The church history of Socrates Scholasticus, from Constantine's conversion in 306 to the year 439: Nicaea, Arius and Athanasius, the emperors after Constantine, the councils and quarrels of the fourth and early fifth centuries. In modern English from the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers translation (1890), checked against it chapter by chapter.
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Contents
Book 2
1Why the First Two Books Were Revised2Eusebius of Nicomedia Stirs Up the Arian Quarrel Again3Athanasius Returns to Alexandria4Acacius Succeeds Eusebius at Caesarea5The Death of Constantine the Younger6Alexander Names Paul or Macedonius to Succeed Him7Constantius Deposes Paul8Another Synod at Antioch9Eusebius of Emesa10Gregory Ordained and the Creed Rewritten11Athanasius Escapes from Alexandria12Paul Restored and Macedonius Ordained13The Death of Hermogenes14George Replaces Gregory at Alexandria15Athanasius and Paul Appeal to Julius of Rome16Macedonius Installed by Force17Athanasius Takes Refuge in Rome Again18Another Creed Taken to Constans19The Lengthy Creed20The Council of Sardica21In Defense of Eusebius Pamphilus22The Emperor of the West Threatens War23Constantius Recalls Athanasius24Athanasius at Jerusalem25The Usurpers Magnentius and Vetranio26Paul and Athanasius Driven Out Again27Macedonius Seizes Constantinople and Persecutes His Opponents28Athanasius on George’s Violence at Alexandria29Photinus and His Heresy30The Creeds Published at Sirmium31Hosius, Bishop of Cordova32The Fall of the Usurper Magnentius33The Jews of Diocaesarea34Gallus Caesar35Aetius the Syrian, Teacher of Eunomius36The Synod at Milan37The Synod at Ariminum and Its Creed38The Cruelty of Macedonius and the Riots He Caused39The Synod at Seleucia in Isauria40Acacius Brings a New Creed to Seleucia41The Creed of Constantinople42Macedonius and Others Deposed43Eustathius of Sebaste44Meletius, Bishop of Antioch45The Heresy of Macedonius46The Apollinarians and Their Heresy47Julian’s Victories and the Death of Constantius