Evagrius Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History (AD431-594), translated by E. Walford (1846). Introduction
THE
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY
OF
EVAGRIUS.
IN SIX BOOKS.
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
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A
HISTORY OF THE CHURCH
IN SIX BOOKS, FROM A. D. 431 TO A.D . 594.
BY
EVAGRIUS.
A NEW TRANSLATION FROM THE GREEK :
WITH AN
ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR AND HIS WRITINGS.
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ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR AND HIS WRITINGS.
THE very few particulars which are known respecting the author of the following History, are gathered from the history itself.