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 3
1His Piety Set Against the Wickedness of the Persecutors2His Open Witness to the Sign of the Cross3His Picture with the Cross Above and the Dragon Below4The Quarrels in Egypt Continue5The Disagreement over Easter6He Calls a Council at Nicaea7Bishops from Every Nation at the Council8An Assembly of Many Nations, as in the Acts9The Character and Age of the Bishops10The Council in the Palace, and the Emperor’s Entrance11A Bishop’s Speech, and the Council’s Silence12Constantine’s Address to the Council on Peace13How He Brought the Disputing Bishops to Agreement14The Council Agrees on the Faith and on Easter15His Feast for the Bishops at His Twentieth Anniversary16Gifts to the Bishops, and Letters to the People17Constantine’s Letter to the Churches about the Council of Nicaea18One Day for Easter, and Not the Practice of the Jews19Follow the Greater Part of the World20Obey the Decrees of the Council21His Farewell Charge to the Bishops to Keep the Peace22Letters to Those Absent, and Gifts to the People23His Letter Urging the Egyptians to Peace24His Many Letters to Bishops and People25He Orders a Church Built at the Place of the Resurrection26How the Ungodly Had Buried the Holy Tomb under Earth and Idols27The Temple’s Rubble and Its Soil Carried Far Away28The Most Holy Tomb Is Found29His Orders to the Governors and to Bishop Macarius for a Church30Constantine’s Letter to Macarius about the Church of the Savior31The Church to Surpass All Others in Walls, Columns and Marble32The Roof, the Workmen and the Materials33A New Jerusalem34The Holy Tomb Adorned35The Open Court and Its Colonnades36The Body of the Church37The Side Colonnades and the Three Gates38The Hemisphere and the Twelve Columns39The Forecourt and the Entrance Gates40His Many Offerings41Churches at Bethlehem and on the Mount of Olives42Helena’s Journey to the Holy Land43Helena’s Two Churches44Helena’s Generosity45Helena at Worship46Helena’s Will and Death47Her Burial and the Honors Her Son Gave Her48Churches for the Martyrs at Constantinople49The Cross in the Palace and Daniel at the Fountains50Churches at Nicomedia and Antioch51A Church at Mamre52Constantine’s Letter about Mamre53Where the Savior Appeared to Abraham54Temples and Idols Torn Down55The Temple at Aphaca Destroyed56The Temple of Asclepius at Aegae Destroyed57Pagans Abandon Their Idols58The First Church at Heliopolis59The Disturbance at Antioch60Constantine’s Letter to the People of Antioch61Constantine’s Letter Praising Eusebius for Refusing Antioch62Constantine’s Letter to the Bishops at Antioch63His Zeal to Root Out Heresies64Constantine’s Edict Against the Heretics65The Heretics Lose Their Meeting Places66Many Return to the Catholic Church