Skip to main content
Orthodox Knowledge
A
Church History (Historia Ecclesiastica)

Book II

Church History (Historia Ecclesiastica) · Eusebius of Caesarea

  1. Introduction.
  2. The Course pursued by the Apostles after the Ascension of Christ.
  3. How Tiberius was affected when informed by Pilate concerning Christ.
  4. The Doctrine of Christ soon spread throughout All the World.
  5. After the Death of Tiberius, Caius appointed Agrippa King of the Jews, having punished Herod with Perpetual Exile.
  6. Philo's Embassy to Caius in Behalf of the Jews.
  7. The Misfortunes which overwhelmed the Jews after their Presumption against Christ.
  8. Pilate's Suicide.
  9. The Famine which took Place in the Reign of Claudius.
  10. The Martyrdom of James the Apostle.
  11. Agrippa, who was also called Herod, having persecuted the Apostles, immediately experienced the Divine Vengeance.
  12. The Impostor Theudas and his Followers.
  13. Helen, the Queen of the Osrhœnians.
  14. Simon Magus.
  15. The Preaching of the Apostle Peter in Rome.
  16. The Gospel according to Mark.
  17. Mark first proclaimed Christianity to the Inhabitants of Egypt.
  18. Philo's Account of the Ascetics of Egypt.
  19. The Works of Philo that have come down to us.
  20. The Calamity which befell the Jews in Jerusalem on the Day of the Passover.
  21. The Events which took Place in Jerusalem during the Reign of Nero.
  22. The Egyptian, who is mentioned also in the Acts of the Apostles.
  23. Paul having been sent bound from Judea to Rome, made his Defense, and was acquitted of every Charge.
  24. The Martyrdom of James, who was called the Brother of the Lord.
  25. Annianus the First Bishop of the Church of Alexandria after Mark.
  26. The Persecution under Nero in which Paul and Peter were honored at Rome with Martyrdom in Behalf of Religion.
  27. The Jews, afflicted with Innumerable Evils, commenced the Last War Against the Romans.