{"title":"Books by Eusebius","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780140445350","title":"The History of the Church","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in writing the history of Christianity and provided a model for all later ecclesiastical historians. In tracing the history of the Church from the time of Christ to the Great Persecution at the beginning of the fourth century, and ending with the conversion of the Emperor Constantine, his aim was to show the purity and continuity of the doctrinal tradition of Christianity and its struggle against persecutors and heretics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePenguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56224330809717,"sku":"9780140445350","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780140445350_dba1fc27-b30b-4b4c-a8e8-f34ab41fb395.jpg?v=1786011801"},{"product_id":"9780674991699","title":"Ecclesiastical History, Volume I – Books 1–5  Lake)(Greek)","description":"The first comprehensive history of early Christianity.   Eusebius of Caesarea (ca. AD 260–340), born in Palestine, was a student of the presbyter Pamphilus, whom he loyally supported during Diocletian’s persecution. He was himself imprisoned in Egypt, but became Bishop of Caesarea around 314. At the Council of Nicaea in 325 he sat by the emperor, led a party of moderates, and made the first draft of the famous creed.    Of Eusebius’ many learned publications we have the Martyrs of Palestine and the Life of Constantine; several apologetic and polemic works; parts of his commentaries on the Psalms and Isaiah; and the Chronographia, known chiefly in Armenian and Syriac versions of the original Greek. But Eusebius’ chief fame rests on the History of the Christian Church in ten books, published in 324–325, the most important ecclesiastical history of ancient times, a great treasury of knowledge about the early Church.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294348063093,"sku":"9780674991699","price":24.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780674991699_7a48bd90-920a-4a13-b2dc-f2a39a80f48c.jpg?v=1786015021"},{"product_id":"9780674992931","title":"Ecclesiastical History, Volume II – Books 6–10 (Trans. Oulton)(Greek)","description":"The first comprehensive history of early Christianity.   Eusebius  of Caesarea (ca. AD 260–340), born in Palestine, was a student of the  presbyter Pamphilus, whom he loyally supported during Diocletian’s  persecution. He was himself imprisoned in Egypt, but became Bishop of  Caesarea around 314. At the Council of Nicaea in 325 he sat by the  emperor, led a party of moderates, and made the first draft of the  famous creed.    Of Eusebius’ many learned publications we have the Martyrs of Palestine and the Life of Constantine; several apologetic and polemic works; parts of his commentaries on the Psalms and Isaiah; and the Chronographia, known chiefly in Armenian and Syriac versions of the original Greek. But Eusebius’ chief fame rests on the History of the Christian Church  in ten books, published in 324–325, the most important ecclesiastical  history of ancient times, a great treasury of knowledge about the early  Church.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56294368444789,"sku":"9780674992931","price":24.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780674992931_670069f5-444b-432a-a99e-af1f47c0f11a.jpg?v=1786015055"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-eusebius.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}