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Side Track episode 8 Eusebius of Caesarea

Welcome back to the History of the Papacy podcast. I am, as always, Steve, your host for this podcast about the history of the popes of Rome.

This is an installment of our sidetrack episodes, where we take a closer look at some fascinating characters, events, and anything else that's

interesting, but doesn't quite fit directly into the story of the popes of Rome we explore in the

main episodes.

All right, it's about time we talk directly about Eusebius of Caesarea.

We're not talking about Eusebius of Nicomedia, Eusebius of Mesa, Eusebius of

Verseli, or even Eusebius of Rome here. As we've seen, Eusebius was a common name during the early

Christian church, which is Greek for devout or pious. We are going to take a short look at the life and

works of Eusebius of Caesarea because Eusebius has really been important for our story so far,

and he will be central to our story going forward. Why do you say Eusebius has been so important in our story so far.

Well, for one, Eusebius is one of our only contemporary Christian sources

for the events of Constantine's ascension to the Imperial Purple

and his conversion to Christianity.

It probably isn't too much to say Eusebius was a big fan of Constantine. They knew each other for a long time and Constantine took Eusebius in as one of

his closest advisors during certain critical events in church history, including at the Council of Nicaea.

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