Christianity as history
Rosamond McKitterick
One of the most crucial aspects reception and dissemination Christian writings in Carolingian world was perception their original contexts. This impetus for, time place of, composition theology, exegesis, moral guidance ascetic instruction itself shaped by a small group seminal texts concerned with history church faith. In previous chapter I focused detail on three these particular. The influential them Historia ecclesiastica Eusebius Latin translation Rufinus. It is important to stress again that this version essentially an interpretation edition not literal translation, quite apart from fact Rufinus added two new books cut Eusebius's Book X. had recounted reign Constantine extended it death Emperor Theodosius. Secondly, inspired provided much information for Jerome when latter compiled his De viris illustribus c. 392. work, continued Gennadius Marseille, 480, contains short accounts total 234 authors, chronological order, describing where they lived what wrote. Isidore Seville early seventh century further thirty-three including some notable writers sixth century.
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