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 5
1Why This History Tells of the Wars2The Goths Driven Back from Constantinople3Gratian Recalls the Exiles and Makes Theodosius Emperor4The Leading Bishops of the Time5The Macedonians Separate Again6Paulinus and Meletius at Antioch7Gregory Comes to Constantinople, and Theodosius Is Baptized8Gregory Resigns, and the Arians Leave the Churches9The Synod of the Hundred and Fifty Bishops at Constantinople10The Body of Paul Brought Home, and the Death of Meletius11Theodosius Calls a Conference of the Sects12Gratian Murdered by the Usurper Maximus13Theodosius Marches Against Maximus14The Arians Riot at Constantinople15The Fall and Death of Maximus16Flavian, Bishop of Antioch17The Temples of Alexandria Torn Down18The Cross-Shaped Signs in the Temple of Serapis19Theodosius Ends Two Abuses at Rome20The Presbyter of Penitence Is Done Away With21Divisions among the Arians and the Other Heretics22A Schism among the Novatians over Easter23Easter, Fasting, Baptism, Marriage and Other Customs of the Churches24More Divisions among the Arians: The Psathyrians25The Eunomians Split into Several Factions26Eugenius Murders Valentinian the Younger, and Theodosius Defeats Him27The Illness and Death of Theodosius the Great