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Ecclesiastical History

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The seven ecclesiastical historians

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Ecclesiastical historian

Eusebius of Caesarea

Eusebius of Caesarea’s Ecclesiastical History in the original Greek.

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Ecclesiastical historian

Rufinus of Aquileia

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Philostorgius

Philostorgius, Ecclesiastical History — surviving epitome and fragments, principally transmitted through Photius and related witnesses.

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Ecclesiastical historian

Socrates Scholasticus

Socrates Scholasticus’s Ecclesiastical History in the original Greek.

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Ecclesiastical historian

Sozomen

Sozomen’s Ecclesiastical History in the original Greek.

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Ecclesiastical historian

Theodoret of Cyrus

Theodoret of Cyrus’s Ecclesiastical History in the original Greek.

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Ecclesiastical historian

Evagrius Scholasticus

Evagrius Scholasticus’s Ecclesiastical History in the original Greek.

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