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 4
1The Death of Constans and the Troubles at Rome2Athanasius Banished Again, and the Violence of Macedonius3The Martyrdom of the Holy Notaries4Vetranio Steps Down, and Gallus Is Made Caesar5The Sign of the Cross over Jerusalem6Photinus and the Council of Sirmium7The End of Magnentius and the Death of Gallus8Constantius Turns against Athanasius9The Council of Milan, and Athanasius Escapes10How Athanasius Escaped, and George’s Rule in Egypt11Liberius of Rome Is Exiled, and Felix Takes His Place12Aetius, and How Eudoxius Took Antioch13George of Laodicea Writes to the Bishops at Ancyra14Constantius Writes against Eudoxius15Liberius Recalled and Restored to Rome16The Earthquake at Nicomedia, and Arsacius the Confessor17The Council of Ariminum18The Council of Ariminum Writes to Constantius19The Deputies Kept Waiting, and How Ariminum Gave Way20Macedonius’s Persecution, and the Church the Novatians Carried Away21Mantinium, Constantine’s Coffin, and Julian Made Caesar22The Council of Seleucia23The Emperor Wins Over the Deputies of Both Councils24The Synod of Constantinople and the Bishops It Deposed25Why Cyril of Jerusalem Was Deposed26Eudoxius at Constantinople, and a Persecution within the Church27Macedonius’s Teaching on the Holy Spirit, and Marathonius28Meletius Comes to Antioch29The Acacians Return to the Teaching of Arius30George at Alexandria, and Cyril’s Successors at Jerusalem