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 3
1Julian’s Rise and His Turn to Paganism2The Riot at Alexandria and the Murder of George3Julian’s Letter Rebuking the Alexandrians4Athanasius Takes Back His See after George’s Death5Lucifer and Eusebius6Lucifer Goes to Antioch and Consecrates Paulinus7The Synod at Alexandria8Athanasius’s Defense of His Flight9Eusebius at Antioch and the Rise of the Luciferians10Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers11Julian Extorts Money from the Christians12Maris of Chalcedon, and Julian Shuts Christians Out of Learning13The Pagans’ Outrages Against the Christians14The Flight of Athanasius15The Martyrs of Merum in Phrygia16The Two Apollinarises and the Ban on Greek Learning17Julian at Antioch, and the Beard-Hater18The Silent Oracle and the Martyr Babylas19Julian’s Anger, and Theodore the Confessor20The Jews Try to Rebuild Their Temple21Julian Invades Persia and Dies22Jovian Proclaimed Emperor23An Answer to Libanius about Julian24The Bishops Court Jovian25The Synod at Antioch Accepts the Nicene Creed26The Death of Jovian