OF THE MOST EMINENT

FATHERS OF THE CHURCH

THAT FLOURISHED IN THE

FIRST FOUR CENTURIES;

WITH

AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE STATE OF PAGANISM UNDER
THE FIRST CHRISTIAN EMPERORS.

BY

WILLIAM CAVE, D. D.

A NEW EDITION, CAREFULLY REVISED,

BY

HENRY CARY, M.A.

WORCESTER COLLEGE, AND PERPETUAL CURATE OF ST. PAUL'S, OXFORD.

FOR THOMAS TEG G, 73, CHEAPSIDE, LONDON.

1840.

BR
1705

A2

C38

1840

V.3

17-14012

CONTENTS.

The Life of Gregory of Nazianzum, Bishop of Constantinople.

PAGE

SECTION I.-His Acts from his Birth till his coming from Athens

SECTION II.-His Acts from his Return to Athens till his being made Bishop of

Sasima

1

8

SECTION III.-His Acts from his being made Bishop till his going to Constan-

tinople

19

SECTION IV. His Acts from his coming to Constantinople till the meeting of

the Great Council there

SECTION V.-The Acts and Proceedings of the Second General Council

30

46

SECTION VI.-Particular Transactions of the Council relating to Nazianzen. His

Resignation and Departure

66

SECTION VII.-His Acts from his Resignation to his Death

SECTION I.-His Acts from his Birth till the Synod at Aquileia

· 118

SECTION II.—His Acts from the Meeting of the Synod at Aquileia till the Death

of Gratian

129

SECTION III.-His Acts from the Death of Gratian till the end of the Contest

between him and Symmachus

137

SECTION IV. His Acts from his Contest with Symmachus till his Second

Embassy

162

SECTION V.-His Acts from his Second Embassy till the Death of Valentinian - 176

SECTION VI.-His Acts from the Death of Valentinian till his own Death - 192

The Life of St. Epiphanius, Bishop of Salamis in Cyprus

205

The Life of St. Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople.

SECTION I.—His Acts from his Birth till his being made Bishop of Constan-

tinople

- 237

SECTION II. His Acts from his being made Bishop till the Trial of Antoninus,

Bishop of Ephesus

- 257

SECTION III.-His Acts from the Trial of Antoninus till the Combination made

against him by Antiochus and others

- 270

SECTION IV.-His Acts from the Combination of Antiochus, Severian, &c. till his

being deposed by Theophilus

- 278