Eusebius's four books on the first Christian emperor, written soon after Constantine's death in 337: his rise, his conversion, the sign of the cross, the Council of Nicaea, his laws and churches, and his baptism and death. 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
1Licinius Begins a Secret Persecution2Churches Torn Down and Bishops Put to Death3Constantine Moves to Rescue the Christians4Constantine Prepares by Prayer, Licinius by Divination5Licinius Speaks in a Sacred Grove6Phantom Troops in the Cities of Licinius7Victory Follows the Standard8Fifty Men Chosen to Carry the Cross9The Bearer Who Fled and the Bearer Who Stood10Battles and Victories11Licinius Flees and Turns to Magic12Prayer in the Tabernacle Before Battle13Mercy to Prisoners14More on His Prayers in the Tabernacle15The False Friendship and New Gods of Licinius16Licinius Warns His Soldiers Against the Standard17Constantine’s Victory18The Death of Licinius19Rejoicing Throughout the Empire20Constantine’s Laws for the Confessors21Laws on the Estates of Martyrs and on Church Property22How He Won the People’s Favor23God the Author of His Victories, and His Two Letters24Constantine’s Letter to the Provinces25A Lesson from the Past26The Persecuted and the Persecutors27How Persecution Brought Ruin on the Persecutors28God Chose Constantine as His Instrument29His Thanks to God and Praise of the Confessors30Release from Exile, Court Duty and Loss of Property31Release for the Exiles on the Islands32Release from the Mines and Public Works33Confessors Who Had Served as Soldiers34Freedom for Those Condemned to the Weaving Works or to Slavery35The Estates of Martyrs, Confessors and Exiles36The Church as Heir of Those Without Kin37Land, Houses and Gardens Returned, but Not Their Profits38No Excuse for Keeping What Was Taken39The Treasury Must Give Back Church Property40Martyrs’ Tombs Belong to the Churches41Buyers of Church Property Must Return It42A Call to Honor God43How the Law Was Carried Out44Christian Governors, and No Sacrifice by Pagan Officials45Laws Against Sacrifice and for Building Churches46Constantine’s Letter to Eusebius on Building Churches47A Letter Condemning Idolatry48The Edict to the East: Virtue and Vice49His Father, and the Persecuting Emperors50Apollo’s Oracle and the Righteous Men51The Emperor Who Asked Who the Righteous Were52Every Kind of Torture53The Barbarians Who Sheltered the Christians54The End of the Persecutors55Constantine’s Prayer for the East56All Invited, None Compelled57Light Given Through His Son58God’s Order in the Universe59Thanks to God, the Teacher of Good60Let No One Trouble His Neighbor61How the Dispute over Arius Began at Alexandria62Arius and the Melitians63Constantine Sends a Messenger of Peace64Constantine’s Letter to Alexander and Arius65His Constant Concern for Peace66He Had Also Settled the Quarrels in Africa67Religion Began in the East68Grieved by Their Quarrel, He Urges Peace69How the Quarrel Between Alexander and Arius Began70A Plea for Agreement71No Quarrels over Trifles72His Tears, and His Journey East Put Off73The Dispute Goes On Despite the Letter