Book I.
Chapter XLVI.--Victories over the Barbarians.
Thus the emperor in all his actions honored God, the Controller of all things, and exercised an unwearied 1 oversight over His churches. And God requited him, by subduing all barbarous nations under his feet, so that he was able everywhere to raise trophies over his enemies: and He proclaimed him as conqueror to all mankind, and made him a terror to his adversaries: not indeed that this was his natural character, since he was rather the meekest, and gentlest, and most benevolent of men.
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| The Life of the blessed Emperor Constantine |
Commentaries for this Work
| Introduction to the Life of Constantine |
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- The Life of the blessed Emperor Constantine
- Book I.
- Chapter I.--Preface.--Of the Death of Constantine.
- Chapter II.--The Preface Continued.
- Chapter III.--How God honors Pious Princes, but destroys Tyrants.
- Chapter IV.--That God honored Constantine.
- Chapter V.--That he reigned above Thirty Years, and lived above Sixty.
- Chapter VI.--That he was the Servant of God, and the Conqueror of Nations.
- Chapter VII.--Comparison with Cyrus, King of the Persians, and with Alexander of Macedon.
- Chapter VIII.--That he conquered nearly the Whole World.
- Chapter IX.--That he was the Son of a Pious Emperor, and bequeathed the Power to Royal Sons.
- Chapter X.--Of the Need for this History, and its Value for Edification.
- Chapter XI.--That his Present Object is to record only the Pious Actions of Constantine.
- Chapter XII.--That like Moses, he was reared in the Palaces of Kings.
- Chapter XIII.--Of Constantius his Father, who refused to imitate Diocletian, Maximian, and Maxentius, in their Persecution of the Christians.
- Chapter XIV.--How Constantius his Father, being reproached with Poverty by Diocletian, filled his Treasury, and afterwards restored the Money to those by whom it had been contributed.
- Chapter XV.--Of the Persecution raised by his Colleagues.
- Chapter XVI.--How Constantius, feigning Idolatry, expelled those who consented to offer Sacrifice, but retained in his Palace all who were willing to confess Christ.
- Chapter XVII.--Of his Christian Manner of Life.
- Chapter XVIII.--That after the Abdication of Diocletian and Maximian, Constantius became Chief Augustus, and was blessed with a Numerous Offspring.
- Chapter XIX.--Of his Son Constantine, who in his Youth accompanied Diocletian into Palestine.
- Chapter XX.--Flight of Constantine to his Father because of the Plots of Diocletian.
- Chapter XXI.--Death of Constantius, who leaves his Son Constantine Emperor.
- Chapter XXII.--How, after the Burial of Constantius, Constantine was Proclaimed Augustus by the Army.
- Chapter XXIII.--A Brief Notice of the Destruction of the Tyrants.
- Chapter XXIV.--It was by the Will of God that Constantine became possessed of the Empire.
- Chapter XXV.--Victories of Constantine over the Barbarians and the Britons.
- Chapter XXVI.--How he resolved to deliver Rome from Maxentius.
- Chapter XXVII.--That after reflecting on the Downfall of those who had worshiped Idols, he made Choice of Christianity.
- Chapter XXVIII.--How, while he was praying, God sent him a Vision of a Cross of Light in the Heavens at Mid-day, with an Inscription admonishing him to conquer by that.
- Chapter XXIX.--How the Christ of God appeared to him in his Sleep, and commanded him to use in his Wars a Standard made in the Form of the Cross.
- Chapter XXX.--The Making of the Standard of the Cross.
- Chapter XXXI.--A Description of the Standard of the Cross, which the Romans now call the Labarum.
- Chapter XXXII.--How Constantine received Instruction, and read the Sacred Scriptures.
- Chapter XXXIII.--Of the Adulterous Conduct of Maxentius at Rome.
- Chapter XXXIV.--How the Wife of a Prefect slew herself for Chastity's Sake.
- Chapter XXXV.--Massacre of the Roman People by Maxentius.
- Chapter XXXVI.--Magic Arts of Maxentius against Constantine; and Famine at Rome.
- Chapter XXXVII.--Defeat of Maxentius's Armies in Italy.
- Chapter XXXVIII.--Death of Maxentius on the Bridge of the Tiber.
- Chapter XXXIX.--Constantine's Entry into Rome.
- Chapter XL.--Of the Statue of Constantine holding a Cross, and its Inscription.
- Chapter XLI.--Rejoicings throughout the Provinces; and Constantine's Acts of Grace.
- Chapter XLII.--The Honors Conferred upon Bishops, and the Building of Churches.
- Chapter XLIII.--Constantine's Liberality to the Poor.
- Chapter XLIV.--How he was present at the Synods of Bishops.
- Chapter XLV.--His Forbearance with Unreasonable Men.
- Chapter XLVI.--Victories over the Barbarians.
- Chapter XLVII.--Death of Maximin, who had attempted a Conspiracy, and of Others whom Constantine detected by Divine Revelation.
- Chapter XLVIII.--Celebration of Constantine's Decennalia.
- Chapter XLIX.--How Licinius oppressed the East.
- Chapter L.--How Licinius attempted a Conspiracy against Constantine.
- Chapter LI.--Intrigues of Licinius against the Bishops, and his Prohibition of Synods.
- Chapter LII.--Banishment of the Christians, and Confiscation of their Property.
- Chapter LIII.--Edict that Women should not meet with the Men in the Churches.
- Chapter LIV.--That those who refuse to sacrifice are to be dismissed from Military Service, and those in Prison not to be fed.
- Chapter LV.--The Lawless Conduct and Covetousness of Licinius.
- Chapter LVI.--At length he undertakes to raise a Persecution.
- Chapter LVII.--That Maximian, brought Low by a Fistulous Ulcer with Worms, issued an Edict in Favor of the Christians.
- Chapter LVIII.--That Maximin, who had persecuted the Christians, was compelled to fly, and conceal himself in the Disguise of a Slave.
- Chapter LIX.--That Maximin, blinded by Disease, issued an Edict in Favor of the Christians.
- Book II.
- Book III.
- Book IV.
- Book I.