Eusebius of Caesarea

noun

1. Pamphili, a.d. 263?–c340, Christian theologian and historian: Bishop of Caesarea c315–c340.

Example Sentences

With Eusebius of Caesarea the apologetic pamphlets of the age of persecutions gave way to a calm review of three centuries of Christian progress.

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We learn, moreover, that the biographer was high in favour with Alexander Severus, and that Eusebius of Caesarea naively allows the truth of Philostratus' narrative in the main, with the exception of what is miraculous.

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His anti-Arian polemic against Eusebius of Caesarea made him unpopular among his fellow-bishops in the East, and a synod convened at Antioch in 330 passed a sentence of deposition, which was confirmed by the emperor.

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The leader of this party was Eusebius of Caesarea.

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The evidence of ancient writers really begins, not with Origen,1 but with Eusebius of Caesarea, who in his Eccl.

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