Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers · AD 325–500
Eusebius of Caesarea
c. 260–339 · Early Church · Caesarea
Bishop of Caesarea and historian whose work preserves substantial evidence about early Christianity.
Major contributions
Early church history
- Wrote Ecclesiastical History, a major source for the first Christian centuries.
- Preserved excerpts from earlier writings that otherwise might have been lost.
Theological positions
Modern labels do not always describe historical writers precisely.
- Biblical Interpretation
His Gospel studies include a system of cross-referencing parallel passages.
Major writings
- Ecclesiastical History
- Life of Constantine