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Eusebius was commonly known among the ancients as Eusebius of Caesarea or Eusebius Pamphili. The first designation arose from the fact that he was bishop of Caesarea for many years; the second from the fact that he was a close friend and admirer of Pamphilus, a proselyte of Caesarea and a martyr. At least 40 contemporaries bore the same name, among which the most famous were Eusebius of...

at all among Catholics, because no orthodox writer among the ancients or in our own time has made use of their testimonies.7 As my history proceeds, I shall make it a point to indicate in succession which of the orthodox writers in each period made use of any of the disputed works and what they said about the canonical and accepted writings and what about those which are not so. But, such are the works which are called Peter’s, among which I recognize only one Epistle as genuine and so acknowledged
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