Eusebius von Caesarea

Quotes

• “He that will deserve the name of a Christian must be such a man as excelleth through the knowledge of Christ and His doctrine; in modesty and righteousness of mind, in constancy of life, in virtuous fortitude, and in maintaining sincere piety toward the one and the only God, who is all in all.”
• “[Christ's] character is twofold: like the head of the body in that he is regarded as God and yet comparable to the feet in that he put on humanity for the sake of our salvation, a man of passions like ours.”
• “All of these credited for righteousness, going back from Abraham to the first man, could be described as Christians in fact if not in name, without exceeding the truth. For the name means that the Christian, through the knowledge and teaching of Christ, excels in self-control and righteousness, in disciplines and virtue, and in the confession of the one and only God over all, and in all this they showed no less zeal than we.”

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Key facts

Writer.notable_works

Ecclesiastical History, On the Life of Pamphilus, Chronicle, On the Martyrs

Saint.influenced

St. Palladius of Galatia, St. Basil the Great, Rufinus of Aquileia, St. Theodoret of Cyrus, Socrates of Constantinople, Sozomen, Evagrius Scholasticus, Gelasius of Cyzicus, Michael the Syrian, St. Jerome, Philostorgius, Victorius of Aquitaine, St. Pope Gelasius I, Pope Pelagius II, Henri Valois, George Bull, William Cave, Samuel Lee, J.B. Lightfoot, Henry Wace

Writer.embed

yes

Writer.occupation

Bishop, historian, theologian

Writer.period

Constantinian dynasty

Saint.honorific_prefix

Saint

Saint.name

Eusebius of Caesarea

Saint.image

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Saint.caption

6th century Syriac portrait of St. Eusebius of Caesarea from the Rabbula Gospels

Saint.titles

The Father of Church History

Saint.birth_place

Caesarea Maritima, Syria Palaestina, Roman Empire

Saint.death_date

30 May 339 (aged 74–79)

Saint.death_place

Caesarea Maritima, Syria Palaestina, Roman Empire

Saint.venerated_in

Catholic ChurchOriental Orthodox Church

Saint.influences

Origen, St. Pamphilus of Caesarea, St. Constantine the Great, Sextus Julius Africanus, Philo, Plato

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Wikidata facts

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