THE ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF THEODORET
BOOK I
PROLOGUE. Design of the History.
CHAPTER I. Origin of the Arian Heresy.
CHAPTER II. List of the principal Bishops.
CHAPTER III. The Epistle of Alexander, Bishop of
Alexandria to Alexander, Bishop of Constantinople. "To his most
revered and likeminded brother Alexander, Alexander sendeth greeting
in the Lord.
CHAPTER IV. The Letter of Arius to Eusebius,
Bishop of Nicomedia.
CHAPTER V. The Letter of Eusebius, Bishop of
Nicomedia, to Paulinus, Bishop of Tyre. "To my lord Paulinus, Eusebius
sendeth greeting in the Lord.
CHAPTER VI. General Council of Nicoea.
CHAPTER VII. Confutation of Arianism deduced
from the Writings of Eustathius and Athanasius.
CHAPTER VIII. Facts relating to Meletius the
Egyptian, from whom originated the Meletian schism, which remains to
this day.--Synodical Epistle respecting him.
CHAPTER IX. The Epistle of the Emperor
Constantine, concerning the matters transacted at the Council,
addressed to those Bishops who were not present.
CHAPTER X. The daily wants of the Church
supplied by the Emperor, and an account of his other virtues.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII. Confutation of the blasphemies of
the Arians of our time, from the writings of Eusebius, Bishop of
Caesarea.
CHAPTER XIII. Extract from the Letter of
Athanasius on the Death of Arius .
CHAPTER XIV. Letter written by the Emperor
Constantine respecting the building of Churches .
CHAPTER XV. The Epistle of Constantine
concerning the preparation of copies of the Holy Scriptures.
CHAPTER XVI. Letter from the Emperor to
Macarius, Bishop of Jerusalem, concerning the building of the Holy
Church.
CHAPTER XVII. Helena, Mother of the Emperor
Constantine.-- Her zeal in the Erection of the Holy Church.
CHAPTER XVIII. The unlawful Translation of
Eusebius, Bishop of Nicomedia.
CHAPTER XIX. Epistle of the Emperor Constantine
against Eusebius and Theognis, addressed to the Nicomedians.
CHAPTER XX. The artful Machinations of Eusebius
and his followers against the Holy Eustathius, Bishop of Antioch.
CHAPTER XXI. Bishops of Heretical opinions
ordained in Antioch after the Banishment of St. Eustathius .
CHAPTER XXII. Conversion of the Indians .
CHAPTER XXIII. Conversion of the Iberians .
CHAPTER XXIV. Letter written by the Emperor
Constantine to Sapor, the King of Persia, respecting the Christians.
CHAPTER XXV. An account of the plot formed
against the Holy Athanasius.
CHAPTER XXVI. Another plot against Athanasius.
CHAPTER XXVII. Epistle of the Emperor
Constantine to the Council of Tyre .
CHAPTER XXVIII. The Council of Tyre.
CHAPTER XXIX. Consecration of the Church of
Jerusalem.-- Banishment of St. Athanasius.
CHAPTER XXX. Will of the blessed Emperor
Constantine.
CHAPTER XXXI. Apology for Constantine.
CHAPTER XXXII. The end of the Holy Emperor
Constantine.
BOOK II
- CHAPTER I. Return of St. Athanasius.
- CHAPTER II. Declension of the Emperor Constantius
from the true Faith.
- CHAPTER III. Second Exile of St.
Athanasius.--Ordination and Death of Gregorius.
- CHAPTER IV. Paulus, Bishop of Constantinople.
- CHAPTER V. The Heresy of Macedonius.
- CHAPTER VI. Council held at Sardica.
- CHAPTER VII. Account of the Bishops Euphratas and
Vincentius, and of the plot formed in Antioch against them.
- CHAPTER VIII. Stephanus deposed.
- CHAPTER IX. The second return of Saint
Athanasius.
- CHAPTER X. Third exile and flight of Athanasius.
- CHAPTER XI. The evil and daring deeds dane by
Georgius in Alexandria.
- CHAPTER XII. Council of Milan.
- CHAPTER XIII. Conference between Liberius, Pope
of Rome, and the Emperor Constantius .
- CHAPTER XIV. Concerning the Banishment and
Return of the Holy Liberius.
- CHAPTER XV. Council of Ariminum .
- CHAPTER XVI.
- CHAPTER XVII. Synodical Act of Damasus, Bishop
of Rome, and of the Western Bishops, about the Council at Ariminum.
- CHAPTER XVIII. The Letter of Athanasius, bishop
of Alexandria, concerning the same Council.
- CHAPTER XIX. Concerning the cunning of Leontius,
Bishop of Antioch, and the boldness of Flavianus and Diadorus.
- CHAPTER XX. Concerning the innovations of
Eudoxius, of Germanicia, and the zeal of Basilius of Ancyra, and of
Eustathius of Sebasteia against him.
- CHAPTER XXI. Of the Second Council of Nicaea.
- CHAPTER XXII. Of the Council held at Seleucia in
Isauria.
- CHAPTER XXIII. Of what befell the orthodox
bishops at Constantinople.
- CHAPTER XXIV. Synodical Epistle written against
Aetius.
- CHAPTER XXV. Of the causes which separated the
Eunomians from the Arians.
- CHAPTER XXVI. Of the siege of the city of
Nisibis, and the apostolic conversation of Bishop Jacobus.
- CHAPTER XXVII. Of the Council of Antioch and
what was dane there against the holy Meletius.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. About Eusebius, Bishop of
Samosata.
BOOK III.
BOOK IV.
- CHAPTER I. Of the reign and piety of Jovianus.
- CHAPTER II. Of the return of Athanasius.
- CHAPTER III. Synodical letter to the Emperor
Jovian concerning the Faith.
- CHAPTER IV. Of the restoration of allowances to
the churches; and of the Emperor's death.
- CHAPTER V. Of the reign of Valentinianus, and haw
he associated Valens his brother with him.
- CHAPTER VI. Of the election of Ambrosius, the
Bishop of Milan.
- CHAPTER VII. Letters of the Emperors
Valentinianus and Valens, written to the diocese of Asia about the
Homousion, on hearing that same men in Asia and in Phrygia were in
dispute about the divine decree.
- CHAPTER VIII. Synodical Epistle of the Synod in
Illyricum concerning the Faith.
- CHAPTER IX. Of the heresy of the Audiani.
- CHAPTER X. Of the heresy of the Messaliani.
- CHAPTER XI. In what manner Valens fell into
heresy.
- CHAPTER XII. How Valens exiled the virtuous
bishops.
- CHAPTER XIII. Of Eusebius, bishop of Samosata,
and others.
- CHAPTER XIV. Of the holy Barses, and of the
exile of the bishop of Edessa and his companions.
- CHAPTER XV. Of the persecution which took place
at Edessa, and of Eulogius and Protogenes, presbyters of Edessa.
- CHAPTER XVI. Of the holy Basilius, Bishop of
Caesarea, and the measures taken against him by Valens and the prefect
Modestus.
- CHAPTER XVII. Of the death of the great
Athanasius and the election of Petrus.
- CHAPTER XVIII. On the overthrow of Petrus and
the introduction of Lucius the Arian.
- CHAPTER XIX. Narrative of events at Alexandria
in the time of Lucius the Arian, taken from a letter of Petrus, Bishop
of Alexandria.
- CHAPTER XX. Of Mavia, Queen of the Saracens,
and the ordination of Moses the monk.
- CHAPTER XXI. AT Constantinople the Arians filled
a boat with pious presbyters and drove her without ballast out to sea,
putting some of their own men on another craft with orders to set the
presbyters' boat on fire. So, fighting at the same time against both
sea and flames, at last they were delivered to the deep, and won the
martyrs' crown.
- CHAPTER XXII. How Flavianus and Diodorus
gathered the church of the orthodox in Antioch.
- CHAPTER XXIII. Of the holy monk Aphraates.
- CHAPTER XXIV. Of the holy monk Julianus.
- CHAPTER XXV. Of what other monks were
distinguished at this period.
- CHAPTER XXVI. Of Didymus of Alexandria and
Ephraim the Syrian.
- CHAPTER XXVII. Of what bishops were at this time
distinguished in Asia and Pontus.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. Of the letter written by Valens
to the great Valentinianus about the war, and how he replied.
- CHAPTER XXIX. Of the piety of Count Terentius.
- CHAPTER XXX. Of the bold utterance of Trajanus
the general.
- CHAPTER XXXI. Of Isaac the monk of
Constantinople and Bretanio the Scythian Bishop.
- CHAPTER XXXII. Of the expedition of Valens
against the Garbs and how he paid the penalty of his impiety.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. How the Goths became tainted by
the Arian error.
BOOK V.
- CHAPTER I. Of the piety of the emperor Gratianus.
- CHAPTER II. Of the return of the bishops.
- CHAPTER III. Of the dissension caused by
Paulinus; of the innovation by Apollinarius of Laodicea, and of the
philosophy of Meletius.
- CHAPTER IV. Of Eusebius Bishop of Samosata.
- CHAPTER V. Of the campaign of Theodosius.
- CHAPTER VI. Of the reign of Theodosius and of his
dream.
- CHAPTER VII. Of famous leaders of the Arian
faction.
- CHAPTER VIII. The council assembled at
Constantinople.
- CHAPTER IX. Synodical letter from the council at
Constantinople.
- CHAPTER X. Synodical letter of Damasus bishop of
Rome against Apollinarius and Timotheus.
- CHAPTER XI. A confession of the Catholic faith
which Pope Damasus sent to Bishop Paulinus in Macedonia when he was at
Thessalonica.
- CHAPTER XII. Of the death of Gratianus and the
sovereignty of Maximus.
- CHAPTER XIII. Of Justina, the wife of
Valentinianus, and of her riot against Ambrosius.
- CHAPTER XIV. Of the information given by Maximus
the tyrant to Valentinianus.
- CHAPTER XV. Of the Letter written by the Emperor
Theodosius concerning the same.
- CHAPTER XVI. Of Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium.
- CHAPTER XVII. Of the massacre of Thessalonica;
the boldness of Bishop Ambrosius, and the piety of the Emperor.
- CHAPTER XVIII. Of the Empress Placilia.
- CHAPTER XIX. Of the sedition of Antioch.
- CHAPTER XX. Of the destruction of the temples
all over the Empire.
- CHAPTER XXI. Of Marcellus, bishop of Apamea, and
the idols' temples destroyed by him.
- CHAPTER XXII. Of Theophilus, bishop of
Alexandria, and what happened at the demolition of the idols in that
city.
- CHAPTER XXIII. Of Flavianus bishop of Antioch
and of the sedition which arose in the western Church on account of
Paulinus.
- CHAPTER XXIV. Of the tyranny of Eugenius and the
victory wan through faith by the emperor Theodosius.
- CHAPTER XXV. Of the death of the Emperor
Theodosius.
- CHAPTER XXVI. Of Honorius the emperor and
Telemachus the monk.
- CHAPTER XXVII. Of the piety of the emperor
Arcadius and the ordination of John Chrysostom.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. Of John's boldness for God.
- CHAPTER XXIX. Of the idol temples which were
destroyed by John in Phoenicia.
- CHAPTER XXX. Of the church of the Goths.
- CHAPTER XXXI. Of his care far the Scythians and
his zeal against the Marcionists.
- CHAPTER XXXII. Of the demand made by Gainas and
of John Chrysostom's reply.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. Of the ambassage of Chrysostom
to Gainas.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. Of the events which happened on
account of Chrysostom.
- CHAPTER XXXV. Of Alexander, bishop of Antioch.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. Of the removal of the remains of
John and of the faith of Theodosius and his sisters.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. Of Theodotus bishop of Antioch.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. Of the persecutions in Persia
and of them that were martyred there.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. Of Theodorus, bishop of
Mopsuestia.
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