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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...

were, from intellectual meadows, we shall endeavor to consolidate them in an historical narrative, happy if we succeed in rescuing the successions, if not of all, then at least of the most renowned of the Apostles of our Saviour in those Churches which even today are accounted pre-eminent. I am of the opinion that it is most necessary for me to labor on this subject, because I am unaware that any one of the ecclesiastical6 writers has up to now given serious attention to this kind of writing, and
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