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 4
1How He Honored Many with Gifts and Promotions2A Quarter of the Land Tax Remitted3The Heavier Taxes Made Fair4His Own Money Given to Those Who Lost Lawsuits5The Scythians Conquered Through the Sign of the Savior6The Sarmatians Subdued after Their Slaves Rebelled7Envoys of the Barbarian Nations Receive Gifts from the Emperor8He Writes to the King of Persia on Behalf of the Christians There9Constantine’s Letter to Sapor, King of Persia10Constantine Denounces Idols and Gives Glory to God11Against the Persecutors, and the Captivity of Valerian12He Has Seen the Persecutors Fall and Rejoices in the Christians’ Peace13He Commends the Christians of Persia to the King’s Care14Constantine Seeks the Prayers of Godly Men15His Coins and Portraits Show Him at Prayer16He Forbids His Likeness in Idol Temples17His Prayers in the Palace and His Reading of the Scriptures18The Lord’s Day and the Day Before the Sabbath19Even His Pagan Soldiers Pray on the Lord’s Day20The Prayer Constantine Gave His Soldiers21The Sign of the Savior’s Cross on His Soldiers’ Shields22His Earnest Prayer, and the Honor He Paid to the Feast of Easter23Idol Worship Forbidden; the Martyrs and the Church Festivals Honored24A Bishop over Affairs Outside the Church25Sacrifices, Gladiator Fights, and the Corrupt Worship of the Nile Forbidden26The Laws on the Childless and on Wills Reformed27No Christian to Be a Jew’s Slave, and the Councils’ Decisions Upheld28His Gifts to the Churches, to the Virgins, and to the Poor29Constantine’s Speeches and Addresses30He Marks Out a Grave Before a Greedy Man31Blamed for His Excessive Mercy32Constantine’s Speech to the Assembly of the Saints33He Stands to Hear Eusebius Speak on the Savior’s Tomb34He Writes to Eusebius about Easter and about Copies of the Scriptures35Constantine’s Letter to Eusebius Praising His Work on Easter36Constantine’s Letter to Eusebius on Preparing Copies of the Scriptures37How the Copies Were Provided38Gaza’s Market Town Made the City of Constantia39A Town in Phoenicia Made a City, and Idolatry Abolished Elsewhere40His Three Sons Made Caesars, and the Church at Jerusalem Dedicated41A Council Called at Tyre over the Disputes in Egypt42Constantine’s Letter to the Council at Tyre43Bishops from Every Province Gather at Jerusalem44Marianus Welcomes the Bishops and Gives to the Poor45Sermons and Prayers at the Dedication46Eusebius Delivers His Oration Before Constantine47Nicaea in the Twentieth Year, Jerusalem in the Thirtieth48Constantine Rebukes Excessive Praise49The Marriage of Constantius Caesar50Envoys and Gifts from India51The Empire Divided among His Three Sons52He Guides His Grown Sons in Godliness53Still Sound in Body after Thirty-Two Years54Men Who Abused His Goodwill55He Writes and Speaks to the End of His Life56Bishops and a Church Tent for the Persian Campaign57Peace with Persia and the Easter Vigil58The Church of the Apostles in Constantinople59The Courtyard and Buildings Around the Church60His Own Tomb in the Church of the Apostles61His Illness at Helenopolis and Prayers for Baptism62Constantine Asks the Bishops for Baptism63His Thanksgiving after Baptism64His Death at Noon on the Last Day of Pentecost65The Soldiers and Officers Mourn Him66His Body Carried to the Palace in Constantinople67Honored after Death as in Life68The Army Resolves to Make His Sons Augusti69Rome Mourns Him and Honors Him with Paintings70Constantius Buries Him in Constantinople71The Funeral Service in the Church of the Apostles72Not like the Phoenix73Coins Showing Him Taken Up to Heaven74God Honored the One Who Honored Him75Above All the Emperors Before Him