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A History of the Church in Five Books
— A Classic — Includes Active Table of Contents — Includes Religious Illustrations
When painters depict on tablets and on walls the events of ancient history, their delineations delight the eye, and preserve the remembrance of the past. But historians substitute books for canvass, flowery eloquence for brilliant colours, and thus render the recollection of past events much more vivid and permanent. Besides, as the most skilful productions of painting are liable to be destroyed by time, I have undertaken to record in writing events hitherto omitted in ecclesiastical history, lest so many illustrious actions and incidents so deserving of fame, should be suffered to sink into oblivion. In addition to all this, I have been very frequently urged by my friends to undertake this work. But when I compared my own powers with the magnitude of the undertaking, I shrank from attempting it. Trusting, however, in the bounty of the Giver of all good, I feel emboldened to enter upon a task beyond my own strength.
Aeterna Press
When painters depict on tablets and on walls the events of ancient history, their delineations delight the eye, and preserve the remembrance of the past. But historians substitute books for canvass, flowery eloquence for brilliant colours, and thus render the recollection of past events much more vivid and permanent. Besides, as the most skilful productions of painting are liable to be destroyed by time, I have undertaken to record in writing events hitherto omitted in ecclesiastical history, lest so many illustrious actions and incidents so deserving of fame, should be suffered to sink into oblivion. In addition to all this, I have been very frequently urged by my friends to undertake this work. But when I compared my own powers with the magnitude of the undertaking, I shrank from attempting it. Trusting, however, in the bounty of the Giver of all good, I feel emboldened to enter upon a task beyond my own strength.
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- GenresHistory
233 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 27, 2015
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April 22, 2022
L'histoire ecclésiastique de Théodoret est une des "histoires ecclésiastiques" du 4e siècle qui raconte les mêmes évènements que Sozomène ou Socrate le scolastique, mais du point de vue de l'évêque chypriote Théodoret, de l'école d'Antioche.
Il y a moins de détails que chez Sozomène, mais une bien meilleure qualité littéraire et quelque chose de plus narratif et épique que les autres. Il y a notamment quelques élisions qui fait que nous avons moins de détails, mais un meilleur rythme. Probablement la plus facile à lire des trois.
En tout cas, j'aime beaucoup Théodoret comme auteur: il a une écriture virile et concise qui est agréable après les chantourneries d'avocat de Sozomène et Socrate.
Il y a moins de détails que chez Sozomène, mais une bien meilleure qualité littéraire et quelque chose de plus narratif et épique que les autres. Il y a notamment quelques élisions qui fait que nous avons moins de détails, mais un meilleur rythme. Probablement la plus facile à lire des trois.
En tout cas, j'aime beaucoup Théodoret comme auteur: il a une écriture virile et concise qui est agréable après les chantourneries d'avocat de Sozomène et Socrate.
January 26, 2019
Complex analysis of Christ's nature. I'm always amazed by the energy and rigor that these early religous scholars put into such abstract questions.
Fuller reaction in the context of my reading project here: https://jacobklehman.com/2018/11/24/m...
Fuller reaction in the context of my reading project here: https://jacobklehman.com/2018/11/24/m...
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