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 8
1The Sons of Theodosius and Sisinnius the Novatian2John Becomes Bishop of Constantinople3John Restores Order and Ends the Quarrel over Flavian4The Revolt of Gainas5The Bread That Turned to Stone6John in Asia: Heraclides and Gerontius7The Fall of Eutropius8Hymns Sung against the Arians9Serapion, Olympias, and the Monks10Severian of Gabala and Antiochus of Ptolemais11Whether God Has a Body12Theophilus Turns against the Long Brothers13The Long Brothers Appeal to John14Epiphanius Comes to Constantinople15Epiphanius, the Empress and the Long Brothers16The Empress Offended, and Theophilus at Chalcedon17The Council at the Oak Deposes John18The People Rise, and John Is Recalled19Theophilus Flees, and the Death of Nilammon20The Empress’s Statue, and John Deposed Again21Easter Night, and Plots against John’s Life22John Sent into Exile, and the Church Burned23Arsacius Made Bishop, and the Lady Nicarete24Eutropius, Olympias and Tigrius Suffer for John25Disorder in the Empire, and the Plans of Stilicho26Two Letters of Innocent on Behalf of John27Signs of Wrath, Atticus Made Bishop, and John in Exile28The Death of John Chrysostom