However, Constantine later recalled him to serve as bishop at the court in Constantinople, and it was Eusebius who baptized Constantine on his deathbed.Īnother Christian historian, Salamanes Hermias Sozomenos (400-450 CE) claimed that Constantine let Eusebius get away with his view because of his services at the imperial court. Nevertheless, he refused to sign it and (along with Arius) was sent into exile.

It remains debatable how much influence Eusebius had on the various details of the creed. The result was the Nicene Creed, which articulated the claim that God and Christ were identical in essence and that Christ was a manifestation of God on earth. The challenge for the council was to articulate the way in which the oneness of God was also found in his transcendence (through the power of the Spirit) and his incarnate nature (taking on flesh in the Son). Arius was brought in chains, and Eusebius defended him. In 325 CE, Constantine called for an empire-wide council in the city of Nicaea to resolve the matter. When Arius arrived, Eusebius was sympathetic, as Origen had also taught a concept that Christ was subordinate to God. A famous teacher in the city was Origen (180-254 CE), who wrote many treatises and commentaries on the New Testament, and Eusebius collected more than 30,00 manuscripts, which positioned Caesarea Maritima as a center of study. Either because of its importance in trade or because of the traditions of an early Christian community, Caesarea Maritima became an important center for various schools of Christianity, known as catechism schools. In the Acts of the Apostles, Luke claimed that it was here that Peter baptized the household of Cornelius the centurion, and where Philip the deacon opened his house to Paul in his missions among the Gentiles (non-Jews).

It was an important commercial center during the late Roman Republic and served as the capital of the province of Judea. 75-4 BCE) renovated the city of Caesarea and constructed a harbor around 20 BCE. Originally known as Strabo’s Tower, Herod the Great (c.

It was Eusebius who baptized Constantine on his deathbed.

The History of the Church by Eusebius