Today
I am going to present 3 answers of three questions. I will
elucidiate the answers from the chapter no.1 LIFE from the book “
the
life of constantine,”By
Eusebius
and it is the Oration
of eusebius in praise of
Constantine
from a
revised translation with prolegomena and notes, by
Ernest
cushing richardson, phd..
i
will elaborate these answers to my perception of analyse but in the
terms of eusebius writings and I hope that you will love it, And I
HAVE TAKEN CHAPTER 1 FROM THIS BOOK,PAGE 672 TO 684
first
question generalise that is there any chronology is being used in
this chapter or not?
So
my answer is that yes , chronology is being used in this chapter,but
ina different manner it not a in a term of timeline but in the terms
of detailed writing. let me elaborate this answer with some examples
.
In
chapter 1 Life of constantine is discussed and this discussion has
really a good manuality such as he firstly categorize the the life
Constantine periodically .
CHAPTER
1. —LIFE
1.
Early years
2.
The first five years of reign
3.
Situation in 311
4.
Second five years
5.
Third five years
6.
Fourth five years
7.
Fifth five years
8.
Sixth five years
9.
Last years
And
when we go through the chapter no 1 so we see that how categorically
and chronologically he described each and every event briefly ,in
early years he told about the starting years of Constantine and his
childhood and then about his military education and then in 2nd
heading first five years of reign are discussed that how he expanded
his empire and what are the policies which he took then categorically
his second ,3,4,5,6 years of reign are being discussed and at last
his last years of life are discussed and about his death and in all
these headings Constantine life is discussed periodically which tell
us that his life is full of wars. And this chapter’s heading and
writing persuade me to accept that all is written about Constantine
is written chronologically but in detailed terms with the references
of different books.
2nd
question is that is that is eusebius discussingabout pagan relgion
and if yes then is he praising pagon relgion more than any
relgion.????
about
pagons.eusebius' apologetic work as directed to educated pagans or
newly converted gentiles.And in his reign period eusebius told us
that wherever he conquered he tried to expand that area with
Christianity and Constantine had very strong relations with
ecclesiastical society and he let them to preach and propagate the
Christianity and he built churches there. so all this tell us that
Christianity has more significance in his life than any other
religion . Nevertheless, one of the more interesting aspects of how
Christian appropriation of the Old Testament tradition needed to be
justified in the context of polemical debate with pagans because
pagans often chided Christians for deviating from the Jewish
tradition whose Scriptures they continued to use. that Eusebius
refers to Porphyry positively and negatively throughout the work as
the most prominent representative of pagan religious and
philosophical opinion in his day. So answer is that he took pagan
religion as a root and convert this root in plant as a Christianity
and started to give more importance to Christianity.
At
last central idea remains.
So
central idea is that his total life period was full of wars and he
took a moral help or support from the ecclesiastical society which
lead him to get more interest in chiristianity and his character was
also discussed but thoroughly that he was a man of rules , he didn’t
break the rules of life and whoever break that rules he stood agaoins
him/her .whether he or she is relative to hin or not and as far as
the writing style of eusebius is concerned so it reflects an
optimistic view of the history of the life of constantine according
to which Christ's message won immediate and widespread acceptance, so
that attempts to suppress Christianity were mere aberrations and were
doomed to failure
.he
was brave man and a man of commitment .
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