History of the Catholic Church from A.D. 323 to 425. Completed around 443 A.D., it serves as an informative supplement to Socrates Scholasticus’ Ecclesiasical History. Image above links to Schaff and Wace edition. ISBN recommendation: 0-8028-8116-5
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Socrates Scholasticus: Ecclesiastical History
History of the Catholic Church from accession of Constantine (A.D. 306) to the seventeenth consulship of Theodosius the Younger (A.D. 419). Written with the intention to serve as a continuation of Eusebius Pamphili’s Ecclesiastical History. Completed around 439 A.D., it provides an invaluable and intimate portrait of the early Byzantine Church and culture. Image above links to Schaff and Wace edition. ISBN recommendation: 0-8028-8116-5
First Council of Constantinople
Decrees of the Second Ecumenical Council (A.D. 381) which confirmed the Nicene profession of faith and the equal Divinity of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Image above links to Tanner translation. ISBN recommendation: 0-87840-490-2
First Council of Nicaea
Decrees of the First Ecumenical Council (A.D. 325) in which teachings of Arius of Alexandria are placed under anathema and the consubstantiality of Jesus Christ with GOD the Father is confirmed. Image above links to Tanner translation. ISBN recommendation: 0-87840-490-2
Eusebius Pamphili: Ecclesiastical History
Eusebius is considered the Father of Church History. Completed around 325 A.D., his Ecclesiastical History provides an ancient comprehensive narrative of the prevalent Christian historical traditions from the Incarnation of Christ to Constantine’s defeat of Licinius (c. 325). Image links to McGiffert translation. ISBN recommendations: 978-0-8132-1445-0, 978-0-8132-1446-7




![Eusebii Pamphili Ecclesiastiae historae libri decem: eiusdem de vita Imp. Constantini, libri IV: quibus subjicitur oratio Constantini ad sanctos, & Panegyricus Eusebii Henricus Valesius Graecum textum collatis IV.Mss. Codicibus emendavit, latine vertit & adnotationibus illustravit. Parisiis [Paris]: Excudebat Antonius Vitre, 1659.](https://i0.wp.com/libriaurei.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/eusebii-liber.jpg?resize=400%2C349&ssl=1)