XLIV. — Narrative of Dionysius concerning Serapion. 630 Chapter XLV. — Epistle of Dionysius to Novatus. 634 Chapter XLVI. — Concerning other epistles of Dionysius. 634 ^B Book VII. Proemium. 638 Chapter I. — Concerning the wickedness of Decius and Gallus. 639 Chapter II. — Who the bishops of the Roman city were at that time. 639 Chapter III. — How Cyprian, with some bishops associated with him, was the first to decide that those who were converted from heretical error must be rebaptized. 642 Chapter IV. — How many epistles Dionysius wrote on that matter. 642 Chapter V. — Concerning the peace of the Churches after the persecution. 642 Chapter VI. — Concerning the heresy of Sabellius. 646 Chapter VII. — Concerning the execration of the error of the heretics, and concerning the vision divinely sent to Dionysius, and the ecclesiastical rule delivered to him. 647 Chapter VIII. — Concerning the heresy of Novatus. 651 Chapter IX. — Concerning the impious baptism of the heretics. 651 Chapter X. — Concerning Valerian and the persecution stirred up by him. 658 Chapter XI. — Concerning those things which Dionysius and the Christians who were in Egypt endured. 662 Chapter XII. — Concerning those who suffered martyrdom at Caesarea in Palestine. 674 Chapter XIII. — Concerning the peace restored by Gallienus. 674 Chapter XIV. — Which bishops flourished at the same time. 675 Chapter XV. — How Marinus suffered martyrdom at Caesarea. 675 Chapter XVI. — Narrative concerning Astyrius. 678 Chapter XVII. — Concerning the miracles of our Savior at Paneas. 678 Chapter XVIII. — Concerning the statue which the woman suffering from the issue of blood set up to Christ. 679 Chapter XIX. — Concerning the throne of James the Apostle. 682 Chapter XX. — Concerning the festal epistles of Dionysius, in which he also delivers the Paschal canon. 682 Chapter XXI. — Concerning those things which happened at Alexandria. 683 Chapter XXII. — Concerning the disease which prevailed at that time. 686 Chapter XXIII. — Concerning the empire of Gallienus. 691 Chapter XXIV. — Concerning Nepos and his schism. 691 Chapter XXV. — Concerning the Apocalypse of John. 695 Chapter XXVI. — Concerning the epistles of Dionysius, bishop of the Alexandrians. 705 Chapter XXVII. — Concerning Paul of Samosata, and the heresy instituted by him at Antioch. 706 Chapter XXVIII. — Concerning the bishops who at that time were distinguished above others. 706 Chapter XXIX. — How Paul was convicted and deposed by the presbyter Malchion, who had formerly been a sophist. 707 Chapter XXX. — Concerning the synodical epistle against Paul. 710 Chapter XXXI. — Concerning the error of the Manichaeans which first arose at that time. 719 Chapter XXXII. — Concerning the ecclesiastical men who flourished in our age, and which of them survived until the destruction of the churches. 722 ^C Book VIII. Chapter I. — Concerning those things which preceded the persecution of our own time. 739 Chapter II. — Concerning the destruction of the churches. 743 Chapter III. — Concerning the various kinds of contests in which the martyrs struggled in the persecution. 747 Chapter IV. — Concerning the illustrious martyrs of God, how they filled the whole world with the fame of their name, having attained various crowns for piety. 750 Chapter V. — Concerning those things which were done at Nicomedia. 750 Chapter VI. — Concerning those who held offices in the palace. 751 Chapter VII. — Concerning the Egyptians who suffered in Phoenicia. 755 Chapter VIII. — Concerning those who suffered in Egypt. 758 Chapter IX. — Concerning those who suffered in the Thebaid. 759 Chapter X. — Concerning those things which were done at Alexandria; the testimony of the martyr Phileas. 763 Chapter XI. — Concerning those things which were done in Phrygia. 767 Chapter XII. — Concerning many men and women who died in various kinds of martyrdom. 770 Chapter XIII. — Concerning the presidents of the Churches, who declared the sincerity of the religion that they preached by shedding their blood. 774 Chapter XIV. — Concerning the morals of the persecutors. 782 Chapter XV. — Concerning those things which happened to the heathens. 787 Chapter XVI. — Concerning other matters restored to a better state. 787 Chapter XVII. — Concerning the palinode of the emperors. 790 Book IX. Chapter I. — Concerning the feigned indulgence. 798 Chapter II. — Concerning the wickedness which followed shortly after. 802 Chapter III. — Concerning a new idol fabricated at Antioch. 803 Chapter IV. — Concerning the decrees of the cities against the Christians. 806 Chapter V. — Concerning false memoirs. 806 Chapter VI. — Concerning those who at that time suffered martyrdom. 807 Chapter VII. — Concerning those things which were inscribed on tablets against us and publicly proposed. 810 Chapter VIII. — Concerning those things which happened afterwards in time of war, famine, and pestilence. 815 Chapter IX. — Concerning the ruin of the tyrants: and what words they used shortly before their death. 819 Chapter X. — Concerning the victory of the pious emperors, acceptable to God. 830 Chapter XI. — Concerning the final destruction of the enemies of the Christian religion. 838 Book X. Chapter I. — Concerning the peace which was provided us by God. 842 Chapter II. — Concerning the restoration of the churches. 846 Chapter III. — Concerning the dedications of churches everywhere. 846 Chapter IV. — Panegyric oration concerning the splendor and glory of our affairs. 847 Chapter V. — Examples of imperial laws. 879 Chapter VI. — Concerning matters pertaining to the Christians. 891 Chapter VII. — Concerning the immunity of the clergy. 891

CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME

^A CAP. VIII. — Concerning the malice of Licinius which followed thereafter, and his death. 891 CAP. IX. — Concerning the victory of Constantine, and the goods that accrued to all living in the Roman world through him. 902

ON THE LIFE OF THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE, FOUR BOOKS

BOOK ONE. CAP. I. — Proem, concerning the death of the Emperor Constantine. 910 CAP. II. — Another proem, concerning his imperial sons. 911 CAP. III. — That God honors pious princes and punishes tyrants. 914 CAP. IV. — That God honored Constantine. 915 CAP. V. — That he reigned for thirty years, and lived more than sixty. 915 CAP. VI. — That he was a servant of God, and a victor over the nations. 918 CAP. VII. — A comparison of him with Cyrus of the Persians and Alexander king of the Macedonians. 918 CAP. VIII. — That he subdued almost the entire world. 919 CAP. IX. — That the pious emperor left the empire to his sons. 922 CAP. X. — That this history is necessary, and useful for the forming of morals. 922 CAP. XI. — That he intended to narrate only those deeds of Constantine which pertain to piety. 923 CAP. XII. — That Constantine was educated in the houses of tyrants, like Moses. 926 CAP. XIII. — Concerning his father Constantius, who did not wish to persecute Christians as Diocletian and Maximian did. 927 CAP. XIV. — How Constantius, when his poverty was reproached by Diocletian, filled the treasury, and later returned the money to his subjects. 927 CAP. XV. — Concerning the persecution instigated by others. 930 CAP. XVI. — How Constantius, pretending that he wished to worship idols, drove out those who were ready to sacrifice, yet retained in his palace those who preferred to profess themselves Christians. 931 CAP. XVII. — Concerning the affection and love of the same Constantius toward Christ. 931 CAP. XVIII. — That after the abdication of Diocletian and Maximian, Constantius was the first Augustus, distinguished by abundant offspring. 934 CAP. XIX. — Concerning his son Constantine, who while still an adolescent came with Diocletian into Palestine. 935 CAP. XX. — Constantine returns to his father because of the snares of Diocletian and Galerius. 935 CAP. XXI. — The death of Constantius, who left his son Constantine as emperor. 937 CAP. XXII. — How, after the death of Constantius, Constantine was hailed Augustus by the soldiers. 938 CAP. XXIII. — A brief commemoration of the destruction of the tyrants. 939 CAP. XXIV. — That Constantine obtained the empire by the will of God. 939 CAP. XXV. — Concerning Constantine’s victory over the Britons and barbarians. 959 CAP. XXVI. — How he resolved to free Rome from the tyranny of Maxentius. 939 CAP. XXVII. — That Constantine, considering the destruction of those who had worshiped idols, chose Christianity instead. 942 CAP. XXVIII. — How God showed a vision to him as he prayed at midday, namely a luminous cross in the heavens with an inscription, warning him to conquer in this. 945 CAP. XXIX. — How Christ appeared to Constantine in his sleep, and commanded him to use in his wars a sign made in the form of a cross. 945 CAP. XXX. — The construction of this sign after the likeness of a cross. 945 CAP. XXXI. — A description of the sign formed like a cross which the Romans call the Labarum. 946 CAP. XXXII. — How Constantine, having become a catechumen, studied the Holy Scriptures. 947 CAP. XXXIII. — Concerning the adulteries perpetrated by Maxentius at Rome. 947 CAP. XXXIV. — How the wife of a prefect, for the sake of preserving her modesty, committed suicide. 950 CAP. XXXV. — The slaughter of the Roman people by the order of Maxentius. 950 CAP. XXXVI. — The magic arts of Maxentius, and the lack of food in Rome. 950 CAP. XXXVII. — The armies of Maxentius overcome in Italy. 951 CAP. XXXVIII. — The death of Maxentius at the bridge of the Tiber. 951

^B CAP. XXXIX. — The entry of Constantine into the city of Rome. 951 CAP. XL. — Concerning Constantine’s statue holding a cross, and its inscription. 934 CAP. XLI. — The exultation of the provinces and the largesses of Constantine. 935 CAP. XLII. — Honors bestowed upon bishops and churches. 958 CAP. XLIII. — Concerning Constantine’s beneficence toward the poor. 958 CAP. XLIV. — How he attended synods of bishops. 958 CAP. XLV. — How he tolerated the senseless. 959 CAP. XLVI. — Victories reported over the barbarians. 962 CAP. XLVII. — The death of Maximian and others whose plots, revealed by God, Constantine had detected. 962 CAP. XLVIII. — Constantius’s decennial rites. 963 CAP. XLIX. — How Licinius afflicted the East. 963 CAP. L. — How Licinius plotted against Constantine. 963 CAP. LI. — The plots of Licinius against the bishops, and his prohibition of synods. 966 CAP. LII. — The exiles and proscriptions of Christians. 966 CAP. LIII. — The edict of Licinius, that women should not gather in church together with men. 967 CAP. LIV. — How he discharged those who refused to sacrifice from the military, and forbade their being fed while in prison. 967 CAP. LV. — Concerning the iniquity and avarice of Licinius. 970 CAP. LVI. — How at length he stirred up a persecution against the Christians. 970 CAP. LVII. — How Maximian, overcome by a fistulous and worm-infested ulcer, wrote a law for the Christians. 971 CAP. LVIII. — How Maximinus, a persecutor of Christians, hiding in the garb of a servant, concealed himself. 971 CAP. LIX. — How Maximinus, blinded by the force of disease, gave a law for the Christians. 971

BOOK TWO. CAP. I. — The hidden persecution of Licinius, and the slaughter of bishops at the city of Amasia in Pontus. 978 CAP. II. — Churches destroyed and bishops massacred. 979 CAP. III. — How Constantine was moved on behalf of the Christians whom Licinius was preparing to persecute. 982 CAP. IV. — That Constantine readied himself for war with prayers, but Licinius with divinations. 982 CAP. V. — What Licinius said concerning idols and concerning Christ, while he was sacrificing in a grove. 983 CAP. VI. — Specters seen in the cities that obeyed Licinius, of Constantine’s soldiers pursuing the Licinians. 986 CAP. VII. — That wherever the sign of the cross was present in the battles, the victory was won. 987 CAP. VIII. — That fifty men were chosen to carry the cross. 987 CAP. IX. — That of the cross-bearers, he who fled was killed; he who remained faithful escaped unharmed. 987 CAP. X. — Various battles and victories of Constantine. 990 CAP. XI. — The flight and magic arts of Licinius. 990 CAP. XII. — How Constantine, praying in a tabernacle, obtained victory. 990 CAP. XIII. — Constantine’s humanity toward captured soldiers. 991 CAP. XIV. — Again concerning prayer in the tabernacle. 991 CAP. XV. — The simulated friendship of Licinius, and the worship of idols. 994 CAP. XVI. — How Licinius commanded the soldiers not to make an attack against the sign of the cross. 994 CAP. XVII. — Constantine’s victory. 994 CAP. XVIII. — The slaughter of Licinius and the triumphs celebrated over him. 995 CAP. XIX. — Public joy and festivities. 995 CAP. XX. — How Constantine enacted laws for the confessors. 998 CAP. XXI. — How he also enacted laws for the martyrs and for the properties of the churches. 999 CAP. XXII. — How also he refreshed the populations. 999 CAP. XXIII. — That he proclaimed God the author of all good things, and concerning His laws. 999 CAP. XXIV. — The law of Constantine concerning piety toward God and concerning the Christian religion. 1002 CAP. XXV. — An example from ancient times. 1002 CAP. XXVI. — Concerning those who suffered persecution, and concerning the persecutors. 1003 CAP. XXVII. — That persecution was the cause of evils for those waging war. 1005 CAP. XXVIII. — That God chose Constantine as a minister of good things. 1006

ORDER OF CONTENTS

CAP. XXIX. — Pious utterances of Constantine toward God, and praise of the confessors. 1006 CAP. XXX. — A law releasing from exile and the curia, and [reversing] the proscription of goods. 1007 CAP. XXXI. — Item regarding those who had been relegated to islands. 1007 CAP. XXXII. — Item regarding those who had been ignominiously condemned to the mines and to public works. 1010 CAP. XXXIII. — Concerning the confessors who had served in the army. 1010 CAP. XXXIV. — Concerning the liberation of those who had been given over to the women's weaving-rooms or to slavery. 1011 CAP. XXXV. — Concerning the succession of the goods of martyrs and confessors, and of those who had been relegated, and whose goods had been returned to the fiscus. 1011 CAP. XXXVI. — That if kin are lacking, the Church should receive the inheritance, and that legacies should remain firm. 1014 CAP. XXXVII. — That those who have occupied such places, buildings, and gardens should restore them, except for the fruits. 1014 CAP. XXXVIII. — How it was necessary for petitions to be given regarding these. 1015 CAP. XXXIX. — That the fiscus should restore plots of land, buildings, and gardens to the Churches. 1015 CAP. XL. — That martyrs' shrines and cemeteries should be restored to the Churches. 1018 CAP. XLI. — That those who bought Church property, or received it as a gift, should restore it. 1018 CAP. XLII. — An earnest exhortation to worship God. 1018 CAP. XLIII. — How Constantine confirmed by his deeds the things that he had established by law. 1019 CAP. XLIV. — How he promoted Christians to govern provinces, and forbade pagans to sacrifice. 1022 CAP. XLV. — Concerning the laws by which sacrifices were indeed forbidden, but churches were commanded to be built. 1022 CAP. XLVI. — Epistle of Constantine to Eusebius and the rest of the bishops concerning the building of churches through the agency of the governors: so that old ones might be repaired and larger ones constructed. 1022 CAP. XLVII. — That he wrote against the worship of idols. 1023 CAP. XLVIII. — Constantine’s edict to the provincials regarding the false worship of many gods. Exordium concerning virtue and vice. 1026 CAP. XLIX. — Concerning the pious and God-loving father of Constantine, and concerning the persecutors Diocletian and Maximian. 1026 CAP. L. — That the persecution was set in motion by an oracle of Apollo, which could no longer give answers because of just men. 1027 CAP. LI. — How Constantine, while still an adolescent, heard that the Christians were just men. 1027 CAP. LII. — How many kinds of tortures and punishments were devised against the Christians. 1027 CAP. LIII. — How barbarians received the Christians. 1050 CAP. LIV. — How those who had stirred up persecution because of an oracle were punished by divine vengeance. 1030 CAP. LV. — Constantine attributes glory to God, confesses the sign of the cross, and prays for the churches. 1030 CAP. LVI. — How he wished all people to be Christians, but compelled no one. 1031 CAP. LVII. — He attributes glory to God, who enlightened those who were wandering through his Son. 1031 CAP. LVIII. — Again he attributes glory to God as the minister of the whole world. 1031 CAP. LIX. — He praises God, who always teaches what is good and honest. 1034 CAP. LX. — An exhortation at the end of the edict, that no one should cause annoyance to another. 1034 CAP. LXI. — How questions were stirred up from the city of Alexandria on account of Arius. 1035 CAP. LXII. — Concerning Arius and the Meletians. 1035 CAP. LXIII. — How he sent a legate with letters to compose the peace. 1035 CAP. LXIV. — Constantine’s epistle to Bishop Alexander and the presbyter Arius. 1038 CAP. LXV. — That he strove continuously for peace. 1038 CAP. LXVI. — How he suppressed the questions stirred up in Africa. 1038 CAP. LXVII. — That religion began from the parts of the Orient. 1039 CAP. LXVIII. — How, taking the sedition ill, he urged peace. 1039 CAP. LXIX. — Whence the controversy between Arius and Alexander was born, and that such things ought not to have been investigated. 1042 CAP. LXX. — An exhortation to concord. 1043 CAP. LXXI. — That it was not right to contend stubbornly over certain slight verbal trifles. 1043 CAP. LXXII. — How, moved by grief, he shed tears for piety’s sake; and for this reason he repressed the journey he was about to make into the Orient. 1047

BOOK THREE

CAPUT PRIMUM. — Comparison of the piety of Constantine with the iniquity of the persecutors. 1051 CAP. II. — Again concerning the piety of Constantine, [regarding one] freely professing the sign of the cross. 1055 CAP. III. — Concerning the image of Constantine, upon which indeed a cross was placed, but underneath, a dragon. 1058 CAP. IV. — Again concerning the controversies stirred up in Egypt by Arius. 1058 CAP. V. — Concerning the dissension on account of the feast of Pascha. 1058 CAP. VI. — How he ordered the synod of Nicea to be held. 1059 CAP. VII. — Concerning the universal council, to which bishops gathered from all provinces. 1059 CAP. VIII. — That, as is said in the Acts of the Apostles, they gathered from various nations. 1063 CAP. IX. — Concerning the virtue and age of the two hundred and fifty bishops. 1063 CAP. X. — The synod held in the palace, into which Constantine entered and sat with the bishops. 1063 CAP. XI. — The silence of the council after Eusebius the bishop had said a few things. 1066 CAP. XII. — Constantine’s speech to the synod concerning peace. 1067 CAP. XIII. — How he recalled the bishops, who were contending among themselves, to concord. 1070 CAP. XIV. — The concordant sentiment of the synod concerning the faith and concerning Pascha. 1070 CAP. XV. — How Constantine entertained the bishops at a banquet for his vicennalia. 1071 CAP. XVI. — Gifts given to the bishops, and letters written to all. 1074 CAP. XVII. — Epistle of Constantine to the Churches concerning the Nicene synod. 1074 CAP. XVIII. — Concerning consensus in the celebration of the Paschal feast, and against the Jews. 1074 CAP. XIX. — An exhortation that they wish to follow the greatest part of the world. 1078 CAP. XX. — An exhortation that all should assent to the decrees of the synod. 1079 CAP. XXI. — To the bishops about to depart, he gives counsel that they should preserve concord. 1079 CAP. XXII. — How he exhorted some, and wrote to others, and concerning the distribution of money. 1083 CAP. XXIII. — How he wrote to the Egyptians, and exhorted them to peace. 1083 CAP. XXIV. — How he wrote religious letters to bishops and peoples frequently. 1083 CAP. XXV. — How he ordered a temple to be constructed at Jerusalem in the holy place of the Lord’s resurrection. 1086 CAP. XXVI. — How the impious had covered up the tomb of the Lord with rubbish and with idols placed over it. 1086 CAP. XXVII. — How Constantine commanded the material of the temple and the rubbish to be cast away to a very great distance. 1087 CAP. XXVIII. — Manifestation of the holiest sepulchre. 1087 CAP. XXIX. — How he gave letters to the governors and to Bishop Macarius concerning the building of the church. 1090 CAP. XXX. — Constantine’s epistle to Macarius concerning the building of the martyrium of our Savior. 1090 CAP. XXXI. — That he wished this building to surpass other churches in the beauty of its walls, columns, and marbles. 1091 CAP. XXXII. — That Macarius should write to the governors concerning the beauty of the apse, and concerning the artisans, and the material. 1091 CAP. XXXIII. — How the church of the Savior was constructed, which the prophets had called the new Jerusalem. 1094 CAP. XXXIV. — Description of the fabric of the holy sepulchre. 1095 CAP. XXXV. — Description of the atrium and the porticoes. 1095 CAP. XXXVI. — Description of the walls and the roof, and the ornament and gilding of the basilica itself. 1095 CAP. XXXVII. — Description of the twin porticoes on either side, and the three eastern gates. 1095 CAP. XXXVIII. — Description of the hemisphere and the twelve columns with bowls. 1098 CAP. XXXIX. — Description of the atrium, the exedrae, and the vestibules. 1099 CAP. XL. — Concerning the number of gifts. 1099 CAP. XLI. — Concerning the building of a church at Bethlehem and on the Mount of Olives. 1099 CAP. XLII. — How Helena, Augusta and mother of Constantine, having set out for the sake of prayer to Bethlehem, built these churches. 1102 CAP. XLIII. — Again concerning the Bethlehem church. 1103

ORDER OF TOPICS

CAP. XLIV. — Concerning the magnanimity and beneficence of Helena. 1106

CAP. XLV. — How Helena conducted herself religiously in the churches. 1106

CAP. XLVI. — How, when she was eighty years old, she made her will and departed from this life. 1106

CAP. XLVII. — How Constantine honored his mother, and how he cherished her while she lived. 1106

CAP. XLVIII. — How she built martyr-shrines at Constantinople and abolished all idol worship. 1107

CAP. XLIX. — The sign of the cross in the palace, and the image of Daniel at the fountains. 1110

CAP. L. — Concerning the churches which he built at Nicomedia and elsewhere. 1110

CAP. LI. — That he built a church in the place called Mambre. 1111

CAP. LII. — Constantine’s letter to Eusebius concerning Mambre. 1111

CAP. LIII. — That our Savior appeared to Abraham in that same place. 1114

CAP. LIV. — Shrines and idols pulled down everywhere. 1118

CAP. LV. — The overthrow of the shrine at Aphaca in Phoenicia and the abolition of its lewdness. 1119

CAP. LVI. — The destruction of the temple of Aesculapius at Aegae. 1122

CAP. LVII. — How the Gentiles, having condemned their idols, acknowledged God. 1123

CAP. LVIII. — How, having destroyed the shrine of Venus at Heliopolis, he was the first to build a church there. 1123

CAP. LIX. — Concerning the tumult stirred up at Antioch on account of Eustathius. 1126

CAP. LX. — Constantine’s letter to the Antiochenes, that they should not snatch Eusebius from Caesarea, but look for another. 1127

CAP. LXI. — Constantine’s letter to Eusebius, in which he praises him for having refused the see of Antioch. 1134

CAP. LXII. — Constantine’s letter to the synod, that Eusebius should not be snatched from Caesarea. 1138

CAP. LXIII. — How he studied to extirpate heresies. 1138

CAP. LXIV. — Constantine’s constitution against heretics. 1139

CAP. LXV. — Concerning the suppression of the conventicles of heretics. 1142

BOOK FOUR

CAP. I. — How he honored many with gifts and promotions. 1150

CAP. II. — Remission of one-fourth of the land taxes. 1151

CAP. III. — Equalization and publication of taxes. 1151

CAP. IV. — How in monetary cases, he himself paid from his own purse for those who had lost their suits. 1151

CAP. V. — The subjugation of the Scythians conquered by the sign of the cross. 1154

CAP. VI. — The Sarmatians subjugated when their slaves had rebelled against their masters. 1154

CAP. VII. — The embassies of various barbarians and the gifts bestowed upon them by the emperor. 1155

CAP. VIII. — That he wrote to the king of the Persians, who had sent envoys to him, for the sake of the Christians living there. 1158

CAP. IX. — Constantine’s letter to Sapor, king of the Persians, confessing God and Christ with the highest piety. 1158

CAP. X. — Against idols and concerning the glorification of God. 1158

CAP. XI. — Against tyrants and persecutors, and concerning the captivity of Valerian. 1159

CAP. XII. — That he witnessed the ruin of the persecutors and now rejoices because of the peace of the Christians. 1162

CAP. XIII. — Exhortation that he should embrace with kindness those Christians living in Persia. 1162

CAP. XIV. — How peace was given to the Christians through the constant prayers of Constantine. 1162

CAP. XV. — That he ordered himself to be depicted on coins and images in the posture of one praying. 1163

CAP. XVI. — That he forbade by law the setting up of his own images in the temples of idols. 1163

CAP. XVII. — Prayers in the palace and the reading of the Holy Scriptures. 1163

CAP. XVIII. — He commands the Lord’s day and the sixth day of the week to be honored. 1166

CAP. XIX. — How he taught even Gentile soldiers to pray on the Lord’s days. 1166

CAP. XX. — The form of prayer delivered to the soldiers by Constantine. 1167

CAP. XXI. — He orders the sign of the Lord’s cross to be imprinted on the soldiers' arms. 1167

CAP. XXII. — His zeal for prayer and the observance of the feast of Pascha. 1167

CAP. XXIII. — How he forbade the worship of idols and honored the festivals of the martyrs. 1170

CAP. XXIV. — That he said he was as it were a bishop of external things. 1171

CAP. XXV. — Concerning the prohibition of sacrifices and initiations, and the abolition of gladiators and impure priests. 1171

CAP. XXVI. — Correction of the law against the childless and the law concerning wills. 1174

CAP. XXVII. — That he enacted a law that Jews should not hold a Christian slave, and that the decrees of the councils should be ratified, etc. 1175

CAP. XXVIII. — Gifts bestowed upon churches and money distributed to virgins and the poor. 1175

CAP. XXIX. — Study and declamations of Constantine. 1178

CAP. XXX. — That he traced out the dimensions of a tomb for a certain miser, in order to strike shame into him. 1179

CAP. XXXI. — That he was mocked for his excessive clemency. 1179

CAP. XXXII. — Concerning the oration of Constantine which he wrote to the assembly of the saints. 1182

CAP. XXXIII. — How he stood while listening to the panegyrical orations of Eusebius concerning the Savior’s sepulcher. 1182

CAP. XXXIV. — That he wrote to Eusebius concerning Pascha and the holy Scriptures. 1182

CAP. XXXV. — Constantine’s letter to Eusebius, in which he praises his oration on Pascha. 1183

CAP. XXXVI. — Constantine’s letter to Eusebius for the preparation of the holy Scriptures. 1183

CAP. XXXVII. — How the codices were prepared. 1186

CAP. XXXVIII. — How the emporium of the Gazaeans became a city on account of Christianity and was called Constantia. 1187

CAP. XXXIX. — That Constantina was made a city in Phoenicia and idols were demolished and churches built in other cities. 1187

CAP. XL. — That after he had created his three sons Caesars upon his own tricentennial, he celebrated the dedication of the Martyrion in Jerusalem. 1187

CAP. XLI. — That among these things he decided that a synod be held at Tyre on account of certain controversies in Egypt. 1190

CAP. XLII. — Constantine’s letter to the synod gathered at Tyre. 1190

CAP. XLIII. — How bishops from all provinces gathered for the dedication of the church in Jerusalem. 1194

CAP. XLIV. — How they were received by Marianus the notary, and money was distributed to the poor, and concerning the gifts to the Church. 1194

CAP. XLV. — Sermons of the bishops in the assemblies, and of Eusebius who wrote these things. 1195

CAP. XLVI. — That he later recited the description of the Martyrion and his oration on the tricennalia before the emperor himself. 1198

CAP. XLVII. — That the Nicene synod occurred in the vicennalia of Constantine, but the dedication of the basilica of Jerusalem in the tricennalia. 1198

CAP. XLVIII. — How he bore with difficulty the immoderate praises of a certain man. 1199

CAP. XLIX. — The nuptials of Constantius Caesar, his son. 1199

CAP. L. — Embassy and gifts sent by the Indians. 1199

CAP. LI. — How Constantine, having divided the empire among his three sons, instructed them in the art of reigning and the duties of piety. 1199

CAP. LII. — How he taught them piety when they had reached mature age. 1202

CAP. LIII. — That although he reigned for thirty-two years and lived for more than sixty years, he was always in perfect health. 1203

CAP. LIV. — Concerning those who abused his extraordinary kindness for greed and the simulation of piety. 1203

CAP. LV. — How he wrote orations until the very last day of his life. 1206

CAP. LVI. — How, setting out for the Persian war, he took bishops with him and prepared a tent in the likeness of a church. 1207

CAP. LVII. — How, having received the Persian envoys, he spent the night with others on the feast day of Pascha. 1207

CAP. LVIII. — Concerning the building of the Martyrion of the apostles at Constantinople. 1210

CAP. LIX. — A description of the same Martyrion. 1210

CAP. LX. — That he also built a tomb for himself in that temple. 1210

CAP. LXI. — The emperor’s sickness and prayers at Helenopolis, and also concerning his baptism. 1211

CAP. LXII. — In what words Constantine requested the bishops that they confer baptism upon him. 1212

^A CAP. LXIII. — How he praised God after his baptism. 1217 ^B CAP. LXIV. — The death of Constantine on the feast day of Pentecost, around midday. 1219 CAP. LXV. — The lamentation of the soldiers and tribunes. 1219 CAP. LXVI. — How his funeral was conducted from Nicomedia to the palace at Constantinople. 1222 CAP. LXVII. — How, even after his death, he was honored by his companions and the rest as if he were still alive. 1222 CAP. LXVIII. — How the army, by the judgment of his son, were named Augusti. 1223 CAP. LXIX. — Rome’s mourning for the death of Constantine, and the images decreed for him. 1223 CAP. LXX. — How his funeral was deposited at Constantinople by Constantius. 1223 CAP. LXXI. — The Mass celebrated in the Martyrion of the Apostles at the funeral of Constantine. 1226 CAP. LXXII. — Concerning the Phoenix bird. 1227 CAP. LXXIII. — How they represented Constantine on the coinage as if ascending into heaven. 1227 CAP. LXXIV. — That since he had worshipped God, he was deservedly honored by God. 1227 CAP. LXXV. — That he surpassed all previous emperors in piety. 1230

ORATION OF THE EMPEROR CONSTANTINE TO THE ASSEMBLY OF THE SAINTS

ORATION OF EUSEBIUS ON THE PRAISES OF CONSTANTINE HELD IN HIS TRICENNALIA

ACTS OF THE PASSION OF ST. PAMPHILUS AND HIS COMPANIONS

BOOK ON THE MARTYRS OF PALESTINE

COLLECTION OF ANCIENT MARTYRS

EPISTLES