![]() He begins with the Council of Ephesus (431) and ends with the twelfth year of the reign of the Emperor Maurice (593-594). In this he proposes to write the sequel of the narrative begun by Eusebius of Caesarea and continued by Socrates, Sozomen, and Theodoret. ![]() None of his works survive except his "Ecclesiastical History" in six books. Another collection contained discourses of Evagrius, among them a panegyric of the Emperor Maurice and his son Theodosius. Evagrius, a product of the masters of rhetoric, made a collection of the reports, letters, and decisions which he had written for the Patriarch Gregory. Having already been appointed questor by Tiberius II (578-582), he received from Maurice the title of honorary prefect ( ex praefectis). He followed the profession of advocate at Antioch (hence his surname) and became the friend of the Patriarch Gregory (569-594), whom he successfully defended in presence of the Emperor Maurice and of the Council at Constantinople (588). ![]() ![]() ![]() Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99.Įcclesiastical historian and last of the continuators of Eusebius of Caesarea, b. Please help support the mission of New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. ![]()
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