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According to Arius, Jesus was a sort of a supernatural creature not quite human and not quite divine. Expelled from Alexandria for heresy, Arius sought and found sympathy at Caesarea, and, in fact, he proclaimed Eusebius as a leading supporter. Eusebius did not fully support any of the heresies of the time, but nonetheless he was provisionally excommunicated for Arian views at the Council of Antioch in When the Council of Nicaea, called by the Roman emperor Constantine I, met later in the year, Eusebius had to explain himself and was exonerated with the explicit approval of the emperor.

In the years following the Council of Nicaea, the emperor was determined to achieve unity within the church, and so the supporters of the Nicene Creed in its extreme form soon became nonconformists. Being a panegyric, though, makes it a questionable source for many scholars, because the panegyric is primarily a public speech act or written verse meant as praise for a certain person. So as far as its reliability, there are not few those who might consider this work of Eusebius doubtful due to its purpose.

Nonetheless, The Life of Constantine is regarded as one of the important works describing that certain period of time, about which there are not many accounts left. Nevertheless, it is considered to have been continued by Socrates Scholasticus. I, Ed. Philip Schaff, Oxford: J. Parker and Comp. While at first he thought that this task was meant for one of the other leaders of the empire, when none was successful, he made a goal of saving the Empire.

While, retrospectively regarding the actions of Constantine, at that time he was probably more concerned with gaining the throne by conquering Rome and becoming emperor, rather than thinking of the Christian oppression, the author cunningly makes reference to this also. The reader becomes a sort of a spectator to a monologue that Constantine has in order to decide what he should do in order to win the battle he was going to have.

The so-called monologue highly resembles an exercise of logic as the emperor tries to think as objectively as possible of the problem. Thus he begins by considering the differences between those, who had already been defeated in battle, and himself were. Merging Languages and Engineering. Authors: John M. College of Science and Engineering. Authors: Thomas J. Misa, Robert W. Seidel - Categories: Science - Published: Rethinking IT in Construction and Engineering.

In the first case 3. The event was beyond all description. Guards and soldiers ringed the entrance to the palace, guarding it with drawn swords, and between these 30 Cameron and Hall — In the opinion of, among others, John Chrysostom Imag.

Concerning the destruction of statues as a case of iconoclasm and the damnatio memoriae in the Empire, see Stewart — Concerning Constantine as bishop and his place amongst all the bishops, see vc 1. Eusebius makes the success of the Council and the Imperial celebration coincide with a clear political meaning.

On this topic, see Markschies Some then reclined with him, others relaxed nearby on couches on either side. It is important to note that this passage opens with the use of another motif, mentioned in the preface to the work, and present in several passages in the text the limitation of the word, unable to express in a proper manner all that occurred during the celebration. In the preface 1. In this way Eusebius proposes in the Preface to resolve the impotence 34 Cameron and Hall Apart from the passages of the vc commented upon in this article, see 3.

The limits of the image depend on the type of reality that it attempts to reproduce, material or spiritual; concerning this idea in the vc, see Van Nuffelen — Even so, the bishop of Caesarea proposes a few brief sketches, through which he is able, despite his protests of incapacity, to achieve an image of the meeting that has visual impact, as though it was a matter of rendering something like a tableau vivant for that purpose he first presents the imperial guard in formation in front of the palace with their swords unsheathed, in a theatrical gesture.

See also Webb 11— Concerning the references to the procedure amongst the Greek authors, see Quiroga Puertas ; as this work indicates, Lucian Hist. Concerning enargeia in different genres and eras, see also Zanker ; Manieri ; Otto ; Webb 87— ; Plett Such was his physical appearance. All these, blended with the elegance of his manners and the gentleness of imperial condescension, demonstrated the superiority of his mind surpassing all description. As in 3. See Cameron and Hall — It is obvious that Eusebius reformulates—in the entirety of the passage— the rhetorical device classically formulated by Cicero Orat.

The paragraph concludes 3. This sentence has to be placed in relationship with the passage commented upon earlier 3. As the historian Socrates Scholasticus said, at the opening of his history that was designed as a continuation of Eusebius, "Also in writing the life of Constantine, this same author has but slightly treated of matters regarding Arius, being more intent on the rhetorical finish of his composition and the praises of the emperor, than on an accurate statement of facts.

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