Ecclesiastical History

Sozomen (Salaminius Hermias Sozomenus) · c. 445 AD

Ante-Nicene Fathers (Roberts–Donaldson), Roberts, Donaldson, and Coxe (eds.), Ante-Nicene Fathers, Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing, 1885–1887; digitized by CCEL.

Lawyer of Constantinople whose Ecclesiastical History (parallel to that of Socrates) covers the years 324–425. Especially valuable for monastic history and for events in the Eastern provinces.

Contents

1. Prefatory Remarks, by Valesius(1 chapter)
2. Memoir of Sozomen(1 chapter)
3. Address to the Emperor Theodosius by Salaminius Hermias Sozomen, and Proposal for an Ecclesiastical History(1 chapter)
4. Book I(25 chapters)
5. Book II(34 chapters)
6. Book III(24 chapters)
7. Book IV(30 chapters)
8. Book V(22 chapters)
9. Book VI(40 chapters)
10. Book VII(29 chapters)
11. Book VIII(28 chapters)
12. Book IX(17 chapters)