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by: Eusebius See Larger Image Our Price: $9.99 Prices subject to change. Used Price: $6.60 Third Party New Price: $8.70 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 200 EAN: 9781420925067 ISBN: 1420925067 Label: Digireads.com Manufacturer: Digireads.com Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 236 Publication Date: January 01, 2005 Publisher: Digireads.com Sales Rank: 267472 Studio: Digireads.com Related Items: Eusebius: The Church History The Works of Josephus: Complete and Unabridged, New Updated Edition Ecclesiastical History of the English People (Penguin Classics) Early Latin Theology (Library of Christian Classics) St. Augustine Confessions (Oxford World's Classics) see more Editorial Review: Product Description: 'The History of the Church' or 'The Church History of Eusebius' is a comprehensive ecclesiastical history of the Christian church from the time of Christ to Constantine. Christians and theology scholars will find much of interest in this volume translated by the Rev. Arthur Cushman McGiffert. 'The History of the Church' can be read as an excellent companion to the Bible and other religious texts or as a complete religious historical text in and of itself. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - One of the most important books that a Christian can own Eusebius of Caesarea (c.263-c.339) is remembered to day as the father of Church history, as his history is the oldest one that has survived to today. (Actually, Hegesippus (c.110-c.180) wrote an earlier chronicle of his time, but all that has survived is the eight passages quoted by Eusebius.) Now, Eusebius was not a great historian, and his work has been correctly criticized for a number of issues, most notably the rambling style that makes his work dull and lifeless for the modern reader. ... Read More Rating: - Great But Difficult Bad news up front: the style of writing is very difficult to read. It reminds me of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" in that the sentence structure forces you to go very slowly. I don;'t know if that is a result of this particular translation or if it is a fair rendition of Eusebius' writing style. If it wasn't for this, I would have rated this 5 stars. That said, what makes this book so gripping is the content itself. I was blown away by how much the early Christians had to sacrifice ... Read More Rating: - Father of Church History? Eusebius attempted to address several issues in The History of the Church: to record the lines of the successions of the holy apostles; to give record of important events in the history of the church; to give record of outstanding leaders and heroes of the Christian communities; to give the names and dates of those who have wandered as far as possible from the truth; to give record of the calamities that immediately came upon the whole Jewish nation because of their plots against our Christ; to give account ... Read More Rating: - A great book doesn't gets older I read this book here in Brazil, about 20 years ago.Being writen in IV Century, this book remains better than many today's books.This book shows you that Catholic Church, was founded by Jesus. Browse for similar items by category: Religion & Spirituality - 4-for-3 Books Store - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - General 4-for-3 Books Store - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - All 4-for-3 Deals Qualifying Textbooks - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - General AAS Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - General Religion & Spirituality - Subjects - Books - General AAS