INDEX

Aetius, 130, 136, 156–159, 164, 167 Constantine, 47–48, 52, 54, Arian “controversy” 67–68 And the Council of Constantius, 64, 73–79 Constantinople, 119 Gratian, 150–151, 152 Athanasius and, 58 Jovian, 150 Asterius and, 137 Julian, 111–112, 148–150 Constantine and, 139–141 Theodosius I, 18, 102–104, Defined by church history, 2, 3, 151–152 6, 9, 170 Theodosian Code, The, 151 of Caesarea and, 51–52, Valens, 111, 112, 113, 150 55 And Basil of Caesarea, Influence on church history, 25, 118–119 91–92, 97–98, 122 Valentinian, 111 Influence on imperial power, Athanasius 97–100, 101–102, 145 And Constans, 146 Used as a measure of theological/ And Constantine, 14 historical development, 1, 5, 6, And Constantius, 143, 144, 146 131 And the Council of Nicea, 132 , 51–52, 55, 58, 91–92, 97–98, And Didymus the blind monk, 187 113–114 Asterius, 137, 138 As chief source defining Arian Athanasius, 2, 9, 52–53, 57–60, 65, “heresy”, 57–58, 60, 65 73, 104–114, 132, 141, 141–145, As church historian, 61, 72, 147, 166 166, 169 Condemned and exiled, 59, Basil of Caesarea, 115–117 101, 141 Doctrinal defense, 2 Chronicler, The, 62–79, 132, 142, 166 Influence on Church Councils Ascetism, 9 , 31–35, 148 Church history, 59, 64, 81, 85 Paul of Samosata, 31–35, 148 Theology, 105–106 Constantinople, 3, 13–14, 99, Chronicler, the, 11, 57 119, 132 As church historian, 73, 132, 166 And Philostorgius, 132 Chronicon Paschale, The, 62–79 Influence on theology, 13, 14 On Jerusalem, 58, 59, 141, 142 Constantine, 142 Athanasius deposed, 141, 142 Constantius, 70 Nicea, 3, 4, 17, 52–53, 68, 70 Eusebius of Nicomedia, 68–69 Athanasius and Constantine, Great Persecution, the, 65 52–53 Epiphanius of Salamis Eusebius of Nicomedia, 67–68, As commentator on “heresy”, 99–100, 136 83–85 Tyre, 18, 59, 100 As church historian, 82, 83, 84 Church Historians On Origen, 24 And the Roman emperors, 92–93, Eusebius of Caesarea, 7, 19–21 132–133, 152 And Biblical images of the church, 39–47, 54 224 index

And the Book of Hebrews, 41 Theology, 135, 137, 142, And the Great Persecution, 38, 162–163 49 Rufinus, 11–12 As church historian, 10–11, 16, As church historian, 81, 86–88, 18, 22, 25, 30, 31, 33, 90, 104, 109 48–50, 55–56 As translator, 81, 86–87, 91 Ecclesiastical History, 10, 16–17, And 21, 26–27 Athanasius, 104–112, 122 Book X, 37, Didymus the blind monk, —as re-evaluation of books 113–114 VI–VIII, 16, 54 Helena, Constantine the Importance to the development Great’s mother, 94–96 of church history, 18–19, 56 Lucius of , Influenced by Origen, 35–37, 112–113 43–47 Monasticism 112–121; The Life of Constantine, The, 16–17 Cappadocians, 115–121 Martyrs of Palestine, The, 38 Chief source on Nicene Modern critique of, 35–37 historiography, 81,121–122 Novatius and the Decian Critique(s) of as church Persecution, 29–30 historian, 88–90 Panegyrical Oration, The, 41, Influence on later church 46–47 historians, 122–123 Gelasius, 62 Interpretation of his work, 122 Philostorgius Linguistic significance, 168 As church historian, 122, On heresy, 94, 99 125–130, 138, 167 On the Roman emperors, 94 And the Nicene Creed, 70 Constantine, 92–101 And Theophilus “the Indian”, Constantius, 98–101 143, 144, 146 Jovian, 102–103 Contrasted with Rufinus, 129, Julian, 110 131 Socrates, 15, 17, 72–73 Critique of Eusebius’ Critique of Eusebius, 20 Ecclesiastical History, 130 Influenced by Rufinus, 169 Interpretation of church history, Sozomen, 15, 18 127, 129 Influenced by Rufinus, 169 Labeled “Arian”, 65, 73–74, On Athanasius, 108–109, 141 178 On Lucian the Martyr, New critiques of, 128 137–138 On Aetius, 154–160 Theodoret, 17, 20 Athanasius, 141–142, 145, Theological defense of 147 Alexandrian orthodoxy, 20 Eunomius, 155, 159–160 Church History Council of Nicea, 134 Influence on communal identity, On the Roman Emperors 8, 9, 11–13, 163 Constantine, 139–141 Influence on diversity, 6 Constantine and Athanasius, Influences on, 12, 20–21, 22, 24, 141–142, 146 35, 57, 61, 64–65, 73, 78–79, Constantius, 141, 142–145, 87, 112–113, 130–131 147–148 Methodologies, 38, 167–168 Gratian, 150–151 Problems with, 14, 63, 126 Jovian, 150 Role in the development of Julian, 148–150 Christianity, 126, 165 Theodosius, 151–152 Constantine, 12, 47–48, 52–54, 67–68, Valens, 150 92–101, 139–142, 146