Know Your Faith IV The Fathers of the

Know Your Faith IV: The Fathers of the Church Lesson 4: Church Historians Eusebius, Socrates and Venerable Bede

Josephus Flavius and Other Historians About this time there lived Jesus, a wise man, if indeed one ought to call him a man. For he was one who performed surprising deeds and was a teacher of such people as accept the truth gladly. He won over many Jews and many of the Greeks. He was the Christ. And when, upon the accusation of the principal men among us, Pilate had condemned him to a cross, those who had first come to love him did not cease. He appeared to them spending a third day restored to life, for the prophets of God had foretold these things and a thousand other marvels about him. And the tribe of the Christians, so called after him, has still to this day not disappeared. -Jewish Antiquities Philo of Alexandria Tacitus Sozomen Theodoret Many, many others

The Incarnation, An Historical Event

Eusebius c. 260 – c. 340 Constantine the Great

Book I: Detailed introduction on Jesus Christ Book II: The history of the apostolic time to the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus Book III: The following time to Trajan Books IV & V: Approximately the 2 nd century Book VI: The time from Septimius Severus to Decius Book VII: Extends to the outbreak of the persecution under Diocletian Book VIII: More of this persecution Book IX: History to Constantine's victory over Maxentius in the West and over Maximinus in the East Book X: The reestablishment of the churches and the rebellion and conquest of Licinius.

Socrates Scholasticus Of Constantinople?

The Venerable Bede