Ecclesiastical History

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

• Merozanes

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]

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