This sourcebook of primary texts illustrates the history of Christianity from Nicaea to St. Augustine and St. Patrick. It covers all major persons and topics in the "golden age" of Greek and Latin patristics.  
  
"Professors of early Christianity will enthusiastically welcome the reprinting of these two extremely well-selected and unsurpassed collections of documents \[A New Eusebius and Creeds, Councils and Controversies\]. These two textbooks have long set the standard for collections of original documents illustrating the practices and thought of early Christians. It is extremely useful for those who teach this period to have these texts back in print."  
\--__Kevin Madigan__, Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History, The Divinity School, Harvard University  
  
"This collection of documents from the world of early Christianity is not only handy but also enlightening. Here one has immediate access to ancient words on Gnosticism and Arianism, baptism and persecution, and canon and controversy. Here, in the antique, one may find something rare, something lovely, something new."  
\--__D. Jeffrey Bingham__, associate dean of biblical and theological studies, Wheaton College  
  
"J. Stevenson's classic two-volume compilation, A New Eusebius and Creeds, Councils and Controversies, assembles snippets from a wide range of hard-to-find materials: acts of Christian martyrs, conciliar documents, fragments from heretics and persecutors, inscriptions on coins and catacombs, snatches of gossip in scattered letters. The final result is a brilliant mosaic of early Christianity."  
\--__William Harmless__, author of Augustine in His Own Words

__J. Stevenson__ (1901-1983) was a Fellow of Downing College, University of Cambridge. __W. H. C. Frend__ (1916-2005) was chair of ecclesiastical history at the University of Glasgow, a Fellow of the British Academy, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

This sourcebook of primary texts illustrates the history of Christianity from Nicaea to St. Augustine and St. Patrick. It covers all major persons and topics in the "golden age" of Greek and Latin patristics. This standard collection, still unsurpassed, is now available to a wider North American audience.

This sourcebook of primary texts illustrates the history of Christianity from Nicaea to St. Augustine and St. Patrick.

Cover

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Map of the Roman Empire, c. AD 400

Preface to the First Edition

Preface to the New Edition

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations and Conventions

1 The Sons of Constantine, AD 337–40

1 The Return of Athanasius, 337: Socrates

2 Canons of Gangra, c. 340 (?)

3 Persecution in Persia, c. 340: Martyrdom of Symeon, Catholicus of Persia: Sozomen

2 The Papacy, the Easterners and Athanasius to 348

4 Julius I of Rome, on the Exiled Bishops, 340: Julius ap. Athanasius

5 Marcellus of Ancyra and the Roman Creed: Marcellus ap. Epiphanius

6 The Council of Antioch, 341: Athanasius

7 The Council of Sardica, 343: Socrates, Hilary of Poitiers

8 The Doctrinal Statement of the Western Council of Sardica, 343: Theodoret

9 Canons of Sardica, 343

10 The Creed of the Long Lines (Ekthesis Macrostichos), 345: Athanasius

11 The Creed of Jerusalem, 348: Cyril of Jerusalem

3 The West under Constans, 340–50

12 The 'Manual of Intolerance' of Firmicus Maternus, c. 346–8: Firmicus Maternus

13 Some Pagan Shrines are Spared, 342: Codex Theodosianus

14 Donatism: The Mission of Paul and Macarius to Africa, 347, and the Behaviour of Donatus: Optatus

15 The Circumcellions, c. 340: Optatus

4 Constantius II as Sole Ruler of the Roman World, 353–61

16 Constantius II and Paganism: Codex Theodosianus

17 Constantius II and Christianity: Ammianus Marcellinus

18 A Cross in the Heavens, 351: Cyril of Jerusalem

19 The Battle of Mursa, 28 September 351: Sulpicius Severus

20 The Issue between Constantius and the Western Church, 353–4: Liberius

21 The Council of Milan, 355: Hilary of Poitiers

22 The Exile of Liberius, 355: Sozomen

23 Attempted Arrest of Athanasius, 8 February 356: Ought Christians to Flee when Persecuted? Athanasius

24 Protest by Ossius (Hosius) of Cordova to Constantius II, c. 356: Ossius (Hosius) ap. Athanasius

25 The Lapse of Liberius, 357: Athanasius

26 Letter of Constantius to the Rulers of Axum, c. 357: Athanasius

27 The Second Creed (the 'Blasphemy') of Sirmium, 357: Hilary of Poitiers

28 The Surrender of Ossius (Hosius), 357: Sozomen

29 Constantius the Forerunner of Antichrist: Athanasius

30 Aëtius, Eudoxius and the Synod of Ancyra, c. 358: Sozomen

31 Problems about Homoousios, c. 359: Athanasius

32 The Fourth Creed of Sirmium, commonly called the 'Dated' Creed (22 May 359): Athanasius

33 The Council of Seleucia: Sozomen

34 Acacius of Caesarea: Sozomen

35 The Anomoeans, 361: Socrates

36 Meletius of Antioch, 361: Socrates

37 The Status of Ecclesiastical and Clerical Property, 360: Codex Theodosianus

5 Julian ‘the Apostate’, 360–3

38 The Youth of the Emperor Julian: Julian

39 The Apostasy of Julian (1): Ammianus Marcellinus

40 The Apostasy of Julian (2): Ammianus Marcellinus

41 Julian at Athens: A Less Friendly Account: Gregory of Nazianzus

42 Prudentius' Tribute to Julian: Prudentius

43 The Lynching of George, Intruding Bishop of Alexandria, 24 December 361: Ammianus Marcellinus

44 Julian: Reformed Paganism, 362: Julian ap. Sozomen

45 Julian: To the Alexandrians, Against Athanasius

46 The Flight of Athanasius, under Julian: Socrates

47 Julian: The Rescript on Teachers, 362

48 Julian: To the People of Bostra, 1 August 362

49 Julian and the Church of Edessa, 362–3: Julian

50 Julian and the Antiochenes, 363: Ammianus Marcellinus

51 Julian: The Temple of Apollo at Daphne near Antioch

52 The Death of Julian, 26 June 363: Ammianus Marcellinus

6 The Restoration of Christianity under Jovian and Valentinian I, 363–75

53 The Emperor Jovian, 27 June 363–17 February 364: Socrates

54 Toleration under Valentinian I: Ammianus Marcellinus

55 Except for the Manichees, 372: Codex Theodosianus

56 Riots in Rome: Damasus and Ursinus, 26 October 366: Ammianus Marcellinus

57 Clergy and the Decurionate: Codex Theodosianus

58 Clergy Prohibited from Hunting for Legacies, 370: Codex Theodosianus

7 Christianity Beyond the Roman Frontier

A Armenia and Persia 364–81

B The Goths

8 Further Doctrinal Disputes in the East

A The Holy Spirit in the Godhead

B The Person of Christ

9 The Cappadocian Fathers: Theology and Asceticism

A Basil of Caesarea: Life and Theology

B Gregory of Nyssa

C Gregory of Nazianzus

10 The Council of Constantinople, 381

88 Gregory of Nazianzus at Constantinople, 379–81: Socrates, Sozomen

89 The 'Last Farewell' of Gregory of Nazianzus, on his Resignation of the See of Constantinople

90 The Creed of Constantinople, 381

91 Canons of Constantinople, 381

92 Gregory of Nazianzus: The Futility of Councils, 382

93 Condemnation of Apollinarianism, 388: Codex Theodosianus

11 Ambrose (c. 339–97), Bishop of Milan 373–97

94 Ambrose becomes Bishop of Milan, 373: Paulinus

95 The Altar of Victory, 384: Symmachus, Ambrose

96 The Council of Aquileia, 381: Gesta Concilii Aquileiensis, Ambrose

97 The Struggle between Ambrose and the Court at Milan: Round One, 385: Ambrose

98 The Struggle between Ambrose and the Court at Milan: Round Two, 386: Codex Theodosianus, Ambrose

99 The Discovery of the Relics of SS Protasius and Gervasius, 386: Ambrose

100 Hymns and Psalms at Milan, 386: Augustine

101 Ambrose and Theodosius I: The Affair of Callinicum, 388: Ambrose

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