The church history of Sozomen, a lawyer of Constantinople, covering the years 324 to 425: the councils, the bishops, the monks of Egypt and Syria, and the emperors from Constantine to Theodosius the Second. 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
1The Finding of the Cross and the Nails2Helena’s Good Works and Her Death3Constantinople Founded, and the Church of Michael4Constantine and the Oak of Mamre5The Idols Overthrown6How Christ’s Name Spread among the Barbarians7How the Iberians Received the Faith8The Armenians and the Persians Turn to Christ9Symeon and Usthazanes before King Sapor10Symeon and the Hundred Martyrs11Pusices, Head of the King’s Craftsmen12The Martyrdom of Tarbula, Symeon’s Sister13The Martyrdom of Acepsimas and His Companions14Milles, and the Sixteen Thousand Martyrs of Persia15Constantine Writes to Sapor for the Christians of Persia16Eusebius and Theognis Restored to Their Sees17Athanasius Succeeds Alexander, and His Boyhood18The Dispute over “Of One Substance”19Eustathius Deposed at Antioch20Maximus Succeeds Macarius at Jerusalem21The Melitians Join the Arians22The Arians and Melitians Plot against Athanasius23The Charge about the Hand of Arsenius24Frumentius and Edesius Bring the Faith to India25The Council of Tyre and the Unlawful Deposition of Athanasius26Constantine’s Temple at Golgotha and Its Dedication27How Arius Was Recalled and Received at Jerusalem28Constantine’s Letter to the Synod of Tyre and the Exile of Athanasius29Alexander of Constantinople Refuses Arius, and Arius Dies30Athanasius’s Account of the Death of Arius31Alexandria after the Death of Arius32Constantine’s Law against the Heresies33Marcellus of Ancyra Deposed34The Death and Burial of Constantine