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Title: Socrates, Sozomenus: Church Histories (A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church: Second Series, Volume Two) by Philip Schaff, Henry Wace ISBN: 0-8028-8116-5 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: December, 1984 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00

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Summary: "An Engaging and Thorough Account of Ecclesiastical History"
Comment: This is one of the most valuable and interesting accounts of the early Christian age. Important and detailed original documents, letters, and decrees from the emperors and bishops who attended the great councils of Nicaea, Chalcedon, etc. are accessible here for students and scholars alike in a pristine and comprehensive fashion. Miracles and monks, the inroads of the Goths, the Persian war, the Church's rise to a spiritual and temporal order, the often harmful and sometimes bloody disputes of the Christian factions, and the deeds of bishops, emperors, and saints underline the indispensable worth of this history. However, the magnificence of this work is not fully unscathed: there are a few aspects which confuse the lives of Gregory, Basil, and Athanasius; after the sixth book limited chronological errors are made; and the scope of this work is centered on the East and virtually ignorant of affairs in the West; but these are nearly invisible and are fully corrected by the in-depth commentary provided. It seems that Socrates was the leading man between the two chroniclers...Sozomen apparently borrowed, or rather, stole directly from Socrates; so it is best to start with Socrates' account. In general this work is a follow up of Eusebius' history, and begins with Constantine's conversion, and ends roughly arround the reigns of Theodosius the Great's degenerate sons. An excellent addiditon to the Christian library.