The Life of the Blessed Emperor Constantine: From 306 to AD 337 - Couverture souple

Eusebius Pamphilus

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1889758930 ISBN 13 : 9781889758930

Editeur : Evolution Publishing & Manufacturing, 2009

Synopsis

Constantine the Great is one of those rare historical figures who is nearly as controversial today as he was in his own time. Lauded, both then and now, as a military hero who ended the brutal persecutions of Christians and as the first Roman emperor to himself embrace Christianity, Constantine is just as often vilified as a destructive innovator, a coddler of heretics, and a tyrannical hypocrite with the blood of his own family on his hands. The Life of the Blessed Emperor Constantine was penned shortly after the emperor's death in AD 337 by the great Church historian Eusebius Pamphilus, bishop of Cæsarea. Though criticized as mere panegyric lionizing Constantine's virtues while ignoring his flaws, Eusebius's Life is nonetheless the most substantial and detailed biography of the first Christian emperor to come down to us from antiquity. The work is also the sole source for several key episodes in Constantine's life--including the emperor's famous vision of a cross in the sky accompanied by the words, "Conquer by this."

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Translator desires to present the following pages to the English reader, as, in many respects, an interesting memorial of that eventful period in the world’s history to which they mainly refer. At the same time he would earnestly disclaim any intention of hereby sanctioning the thought, too commonly entertained, that the general external profession of Christianity by the nations of the Roman empire at this period is to be regarded as a distinct blessing from the hand of God. If it be contended that the vision of the Cross (which stands forth as the emperor’s warrant for the authoritative promulgation of Christianity as the religion of the world) is to be received as a true miracle, because no evidence can be adduced to prove the contrary, we need not fear to concede the point.

Biographie de l'auteur

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Evolution Publishing & Manufacturing
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1889758930
• ISBN 13: 9781889758930
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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