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De viris Illustribus (On Homens Ilustres)Voc me pediram, Dexter, a seguir o exemplo de Tranquillus em dar um relato sistemtico dos eclesistica escritores, e para fazer para os nossos escritores o que ele fez para os homens ilustres de cartas entre os gentios , isto , brevemente set antes de todos aqueles que tm publicado qualquer escrito memorvel na Sagrada Escritura , desde o momento da paixo de Nosso Senhor at o dcimo quarto ano do imperador Teodsio . Um trabalho semelhante foi feito por Hermipo o peripattico, Antgono Carystius, o Stiro aprendido, e mais aprendeu de tudo, Aristoxenus o msico, entre os gregos, e entre os latinos por Varro, Santra, Nepos, Hyginus, e por ele atravs de cujo exemplo que voc procura para estimular nos -Tranquillus. Mas a sua situao eo meu no o mesmo, pois, abrindo as histrias antigas e crnicas, como se pode reunir a partir de alguns campina grande, tecer algumas coroa pequena, pelo menos, por seu trabalho. Quanto a mim, o que devo fazer, que, no tendo nenhum predecessor, tem, como diz o ditado, o mestre pior possvel, ou seja, eu mesmo, e ainda devo reconhecer que Pamphilus Eusbio nos dez livros de sua Histria da Igreja tem sido da assistncia mxima, e as obras de vrios entre aqueles de quem estamos a escrever, muitas vezes testemunham as datas de seus autores. E assim eu rezar o Senhor Jesus , que o que o seu Ccero, que estava no cume da eloqncia romana, no desdenhava a fazer, a compilao em seu Brutus, um catlogo de oradores Latina, isso eu tambm possa realizar na enumerao dos eclesistica escritores, e realizar de uma forma digna de da exortao que voc fez. Mas se, por acaso algum dos que esto ainda a escrita ter sido esquecidos por mim neste volume, que devem atribuir a si mesmos, ao invs de mim, pois entre aqueles a quem eu no li, eu no poderia, em primeiro lugar , sabem os que ocultaram seus prprios escritos, e, em segundo lugar, o que talvez seja bem conhecido para os outros, seria muito desconhecido para mim neste canto out-of-the-way da terra. Mas, certamente, quando eles se distinguem por seus escritos, eles no vo sofrer muito muito ao longo qualquer perda na nossa no falar deles. Deixe Celsus , Porfrio , e Julian aprender, como eles so raivosos contra Cristo , deixe seus seguidores, eles que pensam que a Igreja no teve filsofos ou oradores ou homens de saber, saber quantos e que tipo de homens fundado, construdo e adornado , e deixar de acusar a nossa f de simplicidade rstica tal, e sim reconhecer os seus prprios ignorncia .

Captulo 1Simo Pedro o filho de John, da aldeia de Betsaida , na provncia de Galilia , irmo de Andrew o apstolo , e ele prprio chefe do apstolos , depois de ter sido bispo da Igreja de Antioquia e de ter pregado aos Disperso - Os crentes em circunciso , na Capadcia Pontus, Galcia, sia e Bitnia, empurrou para Roma , no segundo ano de Claudius para derrubar Simon Magus , e titular da cadeira sacerdotal l por 25 anos at o ltimo, que o ano, catorze do Nero . Em suas mos, ele recebeu a coroa do martrio sendo pregado na cruz com a cabea para o cho e os ps levantados ao alto, afirmando que ele era indigno de ser crucificado da mesma maneira como o seu Senhor . Ele escreveu duas epstolas que so chamados de catlicos , o segundo dos quais, por conta de sua diferena em relao a primeira em estilo, considerado por muitos a no ser por ele. Ento tambm o Evangelho segundo Marcos , que foi seu discpulo e intrprete, atribuda a ele. Por outro lado, os livros, dos quais um tem direito a sua Atos, um outro seu Evangelho, a sua terceira pregao, uma Revelao seu quarto, um juzo seu quinto so rejeitados como apcrifos . Sepultado em Roma no Vaticano , perto da forma triunfal, ele venerado por todo o mundo.

Captulo 2James , que chamado o irmo do Senhor , sobrenome o Justo, o filho de Joseph por outra mulher, como alguns pensam, mas, como me parece, o filho de Maria, irm da me de nosso Senhor dos quais John faz meno em seu livro, aps a paixo de nosso Senhor ao mesmo tempo ordenado pelo apstolos bispo de Jerusalm , escreveu uma nica carta , que contado entre as sete Epstolas catlicas e mesmo esta reivindicada por alguns de ter sido publicado por outra pessoa com o seu nome, e gradualmente, como o passar do tempo, ter ganhado autoridade. Hegesippus , que morava perto do apostlica idade, no quinto livro de seus comentrios, a escrita de James , diz Aps a apstolos , James o irmo do Senhor sobrenome a cabea Apenas foi feito da Igreja em Jerusalm . Muitos na verdade so chamados James. Este foi um santo desde o ventre de sua me. Ele bebia nem vinho nem bebida forte , no comia carne, nunca raspada ou ungiu-se com pomada ou banhado. S ele teve o privilgio de entrar no Santo dos Santos, uma vez que de fato ele no usava vestes de l, mas de linho e foi sozinho para o templo e rezou em nome do povo, de modo que seus joelhos estavam a fama de ter adquirido a dureza de camelos " joelhos. Ele diz tambm muitas outras coisas, demasiado numerosas para mencionar. Josephus tambm no 20 de seu livro Antiguidades, e Clemente no 7 de seu Outlines mencionar que sobre a morte de Festo, que reinou sobre a Judia , Albinus foi enviado por Nero como seu sucessor. Antes que ele tivesse atingido sua provncia, Ananias do sumo sacerdote , filho juvenil de Ananus da sacerdotal classe, aproveitando o estado de anarquia, reuniu um conselho e publicamente tentou forar James negar que Cristo o filho de Deus . Quando ele se recusou Ananius ordenou que ele fosse apedrejado . Abatida de um pinculo do templo , com as pernas quebradas, mas ainda meio vivo, erguendo as mos para o cu ele disse: Senhor perdoa-lhes porque sabe no o que eles fazem. Em seguida, atingido na cabea pelo clube de um mais completo como um clube como fullers esto acostumados a torcer roupas com-ele morreu. Este mesmo Josefo registra a tradio que esse James foi de to grande santidade e reputao entre as pessoas que a queda de Jerusalm se acreditava ser em razo de sua morte. Ele de quem o apstolo Paulo escreve aos Glatas que ningum mais do apstolos que eu vi, exceto James o irmo do Senhor , e logo aps o evento o Atos dos Apstolos testemunham o assunto. O Evangelho tambm que chamado de Evangelho segundo os hebreus, e que eu, recentemente traduzido para o grego e latim e que tambm Orgenes muitas vezes faz uso de, aps o relato da ressurreio do Salvador diz, mas o Senhor , depois de ter dado a sua mortalha para o servo do sacerdote , apareceu a Tiago (por James tinha jurado que ele no iria comer o po de que hora em que ele bebeu o clice do Senhor at que ele deve v-lo ressurgir de entre aqueles que o sono) e, novamente, um pouco mais tarde, ele diz: "Traga uma mesa e po", disse o Senhor . E imediatamente ele adicionado, Ele trouxe po e abenoou , partiu e deu a Tiago, o Justo , e disselhe: 'meu irmo come o teu po, para o filho do homem ressuscitado dentre os que dormem. "E assim, ele governou a Igreja de Jerusalm 30 anos, ou seja, at o stimo ano de Nero , e foi sepultado perto do templo do qual ele havia sido derrubado. Seu tmulo com seus inscrio era bem conhecida at o cerco de Tito eo fim do Adriano reinado. Alguns dos nossos escritores acho que ele foi enterrado no Monte das Oliveiras , mas esto enganados.

Captulo 3Mateus , tambm chamado Levi, apstolo e aforetimes publicano , comps um evangelho de Cristo a primeira publicao em Judia em hebraico para o bem dos da circunciso que acreditava , mas isso foi depois traduzido para o grego, apesar de por que o autor incerto. O hebraico em si tem sido preservado at os dias atuais na biblioteca de Cesaria que Pamphilus to diligentemente reunida. Eu tambm tive a oportunidade de ter o volume descreveu-me pelo Nazarenos de Beria , uma cidade de Sria , que a usam. Neste, de notar que onde quer que o Evangelista , quer por sua prpria conta ou na pessoa de nosso Senhor Salvador cita o testemunho do Antigo Testamento, ele

no segue a autoridade dos tradutores da Septuaginta , mas o hebraico . Por isso essas duas formas existem Out of Egito chamei o meu filho, e para ele ser chamado nazareno .

Captulo 4Jude o irmo de James , deixou uma curta epstola que contado entre os sete epstolas catlicas , e porque nela ele cita o apcrifo de Enoque boo rejeitada por muitos. No entanto, por idade e us-lo ganhou autoridade e contado entre os Sagradas Escrituras .

Captulo 5Paulo , anteriormente chamado Saul , Uma apstolo fora do nmero dos doze apstolos , era da tribo de Benjamin e da cidade de Giscalis na Judia . Quando esta foi tomada pelo Romanos ele tirou com o seu pais para Tarso na Cilcia. Enviado por eles para Jerusalm para estudar lei ele foi educado por Gamaliel , um homem mais erudito quem Lucas menciona. Mas depois de ter estado presente na morte do mrtir Stephen e tinha recebido cartas do sumo sacerdote do templo para a perseguio daqueles que acreditavam em Cristo , ele passou a Damasco , Onde constrangido a f por uma revelao , Como est escrito na Atos dos apstolos , ele foi transformado de perseguidor em um eleger navio. Como Sergius Paulus Procnsul de Chipre foi o primeiro a acreditar em sua pregao, ele levou o seu nome dele porque ele tinha subjugado a ele a f em Cristo , e tendo sido acompanhado por Barnab , Depois de percorrer muitas cidades, voltou a Jerusalm e foi ordenado apstolo ao gentios por Peter , James e John . E porque um relato completo de sua vida dada no Atos do Apstolos , Eu s digo isto, que o ano vigsimo quinto aps a paixo de nosso Senhor , que o segundo de Nero , no tempo quando Festus Procurador da Judia conseguiu Felix , Ele foi enviado obrigado a Roma , e permanecendo por dois anos sob custdia livre, disputado diariamente com os judeus sobre o advento de Cristo . Deve-se dizer que na primeira defesa, o poder de Nero no ter ainda sido confirmado , Nem a sua maldade quebrado diante de tal forma como as histrias se relacionam a seu respeito, Paul foi demitido por Nero , que o evangelho de Cristo pode ser pregado tambm no Oeste . Como ele mesmo escreve no segundo epstola para Timothy , No tempo quando ele estava prestes a ser condenado morte a ditar as suas epstola como ele fez ao mesmo tempo em cadeias; Na minha primeira defesa, ningum tomou a minha parte, mas todos me abandonaram: no podem ser definidos para sua conta. Mas o Senhor ficou por me e fortaleceu-me, que por mim a mensagem fosse plenamente proclamada e todos os gentios a ouvissem, e fiquei livre da boca do leo - Indicando claramente Nero como leo por causa de sua crueldade. E logo aps ele diz que o Senhor me livrou da boca do leo e novamente em breve O Senhor me livrou de todos os mal de trabalho e salvo me aos seus celestial reino , pois na verdade ele sentia dentro de si mesmo que seu martrio estava prximo, pois no mesmo epstola ele anunciou para j estou sendo oferecidos eo tempo da minha partida est prximo. Ele, ento, no ano dcimo quarto do Nero no mesmo dia com Peter , Foi decapitado em Roma por Cristo e foi bem enterrado no Ostiense Assim, no ano vigsimo stimo aps a paixo de nosso Senhor . Ele escreveu nove epstolas a sete igrejas : Para o Romanos um, para o Corinthians dois, para o Glatas um, para o Efsios um, para o Filipenses um, para o Colossenses um, para o Tessalonicenses dois, e para alm destes aos seus discpulos , para Timothy dois, Para Titus um, uma a Filemon. O epstola que chamada a Epstola aos Hebreus no considerado seu, por conta de sua diferena em relao a outros de estilo e linguagem, mas reconhecido, quer de acordo com Tertuliano ser o trabalho de Barnab , Ou de acordo com outros, para ser por Lucas o Evangelista ou Clemente depois bispo da igreja em Roma , que, dizem eles, organizados e adornados o idias de Paulo na sua prpria lngua, embora para ter a certeza, uma vez que Paul estava escrevendo para Hebreus e estava em descrdito entre eles pode ter omitido o seu nome do saudao nesta conta. Ele ser um Hebraico escreveu Hebraico , Que sua prpria lngua e mais fluentemente enquanto as coisas que foram escritas em forma eloquente Hebraico eram mais eloquentemente se transformou em Grego e este o razo por isso que parece diferir de outras epstolas de Paul . Alguns lem-se tambm a o Laodicia mas rejeitada por todos.

Captulo 6Barnab o Cipriota , Tambm chamado Joseph o Levita , ordenado apstolo ao gentios com Paul , escreveu uma epstola, valioso para a edificao da igreja , Que contado entre os escritos apcrifos . Ele depois separado do Paul por conta de John , Um discpulo tambm chamado Marca , contudo, exercido o trabalho colocado em cima dele de pregar o Evangelho .

Captulo 7Lucas um mdico de Antioquia , como indicam seus escritos, no era inexperiente na Grego linguagem. Um adepto do apstolo Paulo , e companheiro de todos em caminho dele, ele escreveu um Evangelho , sobre o qual o mesmo Paulo diz, Enviamos com ele um irmo cujo louvor no evangelho entre todos os igrejas e ao Colossenses Lucas, o amado mdico Sada-vos, e Timothy Lucas s comigo. Ele tambm escreveu outro livro excelente para que o ttulo prefixado Atos dos Apstolos , Uma histria que se estende at o segundo ano de Paulo permanncia em Roma , que o quarto ano de Nero , da qual ficamos a saber que o livro foi composto na mesma cidade. Portanto, o Atos de Paulo e Thecla e todos os fbula sobre o leo batizado por ele ns consideramos entre os escritos apcrifos , de como possvel que o companheiro inseparvel do apstolo em seus assuntos outros, por si s deveria ter sido ignorante dessa coisa. Alm disso Tertuliano , que viveu perto daqueles tempos, menciona um certo presbtero em sia , Um adepto da apstolo Paulo , que foi condenado por John de ter sido o autor do livro, e que, confessando que ele fez isso por amor de Paul , renunciou ao seu cargo de presbtero . Alguns supem que sempre que Paulo em sua epstola diz de acordo com minha evangelho ele quer dizer o livro de Lucas e que Lucas no s era ensinado a evangelho histria do apstolo Paulo que no foi com o Senhor na carne, mas tambm por outros apstolos . Este tambm ele, no incio de seu trabalho, declara, dizendo Mesmo que eles entregues a ns, que desde o incio foram testemunhas oculares e ministros da palavra. Ento, ele escreveu o evangelho como ele tinha ouvido, mas comps o Atos dos apstolos como ele mesmo tinha visto. Ele foi enterrado em Constantinopla em que cidade, no vigsimo ano de Constncio , Seus ossos juntamente com os restos mortais de Andr o apstolo foram transferidos.

Captulo 8Marca o discpulo e intrprete de Peter escreveu um curto evangelho a pedido dos irmos em Roma incorporando o que ouvira Peter contar. Quando Peter tinha ouvido isso, ele aprovou e publicou-o ao igrejas para ser lido por sua autoridade como Clemens no sexto livro de sua Hypotyposes e Papias , bispo de Hierapolis , Registro. Peter tambm menciona esta Marca em seus primeiros epstola , Em sentido figurado, indicando Roma sob o nome de Babylon Ela, que est na Babilnia eleger junto com voc Sada-vos e assim que faz Marca meu filho. Assim, tendo o evangelho que ele mesmo comps, ele foi para o Egito e pregando primeiro Cristo em Alexandria ele formou uma igreja to admirvel em doutrina e continncia de vida que obrigou todos os seguidores de Cristo o seu exemplo. Philo mais instrudo do judeus ver o primeiro igreja em Alexandria ainda Judaico em um grau, escreveu um livro em seu modo de vida como algo honroso para sua nao dizendo como, Lucas diz, o crentes tinham tudo em comum em Jerusalm , para que ele registrou que ele viu foi feito em Alexandria , Sob o aprendido Marca . Ele morreu no oitavo ano de Nero e foi enterrado em Alexandria , Annianus sucedendo-lhe.

Captulo 9John, o apstolo quem Jesus a maioria amei , Filho de Zebedeu e irmo de James , O apstolo quem Herodes , aps a paixo de nosso Senhor , decapitado, mais recentemente, de todos os evangelistas escreveu um Evangelho , a pedido dos bispos da sia , Contra Cerinto e outros hereges e, especialmente, contra o crescimento, em seguida, dogma dos ebionitas , que afirmam que Cristo no

existir antes Maria . Por conta disso ele foi obrigado a manter seu nascimento divino. Mas h a ser dito mais uma razo para este trabalho, em que, quando ele tinha lido Mateus , Marca E Lucas , Ele aprovou de fato o substncia da histria e declarou que as coisas que disse foi verdade , mas que tinham dado o histrico de apenas um ano, a um, isto , que segue a priso de John e no qual ele foi condenado morte . Assim, passando este ano os eventos de que tinha sido estabelecido por estes, ele relatou os acontecimentos do perodo anterior, antes John foi encerrado no crcere , para que ela possa se manifestar para aqueles que deveriam diligentemente ler os volumes das quatro Evangelistas . Isso tambm tira a discrepncia que parece existir entre John e os outros. He wrote also one Epistle which begins as follows That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes and our hands handled concerning the word of vida which is esteemed of by all men who are interessado no igreja or in learning. The other two of which the first is The elder to the elect lady and her crianas and the other The elder unto Gaius the beloved whom I love in truth , are said to be the work of John the presbyter to the memria of whom another sepulchre is shown at feso to the present day, though some think that there are two memorials of this same John the evangelist . We shall treat of this assunto in its turn when we come to Papias his disciple . In the fourteenth year then after Nero Domitian having levantado a second persecution he was banished to the island of Patmos , and wrote the Apocalypse , on which Justin Martyr and Irenus afterwards wrote commentaries . But Domitian having been put to death and his atos , on account of his excessive cruelty, having been annulled by the senate, he returned to Ephesus under Pertinax and continuing there until the tempo of the Emperor Trajan , founded and built churches throughout all sia , and, worn out by old age, died in the sixty-eighth year after our Lord's passion and was enterrado near the same city.

Captulo 10Hermas whom the apostle Paul mentions in writing to the Romanos Salute Phlegon , Hermes , Patrobas , Hermas and the brethren that are with them reputed to be the author of the book which is called Pastor and which is also read publicly in some churches de Grcia . It is in fact a useful book and many of the ancient writers quote from it as authority, but among the Latinos it is almost unknown.

Captulo 11Philo, o judeu , um alexandrino do sacerdotal classe, colocado por ns entre os eclesistica escritores sobre o fundamento de que, escrevendo um livro sobre o primeiro igreja de Marca o evangelista em Alexandria , Ele escreve para o nosso louvor, declarando que no s eles estavam l, mas tambm que eles estavam em muitas provncias e chamando suas habitaes mosteiros . A partir deste parece que o igreja daqueles que acreditavam em Cristo num primeiro momento, foi como agora o monges desejo de imitar, ou seja, nada que tal a peculiar propriedade de qualquer um deles, nenhum deles rico , Nenhum pobre , Que patrimnios so divididos entre os necessitado , Que eles tm de lazer para a orao e salmos , Para doutrina tambm e asctica prtica, que eles eram de fato como Lucas declara crentes estavam em primeiro em Jerusalm . Eles dizem que, sob Caius Caligula Ele aventurou-se a Roma , para onde tinha sido enviado como legado de sua nao, e que, quando um segundo tempo tinha vindo para Claudius , Ele falou na mesma cidade com o apstolo Pedro e gostava de sua amizade, e por esta razo tambm adornavam os adeptos da Marca , Pedro discpulo em Alexandria , Com seus louvores. H trabalhos distintos e inumerveis por este homem: No cinco livros de Moiss , um livro Sobre a confuso de lnguas , Um livro On natureza e inveno , Um livro sobre as coisas que nossos sentidos desejo e ns detestar , Um livro On aprendizagem , Um livro sobre o herdeiro das coisas divinas, um livro sobre a diviso de iguais e contrrios , Um livro sobre as trs virtudes , um livro sobre por que Bblia os nomes de muitas pessoas so alterados, dois livros sobre convnios , Um livro sobre a vida de um sbio homem , Um livro Sobre gigantes , Cinco livros que sonhos so enviados por Deus , cinco livros de

perguntas e respostas sobre xodo , Quatro livros sobre o tabernculo eo Declogo , Bem como livros sobre vtimas e promessas ou maldies , On Providncia , No judeus , Sobre o modo de vida da pessoa, On Alexander , E que os animais mudos tm direito razo , E que cada idiota deve ser uma escravo , E sobre a vida dos cristos , dos quais falamos acima, isto , vida de apostlico homens , Que tambm ele tem direito, On aqueles que praticam o divino vida , Porque na verdade eles contemplar coisas divinas e sempre rezar a Deus , tambm sob outros categorias , Dois em agricultura, dois em bebedeira . Existem outros monumentos de seu gnio, que no chegaram a nossas mos. A respeito dele h uma provrbio entre os Gregos Ou Plato philonized, ou Philo platonized, isto , tanto Plato seguido Philo , ou Philo , Plato , to grande a semelhana de idias e da linguagem.

Captulo 12Lucius Annaeus Seneca de Cordova , discpulo do Estico Sotion e tio de Lucan o Poeta, era um homem de vida mais continente, a quem eu no deveria colocar na categoria de santos , se no fosse que aqueles epstolas de Paulo para Seneca e Seneca para Paul , que so lidas por muitos, provocar-me. Nestes, escrito quando ele era tutor de Nero e do homem mais poderoso do que tempo , Ele diz que ele gostaria de segurar um lugar entre os seus compatriotas como Paul realizada entre os cristos . Ele foi condenado morte por Nero dois anos antes Peter e Paul foram coroados com o martrio .

Captulo 13Josephus , o filho de Matthias , sacerdote de Jerusalm , feitos prisioneiros por Vespasiano e seu filho Titus , foi banido. Vinda a Rome ele apresentou aos imperadores, pai e filho, sete livros sobre o cativeiro dos judeus , que foram depositados no pblico da biblioteca e, por conta de seu gnio, foi encontrado digno de uma esttua em Roma . Ele tambm escreveu vinte livros de Antiguidades, desde o incio do mundo at o dcimo quarto ano de Domiciano Csar , E dois de Antiguidades contra Appion , O gramtico de Alexandria que, sob Caligula , Enviado como legado por parte dos gentios contra Philo , escreveu tambm um livro contendo uma vituperao dos judeus nao. Outro livro de sua direito, Em toda a sabedoria deciso, na qual o mrtir mortes dos Maccabeans esto relacionados altamente estimado. No oitavo livro de sua mais abertamente Antiguidades ele reconhece que Cristo foi assassinado pelos fariseus por causa da grandeza de sua milagres , que John Batista foi verdadeiramente um profeta , e que Jerusalm foi destruda por causa do assassinato de James o apstolo . Ele tambm escreveu sobre o Senhor desta forma: Na mesma poca foi Jesus , Um homem sbio, se de fato que lcito cham-lo de homem. Para ele era um trabalhador da maravilhosa milagres , e um professor de quem livremente receber o verdade . Ele tinha muitos adeptos, tambm, de ambos os judeus e dos gentios , e foi acreditado para ser Cristo E, quando atravs da inveja do nosso chefe homens Pilatos tinha o crucificaram, no entanto, aqueles que tinham amei ele em primeiro lugar continuou at o final, pois ele lhes apareceu no terceiro dia vivo . Muitas coisas, tanto as coisas estes e outros maravilhosos so nas canes dos profetas que profetizou a respeito dele e da seita dos cristos , assim chamada por ele, existe at os dias atuais.

Captulo 14Justus, de Tiberias da provncia da Galilia , tambm tentou escrever uma Histria da Judaico negcios e certo breve Comentrios sobre as Escrituras , mas Josephus convence-lo de falsidade . sabido que ele escreveu, ao mesmo tempo como Josephus si mesmo.

Captulo 15Clement, de quem o apstolo Paulo escrevendo para o Filipenses Com diz Clemente e outros de meus companheiros de trabalho, cujos nomes esto escritos no livro da vida, o quarto bispo de Roma depois de Peter , Se de fato o segundo foi Linus eo terceiro Anacleto , embora a maioria dos Latinos acho que Clemente ficou em segundo lugar aps a apstolo . Ele escreveu, por parte da igreja de Roma , uma carta especialmente valioso para a igreja do Corinthians , Que em alguns lugares lido publicamente, e que me parece que concordar em grande estilo com o epstola ao Hebreus que passa sob o nome de Paul , mas difere desta mesma epstola , No apenas em muitas de suas idias , Mas tambm em relao ordem das palavras, e sua semelhana em qualquer respeito, no muito grande. H tambm uma segunda epstola com o seu nome que rejeitado por escritores anteriores, e uma disputa entre Peter e Appion escrito por fim, que Eusbio no terceiro livro de sua Igreja histria rejeita. Ele morreu no terceiro ano de Trajano e um igreja construdo em Roma preserva a memria de seu nome at hoje.

Captulo 16Incio , terceiro bispo da igreja de Antioquia depois de Peter o apstolo , Condenado s feras durante a perseguio de Trajano , foi enviado obrigado a Roma , e quando ele havia chegado em sua viagem, tanto quanto Smyrna , Onde Policarpo a pupila do John era bispo , ele escreveu uma epstola Ao Efsios , Outro para o Magnsia, um terceiro para o Tralianos , Quarto Para o Romanos , E vai da, ele escreveu para o Filadlfia e Para a Esmirna e, especialmente, para Policarpo , Elogiando-lhe a igreja em Antioquia . Neste ltimo ele deu testemunho ao Evangelho que tenho recentemente traduzido, em relao ao pessoa de Cristo dizendo, eu realmente vi na carne aps a ressurreio e eu acredito que ele , e quando ele veio para Peter e aqueles que estavam com Peter , Disse-lhes: Eis! Toque-me e ver-me como que eu no sou um incorpreo esprito e logo que tocou nele e acreditava . Alm disso, parece valer a pena na medida em que temos feito meno de tal homem e da Epstola que ele escreveu para o Romanos , Para dar algumas citaes : Desde a Sria at a Roma Eu lutar com as feras, por terra e por mar, de noite e de dia, sendo vinculado em meio a dez leopardos, isto , os soldados que guardam mim e que s pioram quando so bem tratados. Sua atitude errada, porm o meu professor, mas eu no sou assim justificado . Que eu possa ter a alegria de os animais que esto preparados para mim, e eu oro para que eu possa encontr-los prontos, vou mesmo persuadir os para a devorarem-me rapidamente que eles no podem me tratar como eles tm alguma que eles se recusaram a tocar com medo . E se eles no esto dispostos, vou obrig-los a me devorar. Perdoar me os meus filhos, eu sei o que conveniente para mim. Agora eu comeo a ser um discpulo , e desejo nenhuma das coisas visveis que podem alcanar Jesus Cristo . Deixe-fogo e cruz e ataques de animais selvagens, vamos wrenching dos ossos, alm de membros de corte, a triturao de todo o corpo, torturas do diabo -Que todos estes vm em cima de mim se eu podem alcanar a alegria que est em Cristo . Quando ele tinha sido condenado s feras e com zelo para o martrio ouviu o rugido dos lees, ele disse que eu sou o gro de Cristo . Estou modo pelos dentes das feras para que eu possa ser encontrado o po do mundo. Ele foi condenado morte no ano undcimo de Trajano e os restos de seu corpo mentira em Antioquia fora do Gate Daphnitic na cemitrio .

Captulo 17Policarpo discpulo do apstolo John e por ele ordenado Bispo de Smyrna foi chefe de todos sia , where he saw and had as teachers some of the apostles and of those who had seen the Senhor . He, on account of certo questions concerning the day of the Passover , went to Rome in the time of the emperor Antoninus Pius while Anicetus ruled the igreja in that city. There he led back to the faith many of the believers who had been deceived through the persuasion of Marcion and Valentinus ,

and when Marcion met him by chance and said Do you know us he replied, I know the firstborn of the devil . Afterwards during the reign of Marcus Antoninus e Lucius Aurelius Commodus in the fourth persecution after Nero , in the presence of the proconsul holding court at Smyrna and all the people crying out against him in the Amphitheater, he was burned. He wrote a very valuable Epistle to the Filipenses which is read to the present day in the meetings in sia .

Captulo 18Papias , the pupil of John , bishop of Hierapolis em sia , wrote only five volumes, which he entitled Exposition of the words of our Senhor , in which, when he had asserted in his preface that he did not follow various opinions but had the apostles for authority, he said I considered what Andrew and Peter said, what Philip , what Thomas , what James , what John , o que Mateus or any one else among the disciples of our Senhor , what also Aristion and the elder John , disciples of the Senhor had said, not so much that I have their books to read, as that their living voice is heard until the present day in the authors themselves. It appears through this catalogue of names that the John who is placed among the disciples is not the same as the elder John whom he places after Aristion in his enumeration. This we say moreover because of the opinion mentioned above, where we record that it is declared by many that the last two epstolas de John are the work not of the apostle but of the presbyter . He is said to have published a Second coming of Our Senhor ou Millennium . Irenus and Apollinaris and others who say that after the ressurreio o Senhor vontade reign in the flesh with the saints , follow him. Tertullian also in his work On the hope do faithful , Victorinus de Petau and Lactncio follow this view.

Captulo 19Quadratus , disciple of the apostles , after Publius bishop of Atenas had been crowned with martyrdom on account of his faith in Christ , was substituted in his place, and by his faith and industry gathered the igreja scattered by razo of its great fear . And when Hadrian passed the winter at Atenas to witness the Eleusinian mysteries and was initiated into almost all the sagrado mysteries of Grcia , those who hated the Christians took opportunity without instructions from the Emperor to harass the believers . Neste tempo he presented to Hadrian a work composed in behalf of our religio , indispensable, full of sound argument and faith and worthy of the apostolic teaching. In which, illustrating the antiquity of his period, he says that he has seen many who, oppressed by various ills, were healed by the Senhor in Judea as well as some who had been levantado from the dead.

Captulo 20Aristides a most eloquent Athenian philosopher , and a disciple of Cristo while yet retaining his philosopher's garb, presented a work to Hadrian at the same time that Quadratus presented his. The work contained a systematic statement of our doutrina , that is, an Apology for the Christians , which is still extant and is regarded by philologians as a monument to his genius.

Captulo 21Agrippa surnamed Castor , a man of great learning, wrote a strong refutation of the twenty-four volumes which Basilides the heretic had written against the Gospel , disclosing all his mysteries and enumerating the prophets Barcabbas and Barchob and all the other barbarous names which terrify the hearers, and his most high Deus Abraxas , whose name was supposed to contain the year according to the reckoning do Gregos . Basilides died at Alexandria in the reign of Hadrian , and

from him the Gnostic sects arose. In this tempestuous tempo tambm, Cochebas leader of the Judaico faction put Christians to death with various tortures.

Captulo 22Hegesippus who lived at a period not far from the Apostlico age, writing a History of all ecclesiastical events from the paixo of our Senhor , down to his own period, and gathering many things useful to the reader, composed five volumes in simple style, trying to represent the style of speaking of those whose lives he treated. He says that he went to Rome in the time of Anicetus , the tenth bishop after Peter , and continued there till the tempo of Eleutherius , bishop of the same city, who had been formerly deacon under Anicetus . Moreover, arguing against idols , he wrote a history, showing from what error they had first arisen, and this work indicates in what age he flourished. He says, They built monuments and temples to their dead as we see up to the present day, such as the one to Antinous , servant to the Emperor Hadrian , in whose honour also games were celebrated, and a city founded bearing his name, and a temple with priests established. The Emperor Hadrian is said to have been enamoured of Antinous .

Captulo 23Justin , a philosopher , and wearing the garb of philosopher , a citizen of Neapolis , a city of Palestina , and the son of Priscus Bacchius , laboured strenuously in behalf of the religio of Christ , insomuch that he delivered to Antoninus Pius and his sons and the senate, a work written Against the nations , and did not shun the ignominy of the cruz . He addressed another book also to the successors of this Antoninus , Marcus Antoninus Verus and Lucius Aurelius Commodus . Another volume of his Against the nations , is also extant, where he discusses the nature of demons , and a fourth against the nations which he entitled, Refutation and yet another On the sovereignty of God , and another book which he entitled, Psaltes , and another On the Soul , the Dialogue against the Jews , which he held against Trypho, the leader of the Jews , and also notable volumes Against Marcion , which Irenus also mentions in the fourth book Against heresies , also another book Against all heresies which he mentions in the Apology which is addressed to Antoninus Pius . He, when he had held in the city of Rome , and had convicted Crescens o cynic , who said many blasphemous things against the Christians , of gluttony and fear of death, and had proved him devoted to luxury and lusts , at last, accused of being a Christian , through the efforts and wiles of Crescens , he shed his blood for Cristo .

Captulo 24Melito de sia , bishop of Sardis , addressed a book to the emperor Marcus Antoninus Verus , a disciple of Fronto the orator, in behalf of the Christian doutrina . He wrote other things also, among which are the following: On the passover , two books, one book On the lives of the prophets , one book On the church , one book On the Lord's day , one book On faith , one book On the psalms (?) one On the senses , one On the soul and body , one On baptism , one On truth , one On the generation of Christ , On His prophecy one On hospitality and another which is called the Key one On the devil , one On the Apocalypse de John , one On the corporeality of God , and six books of Eclogues. Of his fine oratorical genius, Tertullian , in the seven books which he wrote against the igreja on behalf of Montanus , satirically says that he was considered a prophet by many of us.

Captulo 25Theophilus , sixth bishop of the church of Antioch , in the reign of the emperor Marcus Antoninus Verus composed a book Against Marcion , which is still extant, also three volumes To Autolycus and

one Against the heresy of Hermogenes and other short and elegant treatises, well fitted for the edification of the igreja . I have read, under his name, commentaries On the Gospel and On the proverbs de Salomo which do not appear to me to correspond in style and language with the elegance and expressiveness of the above works.

Captulo 26Apollinaris , bishop of Hierapolis em sia , flourished in the reign of Marcus Antoninus Verus , to whom he addressed a notable volume in behalf of the faith of the Christians . There are extant also five other books of his Against the Naes , two On truth and Against the Cataphrygians written at the tempo when Montanus was making a beginning with Prisca e Maximilla .

Captulo 27Dionysius , bishop of the igreja de Corinto , was of so great eloquence and industry that he taught not only the people of his own city and province but also those of other provinces and cities by his letters. Of these one is To the Lacedmonians , another To the Athenians , a third To the Nicomedians , a fourth To the Cretans , a fifth To the church em Amastrina and to the other churches of Pontus , a sixth To the Gnosians and to Pinytus bishop of the same cidade , a seventh To the Romans , addressed to Soter their bishop , an eighth To Chrysophora a holy woman . He flourished in the reign of Marcus Antoninus Verus and Lucius Aurelius Commodus .

Captulo 28Pinytus of Crete, bishop of the city of Gnosus, wrote to Dionsio bishop of the Corinthians , an exceedingly elegant letter in which he teaches that the people are not to be forever fed on milk, lest by chance they be overtaken by the last day while yet infants, but that they ought to be fed also on solid food, that they may go on to a espiritual old age. He flourished under Marcus Antoninus Verus and Lucius Aurelius Commodus .

Captulo 29Tatian who, while teaching oratory , won not a little glory in the rhetorical arte , was a follower of Justin Martyr and was distinguished so long as he did not leave his master's lado. But afterwards, inflated by a swelling of eloquence, he founded a new heresy which is called that of the Encratites , the heresy which Severo afterwards augmented in such wise that heretics of this party are called Severians to the present day. Tatian wrote besides innumerable volumes, one of which, a most successful book Against the nations , is extant, and this is considered the most significant of all his works. He flourished in the reign of Marcus Antoninus Verus and Lucius Aurelius Commodus .

Captulo 30Philip bishop of Crete, that is of the city of Gortina, whom Dionsio mentions in the epistle which he wrote to the igreja of the same city, published a remarkable book Against Marcion and flourished in the time of Marcus Antoninus Verus and Lucius Aurelius Commodus .

Captulo 31Musanus , not inconsiderable among those who have written on ecclesiastical doutrina , in the reign of Marcus Antoninus Verus wrote a book to certo brethren who had turned aside from the igreja to the heresy of the Encratites .

Captulo 32Modestus also in the reign of Marcus Antoninus e Lucius Aurelius Commodus wrote a book Against Marcion which is still extant. Some other compositions pass under his name but are regarded by scholars as spurious.

Captulo 33Bardesanes de Mesopotmia contado entre os distinguidos homens . Ele estava em um seguidor primeiro de Valentino e depois o seu adversrio e ele prprio fundou uma nova heresia . Ele tem a reputao entre os Srios de ter sido um gnio brilhante e veemente na argumentao. Ele escreveu uma infinidade de obras contra quase todas as heresias que tinha entrado em existncia em seu tempo . Entre estes um trabalho mais marcante e forte a que ele se dirigiu para Marcus Antonino Sobre o destino , e muitos outros volumes On perseguio que seus seguidores traduzido do idioma siraco em Grego . Se de fato tanta fora e brilho aparece na traduo, quo grande deve ter sido no original.

Captulo 34Victor, dcimo terceiro bispo de Roma , escreveu, On the Pascal Controvrsia e algumas outras obras de pequeno porte. Ele governou o igreja por dez anos no reinado do Imperador Severo .

Captulo 35Irineu , um presbtero em Pothinus o bispo que governou a Igreja de Lyon na Glia , sendo enviado para Roma como legado pelos mrtires deste lugar, por conta de certo eclesistica perguntas, apresentado ao bispo Eleutrio certo letras em seu prprio nome, que so dignos de honra . Depois quando Pothinus , Quase 90 anos de idade, recebeu a coroa de martrio por Cristo , ele foi colocado em seu lugar. certo tambm que ele era um discpulo de Policarpo , o sacerdote e mrtir , que mencionamos acima. Ele escreveu cinco livros Contra as heresias e um volume curto, Contra o naes e outro sobre disciplina , Uma carta ao Marciano seu irmo On pregao , Um livro de vrios tratados E tambm para Blasto , No cisma , para Florinus Na monarquia ou que Deus no o autor do mal , tambm um excelente comentrio sobre o Ogdoad no final dos quais o que indica que ele estava perto da apostlico perodo, ele escreveu que eu conjuro voc quem deve transcrever este livro, por nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo e pelo seu glorioso advento em que ele deve juiz os vivos e os mortos, que diligentemente comparar, depois de ter transcrito, e alter-lo de acordo com a cpia a partir do qual transcrevemos-lo e tambm que voc deve igualmente transcrever este adjuration como voc encontr-lo em seu padro. Outras obras de sua esto em circulao a saber: a Vencedor o bispo de Roma No Pascal controvrsia no qual ele adverte que ele no leve a quebrar a unidade da Fraternidade, se de fato Vencedor Acredita que os muitos bispos de sia e no Oriente, que com a judeus celebravam o pscoa , No dcimo quarto dia da lua nova, deviam ser condenados. Mas mesmo aqueles que diferiam deles no suporte Vencedor em sua opinio. Ele floresceu principalmente no reinado do Imperador Commodus , Que sucedeu Marcus Antonino Verus no poder.

Captulo 36Panteno, um filsofo da estico escola , De acordo com alguns antigos de Alexandria personalizado , Onde, a partir do tempo de Marca o evangelista o eclesisticos sempre foram mdicos , Foi de to grande prudncia e erudio, tanto em Bblia e secular literatura que, a pedido do legados dessa nao, ele foi enviado para ndia por Demetrius Bispo de Alexandria , Onde ele

descobriu que Bartolomeu , Um dos doze apstolos , pregou o advento do Senhor Jesus de acordo com a evangelho de Mateus , E em seu retorno a Alexandria ele trouxe isso com ele escrito em Hebraico caracteres. Muitos de seus comentrios em As Escrituras Sagradas so realmente existentes, mas sua voz estava vivendo um benefcio ainda maior para os igrejas . Ele ensinou nos reinados do imperador Severo e Antonino sobrenome Caracalla .

Captulo 37Rhodo, um nativo de sia , Instrudo nas Escrituras em Roma por Taciano quem j nos referimos acima, publicado muitas coisas, especialmente uma obra Against Marcion no qual ele conta como o Marcionitas diferem um do outro, bem como da igreja e diz que os idosos Apelles , outro herege , j foi envolvido em uma discusso com ele, e que ele, Rhodo , Realizada Apeles ao ridculo, porque ele declarou que ele no sabe o Deus quem adorado . Ele mencionou no mesmo livro, que ele escreveu para Callistion, que tinha sido um discpulo de Taciano em Roma . Ele tambm comps tratados elegante Em seis dias de criao e um trabalho notvel Contra o Phrygians . Ele floresceu nos reinados de Commodus e Severo .

Captulo 38Clemens, presbtero da Alexandrina igreja , E um aluno do Pantaenus mencionado acima, levou o teolgico escola em Alexandria aps a morte de seu mestre e foi professor da Catechetes . Ele o autor de notveis volumes, cheia de eloqncia e de aprendizagem, tanto em sagrado Bblia e em secular literatura, entre eles o Stromata, oito livros, Hypotyposes oito livros, contra o naes um livro, On pedagogia trs livros, Sobre a Pscoa , Dissertao em jejum e outro livro intitulado O que rico o homem salvo ? Em um livro Calnia, On eclesistica cnones e contra aqueles que seguem o erro dos judeus, um livro que ele se dirigiu para Alexander Bispo de Jerusalm . Ele tambm menciona em seus volumes de Stromata a obra de Taciano Contra a naes que mencionamos acima e um Cronografia de um Cassianus , Um trabalho que eu no tenho sido capaz de encontrar. Ele tambm mencionou certo Judaico escritores contra os pases , uma Aristbulo e Demetrius e Eupolemus que, a exemplo de Flvio Josefo afirma o primazia de Moiss e os Judaico pessoas. H uma carta de Alexander o bispo de Jerusalm que depois governou o igreja com Narciso , Sobre a ordenao de Asclepades o confessor , Dirigida ao antioquenos felicitando-os, ao final da qual ele diz que esses escritos honrado Tenho irmos que lhe foi enviado pelo abenoado presbtero Clemente , Um homem ilustre e aprovado, a quem tambm sabe e com quem agora voc vai conhecer melhor um homem que, quando ele tinha vindo aqui pela especial providncia de Deus , reforada e alargada a igreja de Deus . Orgenes conhecido para ter sido seu discpulo . Alm disso ele floresceu durante os reinados de Severo e seu filho Antonino .

Captulo 39Miltiades dos quais Rhodo d conta do trabalho que ele escreveu contra Montanus , Prisca e Maximilla , Escreveu um volume considervel contra essas mesmas pessoas , e outros livros Contra as naes e os judeus e dirigiu um pedido de desculpas aos imperadores, ento dominante. Ele floresceu no reinado de Marcus Antonino e Commodus .

Captulo 40Apolnio, uma excessiva talentoso homem, escreveu contra Montanus , Prisca e Maximilla um volume notvel e longa, na qual ele afirma que Montanus e sua louco profetisas morreu por enforcamento, e muitas outras coisas, entre as quais o seguinte a respeito Prisca e Maximilla , Se eles negaram que tenham aceitado presentes , Deixe-os confessar que aqueles que no aceitam no

so profetas e eu vou provar por milhares de testemunhas que receberam presentes , Pois por outras frutas que profetas so mostrados para ser profetas , de fato. Diga-me, faz um profeta tingir seu cabelo? Ser que um profeta mancha as plpebras com antimnio ? um profeta adornados com roupas finas e pedras preciosas? Ser que um profeta brincar com dados e tabelas? Ser que ele aceita a usura ? Deixe-os responder se este deveria ser permitido ou no, ser minha tarefa provar que eles fazem essas coisas. Ele diz no mesmo livro, que o tempo quando escreveu a obra foi o quadragsimo ano aps o incio da heresia do Cataphrygians . Tertuliano acrescentou aos seis volumes que ele escreveu em xtase contra o igreja 1 / 7, dirigida especialmente contra Apolnio , No qual ele tenta defender todos os que Apolnio refutada. Apolnio floresceu nos reinados de Commodus e Severo .

Captulo 41Serapio, ordenado bispo de Antioquia , no ano undcimo do imperador Commodus , wrote a letter to Caricus e Pontius on the heresy of Montanus , in which he said that you may know moreover that the madness of this false doctrine , that is the doctrine of a new prophecy , is reprobated by all the world, I have sent to you the letters of the most holy Apollinaris bishop of Hierapolis em sia . He wrote a volume also to Domnus , who in tempo of persecution went over to the Jews , and another work on the evangelho which passes under the name of Peter , a work to the igreja do Rhosenses in Cilicia who by the reading of this book had turned aside to heresy . There are here and there short letters of his, harmonious in carter with the ascetic life of their author.

Captulo 42Apollonius , um Romano senator under the emperor Commodus , having been denounced by a escravo as a Christian , gained permission to give a razo for his faith and wrote a remarkable volume which he read in the senate, yet none the less, by the will of the senate, he was beheaded for Cristo by virtue of an ancient lei among them, that Christians who had once been brought before their julgamento seat should not be dismissed unless they recanted .

Captulo 43Theophilus , bishop of Csarea in Palestine , the city formerly called Turris Stratonis , in the reign of the emperor Severo wrote, in conjunction with other bishops , a synodical letter of great utility against those who celebrated the passover with the Jews on the fourteenth day of the month.

Captulo 44Bacchylus , bishop of Corinto , was held in renown under the same emperor Severo , and wrote, as representative of all the bishops who were in Achaia , an elegant work On the passover .

Captulo 45Polycrates bishop of the Efsios with other bishops of sia who in accordance with some ancient personalizado celebrated the passover with the Jews on the fourteenth of the month, wrote a synodical letter against Vencedor bishop of Rome in which he says that he follows the authority of the apostle John and of the ancients. From this we make the following breve quotations, We therefore celebrate the day according to usage, inviolably , neither adding anything to nor taking anything from it, for in sia mentira the remains of the greatest saints of those who shall aumento again on the day of the Senhor , when he shall come in majesty from cu and shall quicken all the saints , I mean Philip one of the twelve apostles who sleeps at Hierapolis and his two daughters who

were virgins until their death and another daughter of his who died at feso full of the Holy Spirit . E John too, who leigo on Our Lord's breast and was his high priest carrying the golden frontlet on his forehead, both martyr and doctor, fell asleep at feso and Polycarp bishop and martyr died at Smyrna . Thraseas de Eumenia also, bishop and martyr , rests in the same Smyrna . What need is there of mentioning Sagaris , bishop and martyr , who sleeps in Laodicea and the abenoado Papyrus and Melito , eunuch in the Holy Spirit , who, ever serving the Senhor , was laid to rest in Sardis and there awaits his ressurreio em Christ's advento . These all observed the day of the passover on the fourteenth of the month, in nowise departing from the evangelical tradio and following the ecclesiastical cnone . I also, Polycrates , the least of all your servants, according to the doutrina of my relatives which I also have followed (for there were seven of my relatives bishops indeed and I the eighth) have always celebrated the passover when the Judaico people celebrated the putting away of the leaven. And so brethren being sixty-five years old in the Senhor and instructed by many brethren from all parts of the world, and having searched all the Scriptures , I will not fear those who threaten us, for my predecessors said It is fitting to obey God rather than homens . I quote this to show through a small example the genius and authority of the man. He flourished in the reign of the emperor Severo in the same period as Narciso de Jerusalm .

Captulo 46Heraclitus in the reign of Commodus e Severo escreveu commentaries on the Atos e Epstolas .

Captulo 47Maximus , under the same emperors propounded in a remarkable volume the famous questions, What is the origin of evil ? And Whether matter is made by God .

Captulo 48Candidus under the above mentioned emperors published most admirable treatises On the six days of creation .

Captulo 49Appion under the emperor Severo likewise wrote treatises On the six days of creation .

Captulo 50Sextus in the reign of the emperor Severo wrote a book On the resurrection .

Captulo 51Arabianus under the same emperor published certo small works relating to cristo doutrina .

Captulo 52Judas , discussed at length the seventy weeks mentioned in Daniel and wrote a Chronography of former times which he brought up to the tenth year of Severo . He is convicted of error in respect of this work in that he prophesied that the advento de Anti-Christ would be about his period, but this was because the greatness of the persecutions seemed to forebode the end of the world.

Captulo 53Tertullian the presbyter , now regarded as chief of the Latino writers after Vencedor e Apollonius , was from the city of Carthage in the province of frica , and was the son of a proconsul or Centurion , a man of keen and vigorous carter , he flourished chiefly in the reign of the emperor Severo e Antoninus Caracalla and wrote many volumes which we pass by because they are well known to most. I myself have seen a certo Paul an old man of Concordia , a town of Italy , who, while he himself was a very young man had been secretary to the abenoado Cipriota who was already advanced in age. He said that he himself had seen how Cipriota was accustomed never to pass a day without reading Tertullian , and that he frequently said to him, Give me the master, meaning by this, Tertullian . He was presbyter of the igreja until middle life, afterwards driven by the envy and abuse of the clergy of the Romano igreja , he lapsed to the doutrina of Montanus , and mentions the new prophecy in many of his books. He composed, moreover, directly against the igreja , volumes: On modesty, On persecution , On fasts , On monogamy , six books On ecstasy , and a seventh which he wrote Against Apollonius . He is said to have lived to a decrepit old age, and to have composed many small works, which are not extant.

Captulo 54Origen , surnamed Adamantius , a persecution having been levantado against the Christians in the tenth year of Severo Pertinax , and his father Leonidas having received the crown of martyrdom for Christ , was left at the age of about seventeen, with his six brothers and widowed mother, in pobreza , for their propriedade had been confiscated because of confessing Cristo . When only eighteen years old, he undertook the work of instructing the Catechetes in the scattered churches de Alexandria . Afterwards appointed by Demetrius , bishop of this city, sucessor to the presbyter Clemente , he flourished many years. When he had already reached middle life, on account of the churches de Achaia , which were torn with many heresies , he was journeying to Atenas , by way of Palestina , under the authority of an ecclesiastical letter, and having been ordained presbyter by Theoctistus e Alexander , bishops of Csarea e Jerusalm , he offended Demetrius , who was so wildly enraged at him that he wrote everywhere to injure his reputation . It is known that before he went to Csarea , he had been at Rome , under Bishop Zephyrinus . Immediately on his return to Alexandria he made Heraclas the presbyter , who continued to wear his philosopher's garb, his assistant in the escola para catechetes. Heraclas became bishop of the church of Alexandria , after Demetrius . How great the glory of Origen was, appears from the fact that Firmilianus , bishop of Csarea , with all the Cappadocian bishops , sought a visit from him, and entertained him for a long while. Sometime afterwards, going to Palestina to visit the holy places, he came to Csarea and was instructed at length by Origen in the Holy Scriptures . It appears also from the fact that he went to Antioch , on the request of Mammaea , mother of the Emperor Alexander , and a woman religiously disposed, and was there held in great honour , and sent letters to the Emperor Philip , who was the first among the Romano rulers, to become a cristo , and to his mother, letters which are still extant. Who is there, who does not also know that he was so assiduous in the study of Holy Scriptures , that contrary to the esprito of his tempo E of his people, he learned the Hebraico language, and taking the Septuagint translation, he gathered the other translations also in a single work, namely, that of Aquila , of Ponticus o Proselyte, and Theodotian the Ebonite, and Symmachus an adherent of the same sect who wrote commentaries also on the evangelho conforme Mateus , from which he tried to establish his doutrina . And besides these, a fifth, sixth, and seventh translation, which we also have from his library , he sought out with great diligence, and compared with other editions. And since I have given a list of his works, in the volumes of letters which I have written to Paula , in a letter which I wrote against the works of Varro, I pass this by now, not failing however, to make mention of his immortal genius, how that he understood dialectics, as well as geometry, arithmetic, music, grammar, and rhetoric, and taught all the escolas of philosophers , in such wise that he had also

diligent students in secular literature, and lectured to them daily, and the crowds which flocked to him were marvellous. These, he received in the esperana that through the instrumentality of this secular literature, he might establish them in the faith of Christ . It is unnecessary to speak of the cruelty of that persecution which was levantado against the Christians and under Decius , who was louco against the religio de Philip , whom he had slain, the persecution in which Fabianus , bishop of the Romano igreja , perished at Rome , and Alexander e Babylas , Pontifs of the churches de Jerusalm and Antioch , were imprisoned for their confisso of Christ . If any one wishes to know what was done in regard to the position of Origen , he can clearly learn, first indeed from his own epstolas , which after the persecution , were sent to different ones, and secondly, from the sixth book of the igreja histria da Eusbio de Csarea , and from his six volumes in behalf of the same Origen . He lived until the tempo de Gallus e Volusianus , that is, until his sixty-ninth year, and died at Tyre , in which city he also was enterrado .

Captulo 55Ammonius , um talentoso man of great philosophical learning, was distinguished at Alexandria , at the same time. Among many and distinguished monuments of his genius, is the elaborate work which he composed On the harmony of Moses and Jesus , and the Gospel canons , which he worked out, and which Eusbio de Csarea , afterwards followed. Porphyry falsely accused him of having become a heathen again, after being a Christian , but it is certo that he continued a Christian until the very end of his life.

Captulo 56Ambrosius , at first a Marcionite but afterwards set right by Origen , was deacon in the igreja , and gloriously distinguished as confessor do Senhor . To him, together with Protoctetus the presbyter , the book of Origen , On martyrdom was written. Aided by his industry, funds, and perseverance, Origen dictated a great number of volumes. He himself, as befits a man of noble natureza , was of no mean literary talent, as his letters to Origen indicate. He died moreover, before the death of Origen , and is condemned by many, in that being a man of wealth , he did not at death, remember in his vontade , his old and necessitado amigo.

Captulo 57Trypho , pupil of Origen , to whom some of his extant letters are addressed, was very learned in the Scriptures , and this many of his works show here and there, but especially the book which he composed On the red heifer em Deuteronmio , and On the halves , which with the pigeon and the turtledoves were oferecidos by Abraham as recorded in Gnese .

Captulo 58Minucius Felix , a distinguished advocate of Roma , wrote a dialogue representing a discussion between a Christian and a Gentio , which is entitled Octavius , and still another work passes current in his name, On fate , or Against the mathematicians , but this although it is the work of a talentoso man, does not seem to me to correspond in style with the above mentioned work. Lactncio also mentions this Minucius in his works.

Captulo 59Gaius , bishop of Rome , in the time of Zephyrinus , that is, in the reign of Antoninus , the son of Severo , delivered a very notable disputation Against Proculus , the follower of Montanus , convicting him of temerity in his defence of the new prophecy , and in the same volume also enumerating only thirteen epstolas of Paul , says that the fourteenth, which is now called, To the Hebreus , is not by him, and is not considered among the Romanos to the present day as being by the apostle Paul .

Captulo 60Beryllus , bishop of Bostra em Saudita , after he had ruled the igreja gloriously for a little while, finally lapsed into the heresy which denies that Cristo existed before the incarnation . Set right by Origen , he wrote various short works, especially letters, in which he thanks Origen . The letters of Origen to him, are also extant, and a dialogue between Origen and Beryllus as well, in which heresies are discussed. He was distinguished during the reign of Alexander , son of Mammaea E Maximinus e Gordianus, who succeeded him in power.

Captulo 61Hiplito, Bispo de alguns igreja (O nome da cidade eu no fui capaz de aprender) escreveu um acerto de contas do Pascal festa e cronolgico tabelas que trabalhou para fora at o primeiro ano do Imperador Alexander . Ele tambm discutiu o ciclo de 16 anos, que o Gregos chamado e deu a deixa para Eusbio , Que comps sobre o mesmo Pascal festa um ciclo de dezenove anos, que . Ele escreveu alguns comentrios na Escrituras , entre os quais esto os seguintes: No seis dias de criao , On xodo , Sobre o Cntico dos Cnticos, On Gnese , On Zacarias , No Salmos , On Isaas , On Daniel , Na Apocalipse , Na Provrbios , On Eclesiastes , On Saul , Na Pythonissa , Sobre o Anticristo , On the ressurreio , Contra Marcio , Na Pscoa , contra todas as heresias , e uma exortao Em louvor da nossa Senhor e Salvador , No qual ele indica que ele est falando no igreja na presena de Orgenes . Ambrosius , Que ns dissemos foi convertido por Orgenes da heresia de Marcio , verdadeira f , pediu Orgenes para escrever, na emulao de Hyppolytus, comentrios na Escritura , oferta lhe sete, e secretrios ainda mais, e suas despesas, e igual nmero de copistas, eo que ainda mais, com incrvel zelo , o trabalho dirio exigente com ele, em que conta Orgenes , em uma de suas epstolas , Chama-lhe o seu Taskmaster.

Captulo 62Alexander, bishop of Cappadocia, desiring to visit the Santo Land, came to Jerusalm , at the tempo quando Narciso , bishop of this city, already an old man, ruled the igreja . Foi revelou para Narciso and many of his clergy , that on the morning of the next day, a bishop would enter the city, who should be assistant on the sacerdotal trono. And so it came to pass, as it was predicted, and all the bishops of Palestina being gathered together, Narciso himself being especially urgent, Alexander took with him the helm of the igreja de Jerusalm . At the end of one of his epstolas , written to the Antinoites On the peace of the church , he says Narcissus, who held the bishopric here before me, and now with me exercises his office by his prayers , being about a hundred and sixteen years old, salutes you, and with me begs you to become of one mente . He wrote another also To the Antiocheans , by the hand of Clemente , the presbyter of Alexandria , of whom we spoke above, another also To Origen , and In behalf of Origen against Demetrius , called forth by the fact that, according to the testimony of Demetrius , he had made Origen presbyter . Existem outros epstolas of his to different persons . In the seventh persecution under Decius , at the tempo quando Babylas of Antioch was put to death , brought to Csarea and shut up in prison , he received the crown of

martyrdom for confessing Cristo .

Captulo 63Julius Africanus , whose five volumes On Cronologia , are yet extant, in the reign of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus , who succeeded Macrinus , received a commission to restore the city of Emmaus , which afterwards was called Nicopolis . There is an epistle of his to Origen , On the question of Susanna , where it is contended that this story is not contained in the Hebraico , and is not consistent with the Hebraico etymology in respect of the play on prinos and prisai, schinos and schisai. In reply to this, Origen wrote a learned epistle . There is extant another letter of his, To Aristides , in which he discusses at length the discrepancies, which appear in the genealogia of our Saviour , as recorded by Mateus e Lucas .

Captulo 64Geminus , presbyter of the igreja at Antioch , composed a few monuments of his genius, flourishing in the time of the Emperor Alexander e Zebennus , bishop of his city, especially at the tempo at which Heraclas foi ordained Pontfice do igreja em Alexandria .

Captulo 65Theodorus , afterwards called Gregory , bishop of Neocsarea in Pontus , while yet a very young man, in company with his brother Athenodorus , went from Cappadocia to Berytus , and thence to Csarea in Palestine , to study Grego e Latino literature. When Origen had seen the remarkable natural ability of these homens , he urged them to study philosophy , in the teaching of which he gradually introduced the assunto of faith in Christ , and made them also his followers. So, instructed by him for five years, they were sent back by him to their mother. Theodorus , on his departure, wrote a panegyric of thanks to Origen , and delivered it before a large assembly, Origen himself being present. This panegyric is extant at the present day. He wrote also a short, but very valuable, paraphrase Em Eclesiastes , and current report speaks of other epstolas of his, but more especially of the sinais and wonders, which as bishop , he performed to the great glory of the churches .

Captulo 66Cornelius , bishop of Rome , to whom eight letters of Cipriota are extant, wrote a letter to Fabius , bishop of the igreja at Antioch , On the Romano , Italiano E Africano councils , and another On Novatian and those who had fallen from the faith , a third On the acts do council , and a fourth very prolix one to the same Fabius , containing the causas of the Novatian heresy and an anathema of it. He ruled the igreja for two years under Gallus e Volusianus . He received the crown of martyrdom for Christ , and was succeeded by Lucius .

Captulo 67Cyprian de frica , at first was famous as a teacher of rhetoric, and afterwards on the persuasion of the presbyter Caecilius , from whom he received his surname, he became a Christian , and gave all his substncia ao pobre . Not long after he was inducted into the presbytery , and was also made bishop of Carthage . It is unnecessary to make a catalogue of the works of his genius, since they are more conspicuous than the sun. He was put to death under the Emperors Valeriana e Gallienus , in the eighth persecution , on the

same day that Cornelius was put to death at Rome , but not in the same year.

Captulo 68Pontius , deacon of Cipriota , sharing his exile until the day of his death, left a notable volume On the life and death of Cyprian .

Captulo 69Dionysius , Bispo de Alexandria , as presbyter had charge of the catechetical escola em Heraclas , and was the most distinguished pupil of Origen . Consenting ao doutrina de Cipriota eo Africano synod , on the rebaptizing of heretics , he sent many letters to different people, which are yet extant; He wrote one to Fabius , bishop of the igreja at Antioch , On penitence , another To the Romans , by the hand of Hippolytus , two letters To Xystus , who had succeeded Stephen , two also To Philemon e Dionysius , presbyters of the igreja at Rome , and another To the same Dionysius , afterwards bishop of Rome ; and To Novatian , treating of their claim that Novatian had been ordenado bishop of Rome , against his vontade . The beginning of this epistle is as follows: Dionysius to Novatian , his brother greeting. If you have been ordained unwillingly, as you say, you will prove it, when you shall willingly retire. H um outro epistle of his also To Dionysius e Didymus , and many Festal epistles no passover , written in a declamatory style, also one to the church of Alexandria On exile , one To Hierax , bishop in Egypt , and yet others On mortality, On the Sabbath , and On the gymnasium , also one To Hermammon and others On the persecution of Decius , and two books Against Nepos the bishop , who asserted in his writings a thousand years reign in the body. Among other things he diligently discussed the Apocalypse of John , and wrote Against Sabellius and To Ammon , bishop of Bernice, and To Telesphorus , also To Euphranor , also four books To Dionysius , bishop of Rome , to the Laodiceans Em penitence , to Origen On martyrdom , to the Armnios Em penitence , also On the order of transgression , to Timothy Em natureza , to Euphranor On temptation , many letters also To Basilides , in one of which he asserts that he also began to write commentaries em Eclesiastes . The notable epistle which he wrote against Paul of Samosata , a few days before his death is also current. He died in the twelfth year of Gallienus .

Captulo 70Novatianus , presbyter of Roma , attempted to usurp the sacerdotal chair occupied by Cornelius , and established the dogma do Novatians , or as they are called in Grego , O Cathari , by refusing to receive penitent apostates . Novatus , author of this doutrina , was a presbyter of Cipriota . He wrote, On the passover , On the Sabbath , On circumcision , On the priesthood , On prayer , On the food of the Jews , On zeal , On Attalus , and many others, especially, a great volume On the Trindade , a sort of epitome of the work of Tertullian , which many mistakenly ascribe to Cipriota .

Captulo 71Malchion , the highly talentoso presbyter of the igreja at Antioch , who had most successfully taught rhetoric in the same city, held a discussion with Paul of Samosata , who as bishop of the igreja at Antioch , had introduced the doutrina de Artemon , and this was taken down by short hand writers. This dialogue is still extant, and yet another extended epistle written by him, in behalf of the conselho , is addressed to Dionysius and Maximus , bishops of Roma e Alexandria . He flourished under Claudius e Aurelianus .

Captulo 72Archelaus , Bispo de Mesopotmia , composed in the Syriac language , a book of the discussion which he held with Manichaeus , when he came from Persia . This book, which is translated into Grego , is possessed by many. He flourished under the Emperor Probus , who succeeded Aurelianus e Tcito .

Captulo 73Anatolius de Alexandria , bishop of Laodicea in Syria , who flourished under the emperors Probus e Carus , was a man of wonderful learning in arithmetic, geometry, astronomia , grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic. We can get an idia of the greatness of his genius from the volume which he wrote On the passover and his ten books On the institutes of arithmetic.

Captulo 74Victorinus , Bispo de Pettau, was not equally familiar with Latino e Grego . On this account his works though noble in thought, are inferior in style. They are the following: Comentrios Em Gnese , On xodo , On Levtico , On Isaas , On Ezequiel , On Habakkuk , On Eclesiastes , On the Song of Songs, On the Apocalypse de John , Against all heresies and many others. At the last he received the crown of martyrdom .

Captulo 75Pamphilus the presbyter , patrono de Eusbio Bispo de Csarea , was so inflamed with love of sagrado literature, that he transcribed the greater part of the works of Origen with his own hand and these are still preserved in the library at Csarea . I have twenty-five volumes de Comentrios of Origen , written in his hand, On the twelve prophets which I abrao and guard with such joy , that I deem myself to have the wealth of Creso . And if it is such joy to have one epistle of a martyr how much more to have so many thousand lines which seem to me to be traced in his blood. He wrote an Apology for Origen before Eusbio had written his and was put to death at Csarea in Palestine in the persecution of Maximinus .

Captulo 76Pierius , presbyter of the igreja em Alexandria in the reign of Carus and Diocletian , at the tempo quando Theonas ruled as bishop in the same igreja , taught the people with great success and attained such elegance of language and published so many treatises on all sorts of subjects (which are still extant) that he was called Origen Junior. He was remarkable for his self-discipline , devoted to voluntary pobreza , and thoroughly acquainted with the dialectic arte . Aps o persecution , he passed the rest of his life at Rome . There is extant a long treatise of his On the prophet Osias which from internal evidence appears to have been delivered on the viglia of Passover .

Captulo 77Lucianus , a man of great talent, presbyter of the igreja at Antioch , was so diligent in the study of the Scriptures , that even now certo copies of the Scriptures bear the name of Lucian . Obras of his, On faith , and short Epistles to various people are extant. He was put to death at Nicomedia for his confisso de Cristo in the persecution of Maximinus , and was enterrado em Helenopolis em Bitnia .

Captulo 78Phileas a resident of that Egyptian city which is called Thmuis , of noble family , and no small wealth , having become bishop , composed a finely written work in praise of martyrs and arguing against the juiz who tried to compel him to oferecer sacrifices , was beheaded for Cristo during the same persecution in which Lucianus was put to death at Nicomedia .

Captulo 79Arnobius was a most successful teacher of rhetoric at Sicca em frica during the reign of Diocletian , and wrote volumes Against the nations which may be found everywhere.

Captulo 80Firmianus , known also as Lactncio , a disciple of Arnbio , during the reign of Diocletian summoned to Nicomedia with Flavius o Grammarian whose poem On medicine is still extant, taught rhetoric there and on account of his lack of pupils (since it was a Grego city) he betook himself to writing. We have a Banquet of his which he wrote as a young man in frica and an Itinerary of a journey from frica to Nicomedia written in hexameters , and another book which is called The Grammarian and a most beautiful one On the wrath of God , and Divine institutes against the nations , seven books, and an Epitome of the same work in one volume, without a title, also two books To Asclepiades , one book On persecution , four books of Epstolas para Probus , two books of Epistles to Severus , two books of Epistles to his pupil Demetrius and one book to the same On the work of God or the creation of man . In his extreme old age he was tutor to Crispus Csar a son of Constantine in Gaul , the same one who was afterwards put to death by his father.

Captulo 81Eusebius bishop of Csarea in Palestine was diligent in the study of Divine Scriptures and with Pamphilus the martyr a most diligent investigator of the Santo Bible . He published a great number of volumes among which are the following: Demonstrations of the Gospel twenty books, Preparations for the Gospel fifteen books, Theophany five books, Church history ten books, Chronicle of Universal history and an Epitome of this last. Also On discrepancies between the Gospels , On Isaas , ten books, also Against Porphyry , who was writing at that same time in Sicily as some think, twenty-five books, also one book of Topics , six books of Apology for Origen , three books On the life of Pamphilus , other breve works On the martyrs , exceedingly learned Commentaries on one hundred and fifty Salmos , and many others. He flourished chiefly in the reigns of Constantine the Great and Constantius . His surname Pamphilus arose from his friendship for Pamphilus the martyr .

Captulo 82Reticius Bispo de Autun , among the Aedui, had a great reputation in Gaul in the reign of Constantine . I have read his commentaries On the Song of Canes and another great volume Against Novatian but besides these, I have found no works of his.

Captulo 83Methodius , Bispo de Olimpo em Lcia and afterwards of Tyre , composed books Against Porphyry written in polished and logical style also a Banquet of the ten virgins , an excellent work On the resurrection , against Origen and On the Pythonissa and On free will , also against Origen . He also

wrote commentaries Em Gnese and On the Song of Canes and many others which are widely read. At the end of the recent persecution or, as others affirm, in the reign of Decius and Valerianus , he was crowned with martyrdom at Chalcis em Grcia .

Captulo 84Juvencus , um Espanhol of noble family and presbyter , translating the four gospels almost verbally in hexameter verses, composed four books. He wrote some other things in the same metre relating to the order of the sacraments . He flourished in the reign of Constantinus .

Captulo 85Eustathius , um Pamphilian from Side, bishop first of Bera in Syria and then of Antioch , ruled the igreja and, composing many things against the doutrina of the Arians , was driven into exile under the emperor Constantius em Trajanopolis in Thrace where he is until this day. Obras of his are extant On the soul , On ventriloquism Against Origen and Letters too numerous to mention.

Captulo 86Marcellus , Bispo de Ancyra , flourished in the reign of Constantinus e Constantius and wrote many volumes of various Propositions and especially against the Arians . Obras de Asterius and Apollinarius against him are current, which accuse him of Sabellianism . Hilary too, in the seventh book of his work Against the Arians , mentions him as a heretic , but he defends himself against the charge through the fact that Julius e Atansio bishops of Roma e Alexandria communed with him.

Captulo 87Athanasius Bispo de Alexandria , hard pressed by the wiles of the Arians , fled to Constans emperor of Gaul . Returning thence with letters and, after the death of the emperor, again taking refuge in flight, he kept in hiding until the adeso de Joviano , when he returned to the igreja and died in the reign of Valens . Various works by him are in circulation; two books Against the nations , one Against Valens and Ursacius, On virginity , very many On the persecutions of the Arians , also On the titles of the Salmos and Life of Anthony the monk , also Festal epistles and other works too numerous to mention.

Captulo 88Anthony the monk , whose life Atansio Bispo de Alexandria wrote a long work upon, sent seven letters in Coptic to various monasteries , letters truly apostolic em idia and language, and which have been translated into Grego . The chief of these is To the Arsenoites . He flourished during the reign of Constantinus and his sons.

Captulo 89Basil Bispo de Ancyra , [a doctor of] medicine, wrote a book Against Marcellus and on virginity and some other things and in the reign of Constantius was, with Eustathius de Sebaste , primaz de Macednia .

Captulo 90Theodorus , Bispo de Heraclea in Thrace, published in the reign of the emperor Constantius

commentaries Em Mateus e John , On the Epistles and On the Psalter . These are written in a polished and clear style and show an excellent historical sense.

Captulo 91Eusebius de Emesa , who had fine rhetorical talent, composed innumerable works suited to win popular applause and writing historically he is most diligently read by those who practise public speaking. Among these the chief are, Against Jews , Gentiles and Novatians and Homilies on the Gospels , breve but numerous. He flourished in the reign of the emperor Constantius in whose reign he died, and was enterrado at Antioch .

Captulo 92Triphylius , Bispo de Ledra or Leucotheon, in Cyprus , was the most eloquent man of his age, and was distinguished during the reign of Constantius . I have read his Commentary on the Song of Songs. He is said to have written many other works, none of which have come to our hand.

Captulo 93Donatus , from whom the Donatians arose in frica in the reigns of the emperors Constantinus e Constantius , asserted that the escrituras were given up to the heathen by the orthodox during the persecution , and deceived almost all frica , and especially Numidia by his persuasiveness. Many of his works, which relate to his heresy , are extant, including On the Holy Spirit , a work which is Arian in doutrina .

Captulo 94Asterius , a philosopher of the Arian party, wrote, during the reign of Constantius , commentaries No Epistle ao Romans , On the Gospels and On the Salmos , also many other works which are diligently read by those of his party.

Captulo 95Lucifer , Bispo de Cagliari , was sent by Liberius the bishop , with Pancratius e Hilary , clergy of the Romano igreja , to the emperor Constantius , as legates for the faith . When he would not condemn the Nicene faith as represented by Atansio , sent again to Palestina , with wonderful constancy and willingness to meet martyrdom , he wrote a book against the emperor Constantius and sent it to be read by him, and not long after he returned to Cagliari in the reign of the emperor Juliano and died in the reign of Valentinian .

Captulo 96Eusebius , a native of Sardenha , at first a lector at Rome and afterwards bishop of Vercelli , sent by the emperor Constantius para Scythopolis , and afterwards to Cappadocia, on account of his confisso of the faith , returned to the igreja under the emperor Juliano and published the Commentaries of Eusebius de Csarea no Salmos , which he had translated from Grego em Latino , and died during the reign of Valentian and Valens .

Captulo 97Fortunatianus , um Africano by birth, bishop of Aquilia during the reign of Constantius , composed

breve Commentaries on the gospels arranged by captulos , written in a rustic style, and is held in detestation because, when Liberius bishop of Rome was driven into exile for the faith , he was induced by the urgency of Fortunatianus to subscribe to heresy .

Captulo 98Acacius , who, because he was blind in one eye, they nicknamed o one-eyed , bishop of the igreja of Csarea in Palestine , wrote seventeen volumes On Eclesiastes and six of Miscellaneous questions , and many treatises besides on various subjects. He was so influential in the reign of the emperor Constantius that he made Felix bishop of Rome in the place of Liberius .

Captulo 99Serapion , Bispo de Thmuis , who on account of his cultivated genius was found worthy of the surname of Scholasticus , was the intimate friend of Anthony the monk , and published an excellent book Against the Manichaeans , also another On the titles of the Salmos , and valuable Epistles to different people. In the reign of the emperor Constantius he was renowned as a confessor .

Captulo 100Hilary , a bishop of Poitiers em Aquitania , was a member of the party of Saturninus Bispo de Arles . Banished into Phrygia by the Snodo de Bezirs he composed twelve books Against the Arians and another book On Councils written to the Gallican bishops , and Commentaries on the Salmos that is on the first and second, from the fifty-first ao sixty-second , and from the one hundred and eighteenth to the end of the book. In this work he imitated Origen , but added also some original assunto . There is a little book of his To Constantius which he presented to the emperor while he was living in Constantinopla , and another On Constantius which he wrote after his death and a book Against Valens and Ursacius , containing a history of the Ariminian e Selucian Conselhos and To Sallust o prefect or Against Dioscurus , also a book of Hymns and mysteries , a comentrio Em Mateus and treatises On Job , which he translated freely from the Grego of Origen , and another elegant little work Against Auxentius and Epistles to different persons . They say he has written On the Song of Canes but this work is not known to us. He died at Poictiers during the reign of Valentinianus and Valens .

Captulo 101Victorinus , um Africano by birth, taught rhetoric at Rome under the emperor Constantius and in extreme old age, yielding himself to faith in Cristo wrote books against Arius , written in dialectic style and very obscure language, books which can only be understood by the learned. He also wrote Commentaries on the Epistles .

Captulo 102Titus Bispo de Bostra , in the reign of the emperors Juliano e Jovinian wrote vigorous works against the Maniqueus and some other things. He died under Valens .

Captulo 103Damasus , bishop of Rome , had a fine talent for making verses and published many breve works in heroic metre. He died in the reign of the Emperor Theodosius at the age of almost eighty.

Captulo 104Apollinarus , bishop of Laodicea , in Syria , the son of a presbyter , applied himself in his youth to the diligent study of grammar, and afterwards, writing innumerable volumes on the Holy Scriptures , died in the reign of the Emperor Theodosius . There are extant thirty books by him Against Porphyry , which are generally considered as among the best of his works.

Captulo 105Gregory , Bispo de Elvira , em Baetica, writing even to extreme old age, composed various treatises in medocre language, and an elegant work On Faith . He is said to be still living.

Captulo 106Pacianus , Bispo de Barcelona , in the Pirineus Mountains, a man of chaste eloquence, and as distinguished by his life as by his speech, wrote various short works, among which are The Deer , and Against the Novatians , and died in the reign of Emperor Theodosian , in extreme old age.

Captulo 107Photinus , de Gallograecia, a disciple of Marcellus E ordenado Bispo de Sirmium , attempted to introduce the Ebionite heresy , and afterwards having been expelled from the igreja by the Emperor Valentinianus , wrote many volumes, among which the most distinguished are Against the nations , and To Valentinianus .

Captulo 108Phoebadius , Bispo de Agen, in Gaul , published a book Against the Arians . There are said to be other works by him, which I have not yet read. He is still living, infirm with age.

Captulo 109Didymus , de Alexandria , becoming blind while very young, and therefore ignorant of the rudiments of learning, displayed such a miracle of inteligncia as to learn perfectly dialectics and even geometry, sciences which especially require sight. He wrote many admirable works: Commentaries on all the Psalms , Comentrios on the Gospels of Mateus e John , On the doctrines , also two books Against the Arians , and one book On the Holy Spirit , which I translated in Latino , eighteen volumes On Isaas , three books of commentaries Em Osias , addressed to me, and five books On Zechariah , written at my request, also commentaries Em Trabalho , and many other things, to give an account of which would be a work of itself. He is still living, and has already passed his eighty-third ano.

Captulo 110Optatus o Africano , bishop of Milevis , during the reign of the Emperors Valentinianus and Valens , wrote in behalf of the Catholic party six books against the calumny of the Donatian party, in which he asserts that the crime of the Donatists is falsely charged upon the catlico partido.

Captulo 111Acilius Severus of Spain , of the family of that Severo to whom Lactantius' two books of Epistles

are addressed, composed a volume of mingled poetry and prose which is a sort of guide book to his whole life. This he called Calamity or Trial . He died in the reign of Valentinianus .

Captulo 112Cyril , Bispo de Jerusalm often expelled by the igreja , and at last received, held the episcopate for eight consecutive years, in the reign of Theodosius . Certain Catachetical lectures of his, composed while he was a young man, are extant.

Captulo 113Euzoius , as a young man, together with Gregory , bishop of Nazianzan , was educated by Thespesius the rhetorician at Csarea , and afterwards when bishop of the same city, with great pains attempted to restore the library , collected by Origen and Pamphilus , which had already suffered injury. At last, in the reign of the Emperor Theodosian , he was expelled from the igreja . Many and various treatises of his are in circulation, and one may easily become acquainted with them.

Captulo 114Epiphanius , Bispo de Salamina in Cyprus , wrote books Against all heresies and many others which are eagerly read by the learned, on account of their subject assunto , and also by the plain people, on account of their language. He is still living, and in his extreme old age composes various breve funciona.

Captulo 115Ephraim , deacon of the igreja at Edessa , composed many works in the Syriac language , and became so distinguished that his writings are repeated publicly in some churches , after the reading of the Scriptures . I once read in Grego a volume by him On the Holy Spirit , which some one had translated from the Siraco , and recognized even in translation, the incisive power of lofty genius. He died in the reign of Valens .

Captulo 116Basil , Bispo de Csarea in Cappadocia, the city formerly called Mazaca , composed admirable carefully written books Against Eunomius , a volume On the Holy Spirit , and nine homilies On the six days of creation , also a work On asceticism and short treatises on various subjects. He died in the reign of Gratianus .

Captulo 117Gregory , Bispo de Nazianzen , a most eloquent man, and my instructor in the Scriptures , composed works, amounting in all to thirty thousand lines, among which are On the death of his brother Csarius , On charity , In praise of the Maccabees , In praise of Cyprian , In praise of Athanasius , In praise of Maximus the philosopher after he had returned from exile. This latter however, some superscribe with the pseudonym de Herona, since there is another work by Gregory , upbraiding this same Maximus , as if one might not praise and upbraid the same pessoa at one tempo or another as the occasion may demand. Other works of his are a book in hexameter ,

containing, A discussion between virginity and marriage , two books Against Eunomius , one book On the Holy Spirit , and one Against the Emperor Julian . He was a follower of Plemon in his style of speaking. Tendo ordenado sua sucessor in the bishopric , during his own life tempo , he retired to the country where he lived the life of a monk and died, three years or more ago, in the reign of Theodosius .

Captulo 118Lucius , bishop of the Arian party after Atansio , held the bishopric of the igreja em Alexandria , until the tempo of the Emperor Theodosius , by whom he was deposed . Certo festal epstolas of his, On the passover are extant, and a few short works of Miscellaneous propositions.

Captulo 119Diodorus , Bispo de Tarsus enjoyed a great reputation while he was still presbyter of Antioch . Comentrios of his On the epistles are extant, as well as many other works in the manner of Eusbio the great of Emesa , whose meaning he has followed, but whose eloquence he could not imitate on account of his ignorance of secular literature.

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