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Sermon synopsis: This is one of the most valuable and interesting accounts of the early Christian age.

In general this work is a follow up of Eusebius' history, and begins with Constantine's conversion, and ends roughly around the reigns of Theodosius the Great's degenerate sons.

Important and detailed original documents, letters, and decrees from the emperors and bishops who attended the great councils of Nicaea, Chalcedon, etc. are accessible here for students and scholars alike in a pristine and comprehensive fashion.

Miracles and monks, the inroads of the Goths, the Persian war, the Church's rise to a spiritual and temporal order, the often harmful and sometimes bloody disputes of the Christian factions, and the deeds of bishops, emperors, and saints underline the indispensable worth of this history.