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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...

of God,” ’ saying: ‘For I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved.’16 Nor is it at all proper to suppose that the theophanies described above were of subordinate angels and ministers of God, since whenever one of these appears to men the Scripture does not conceal the fact, calling them precisely by name not God nor indeed Lord, but angels, as it is easy to prove by countless references. Him, too, Josue, the successor of Moses, calls the leader of the heavenly angels and archangels
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