Ecclesiastical History
Eusebius of Caesarea · 324 · Before the division · public-domain-translation
431 claims in this dataset rest on this source.
Bishops it dates
Rome
- Saint Peter HE 2.14, 2.25
- Pope Linus HE 3.2
- Anacletus HE 3.13
- Clement of Rome HE 3.15
- Evaristus HE 3.34
- Alexander I HE 4.1
- Sixtus I HE 4.4
- Telesphorus HE 4.10
- Hyginus HE 4.10
- Pius I HE 5.6
- Anicetus HE 4.14
- Soter HE 4.19
- Eleuterus HE 5.6
- Victor I HE 5.22
- Zephyrinus HE 5.28
- Callixtus I HE 6.21
- Urban I HE 6.21
- Pontian HE 6.23
- Anterus HE 6.29
- Fabian HE 6.29
- Cornelius HE 6.39
- Lucius I HE 7.2
- Stephen I HE 7.2
- Sixtus II HE 7.5
- Dionysius HE 7.27
- Felix I HE 7.30
- Eutychian HE 7.32
- Caius HE 7.32
- Marcellinus HE 7.32
Jerusalem
- James the Just HE 2.23, 7.19
- Simeon of Jerusalem HE 3.11, 3.32
- Justus of Jerusalem HE 3.35
- Zacchaeus of Jerusalem HE 4.5
- Tobias of Jerusalem HE 4.5
- Benjamin of Jerusalem HE 4.5
- John I HE 4.5
- Matthias of Jerusalem HE 4.5
- Philip of Jerusalem HE 4.5
- Senecas of Jerusalem HE 4.5
- Levis of Jerusalem HE 4.5
- Ephram of Jerusalem HE 4.5
- Joseph I of Jersusalem HE 4.5
- Judah Kyriakos HE 4.5
- Narcissus of Jerusalem HE 5.12, 6.9
- Alexander of Jerusalem HE 6.11
- Imeneus of Jerusalem HE 7.14
- Zamudas of Jerusalem HE 7.32
- Hermon of Jerusalem HE 7.32
Alexandria
- Mark the Evangelist HE 2.16
- Anianus of Alexandria HE 2.24
- Avilius of Alexandria HE 3.14
- Pope Kedron of Alexandria HE 3.21
- Pope Primus of Alexandria HE 4.1
- Pope Justus of Alexandria HE 4.4
- Pope Eumenes of Alexandria HE 4.5
- Pope Markianos of Alexandria HE 4.11
- Pope Celadion of Alexandria HE 4.11
- Agrippinus of Alexandria HE 4.19
- Pope Julian of Alexandria HE 5.9
- Pope Demetrius of Alexandria HE 5.22
- Heraclas of Alexandria HE 6.26
- Pope Dionysius of Alexandria HE 6.35
- Pope Maximus of Alexandria HE 7.28
- Pope Theonas of Alexandria HE 7.32
- Peter of Alexandria HE 7.32
Antioch
- Saint Peter HE 3.36
- Evodius HE 3.22
- Ignatius of Antioch HE 3.22, 3.36
- Cornelius of Antioch HE 4.20
- Eros of Antioch HE 4.20
- Theophilus of Antioch HE 4.20, 4.24
- Maximus I of Antioch HE 4.24
- Serapion of Antioch HE 5.22, 6.12
- Asclepiades of Antioch HE 6.11
- Philetus of Antioch HE 6.21
- Babylas of Antioch HE 6.29, 6.39
- Demetrius of Antioch HE 7.5
- Paul of Samosata HE 7.27, 7.30
- Tyrannion HE 7.32
- Domnus II of Antioch HE 7.30
Vagharshapat — HE 6.46.2
People it attests
- Origen 7 claims
- Irenaeus 6 claims
- Clement of Alexandria 5 claims
- Polycarp 5 claims
- Mark the Evangelist 4 claims
- Saint Peter 4 claims
- Simeon of Jerusalem 4 claims
- Alexander of Jerusalem 3 claims
- Eusebius of Caesarea 3 claims
- Hegesippus 3 claims
- Heraclas of Alexandria 3 claims
- Ignatius of Antioch 3 claims
- James the Just 3 claims
- John the Apostle 3 claims
- Justin Martyr 3 claims
- Melito of Sardis 3 claims
- Pope Demetrius of Alexandria 3 claims
- Tatian 3 claims
- Anicetus 2 claims
- Asclepiades of Antioch 2 claims
- Blandina 2 claims
- Clement of Rome 2 claims
- Domitian 2 claims
- Eleuterus 2 claims
- Eros of Antioch 2 claims
- Fabian 2 claims
- Leonides of Alexandria 2 claims
- Nero 2 claims
- Pamphilus of Caesarea 2 claims
- Papias of Hierapolis 2 claims
- Paul of Samosata 2 claims
- Paul the Apostle 2 claims
- Philip the Apostle 2 claims
- Pontian 2 claims
- Pothinus 2 claims
- Sixtus II 2 claims
- Theophilus of Antioch 2 claims
- Victor I 2 claims
- Abgar V 1 claim
- Addai of Edessa 1 claim
- Aggai 1 claim
- Agrippinus of Alexandria 1 claim
- Alexander I 1 claim
- Ammonius of Alexandria 1 claim
- Anacletus 1 claim
- Andrew the Apostle 1 claim
- Anianus of Alexandria 1 claim
- Anterus 1 claim
- Aristides of Athens 1 claim
- Aurelian 1 claim
- Avilius of Alexandria 1 claim
- Babylas of Antioch 1 claim
- Bartholomew the Apostle 1 claim
- Basilides 1 claim
- Benjamin of Jerusalem 1 claim
- Caecilianus 1 claim
- Caius 1 claim
- Callixtus I 1 claim
- Cerinthus 1 claim
- Cornelius 1 claim
- Cornelius of Antioch 1 claim
- Cyprian 1 claim
- Decius 1 claim
- Demetrius of Antioch 1 claim
- Dionysius 1 claim
- Domnus II of Antioch 1 claim
- Donatus Magnus 1 claim
- Ephram of Jerusalem 1 claim
- Eutychian 1 claim
- Evaristus 1 claim
- Evodius 1 claim
- Felicitas 1 claim
- Felix I 1 claim
- Firmilian 1 claim
- Gallienus 1 claim
- Gregory Thaumaturgus 1 claim
- Hadrian 1 claim
- Hermon of Jerusalem 1 claim
- Hippolytus of Rome 1 claim
- Hyginus 1 claim
- Imeneus of Jerusalem 1 claim
- John I 1 claim
- Joseph Barsabbas 1 claim
- Joseph I of Jersusalem 1 claim
- Judah Kyriakos 1 claim
- Jude the Apostle 1 claim
- Justus of Jerusalem 1 claim
- Lawrence of Rome 1 claim
- Levis of Jerusalem 1 claim
- Lucian of Antioch 1 claim
- Lucius I 1 claim
- Marcellinus 1 claim
- Marcion of Sinope 1 claim
- Marcus Aurelius 1 claim
- Matthew the Apostle 1 claim
- Matthias of Jerusalem 1 claim
- Maximilla 1 claim
- Maximinus Thrax 1 claim
- Maximus I of Antioch 1 claim
- Merozanes 1 claim
- Montanus 1 claim
- Narcissus of Jerusalem 1 claim
- Pantaenus 1 claim
- Perpetua 1 claim
- Peter of Alexandria 1 claim
- Philetus of Antioch 1 claim
- Philip of Jerusalem 1 claim
- Philip the Arab 1 claim
- Pius I 1 claim
- Pope Celadion of Alexandria 1 claim
- Pope Dionysius of Alexandria 1 claim
- Pope Eumenes of Alexandria 1 claim
- Pope Julian of Alexandria 1 claim
- Pope Justus of Alexandria 1 claim
- Pope Kedron of Alexandria 1 claim
- Pope Linus 1 claim
- Pope Markianos of Alexandria 1 claim
- Pope Maximus of Alexandria 1 claim
- Pope Primus of Alexandria 1 claim
- Pope Theonas of Alexandria 1 claim
- Priscilla (Montanist) 1 claim
- Quadratus of Athens 1 claim
- Saint Helena 1 claim
- Saint Timothy 1 claim
- Senecas of Jerusalem 1 claim
- Septimius Severus 1 claim
- Serapion of Antioch 1 claim
- Sixtus I 1 claim
- Soter 1 claim
- Stephen I 1 claim
- Telesphorus 1 claim
- Tertullian 1 claim
- Titus 1 claim
- Tobias of Jerusalem 1 claim
- Tyrannion 1 claim
- Urban I 1 claim
- Valentinus 1 claim
- Valerian 1 claim
- Vespasian 1 claim
- Zacchaeus of Jerusalem 1 claim
- Zamudas of Jerusalem 1 claim
- Zephyrinus 1 claim
Documents read in it
- Letter of the Churches of Lyons and Vienne [object Object]
- To Autolycus [object Object]
- Rescript of Gallienus [object Object]
- Synodal Letter against Paul of Samosata [object Object]
- Edicts of the Great Persecution [object Object]
- Church History (Historia Ecclesiastica) [object Object]
- The Letter to Carpianus, with the Eusebian Canons [object Object]
Events it narrates
- Thaddeus at Edessa 35
- The Mission of Andrew to Scythia 40
- Justus Barsabbas drinks poison and is unharmed 40
- Mark founds the church of Alexandria 43
- Mark writes down Peter's preaching 45
- The Mission of Bartholomew to India 55
- Matthew leaves the Hebrews for others 60
- The Mission of Philip in Phrygia 60
- Martyrdom of James the Just 62
- Simeon succeeds James at Jerusalem 62
- Martyrdom of Peter 64
- Martyrdom of Paul 64
- Timothy is left in charge at Ephesus 65
- Martyrdom of Mark 68
- Fall of Jerusalem 70
- John settles in Asia 70
- The Repose of Philip at Hierapolis 80
- Domitianic persecution 89
- John exiled to Patmos 95
- Clement writes to Corinth 96
- Cerinthus teaches in Asia 100
- The Repose of John at Ephesus 100
- The road from Antioch to Rome 107
- The Martyrdom of Simeon of Jerusalem 107
- The martyrdom of Ignatius in the amphitheatre 108
- The apologies presented to Hadrian 125
- Hadrian tells a proconsul to require proof 125
- Basilides teaches at Alexandria 130
- Papias gathers the sayings of the Lord 130
- Bar Kokhba revolt crushed 132
- The dialogue at Ephesus 135
- Valentinus teaches at Rome 140
- Marcion is expelled at Rome 144
- Irenaeus hears Polycarp at Smyrna 150
- Polycarp and Anicetus at Rome 155
- The martyrdom of Polycarp in the stadium at Smyrna 155
- Hegesippus goes up to Rome 155
- Persecution under Marcus Aurelius 161
- The martyrdom of Justin 165
- On the Pascha and the strife at Laodicea 165
- The Address to the Greeks 166
- Theophilus succeeds Eros at Antioch 169
- The Apology to Marcus Aurelius 170
- Melito goes east and lists the books 170
- Tatian makes the Diatessaron 170
- The New Prophecy begins in Phrygia 170
- Tatian leaves the church for the Encratites 172
- Hegesippus writes the five books of Memoirs 175
- The martyrs of Lyons and Vienne 177
- Irenaeus succeeds Pothinus at Lyon 178
- Irenaeus writes Against Heresies 180
- Pantaenus at the school in Alexandria 180
- Clement teaches at the school of Alexandria 190
- Irenaeus writes to Victor about the Pascha 190
- Severan persecution 202
- The martyrdom of Leonides at Alexandria 202
- Origen takes charge of the catechetical school 203
- Clement carries Alexander's letter to Antioch 212
- Origen is condemned at Alexandria and settles at Caesarea 231
- Gregory studies under Origen at Caesarea 233
- Firmilian brings Origen to Cappadocia 235
- Persecution under Maximinus Thrax 235
- Philip the Arab does penance at Easter 244
- Decian persecution 250
- Valerianic persecution 257
- Edict of Gallienus 260
- Synod of Antioch 268
- Aurelian rules on the church building at Antioch 272
- The Apology for Origen written in prison 308
- The martyrdom of Pamphilus 310
- The Donatist schism begins 311
- The martyrdom of Lucian at Nicomedia 312
- Eusebius writes the Church History 324
- Helena goes to the holy places 326
Works it describes
- Diatessaron text
- Apology of Aristides apology
- The Apology of Quadratus apology
- Address to the Greeks apology
- The Letters of Jesus and Abgar letter
Glosses drawn from it
- Clopas and Cleopas transmission
- The five Johns transmission
- The pseudo-Areopagite transmission
- The two Ammonii transmission
- What Hegesippus made at Rome office
- Who followed Peter at Rome office
- The church that withdrew to Pella geography
How the record stands on them
- Priscilla (Montanist) historical — HE V.14 — the false prophets of the Phrygians
What else rests on it
38 event citations · 28 canon standings · 27 gloss subjects · 6 document receptions · 4 stored passages · 4 place roles · 3 document attributions · 2 areas of influence · 1 canon list · 1 relationship
Apostolic era to 324, by a contemporary of Constantine and Nicaea; carries the succession lists for Rome, Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem — the one text everything else responds to. NPNF series 2 vol. 1 (McGiffert translation).