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were combined with Socrates in a sixth-century compilation, which has obscured their differences until recently, when their individual portrayals of the series of Christian emperors were distinguished one from another and contrasted by Hartmut Leppin,
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in his political struggle against Cyril. Socrates unequivocally condemns the actions of the mob, declaring, "Surely nothing can be farther from the spirit of Christianity than the allowance of massacres, fights, and transactions of that sort."
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Socrates' account is in many respects well-balanced. He is careful not to use hyperbolic titles when referring to prominent personalities in the church and the government and he even criticizes Eusebius for his excessive praises to Emperor
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to the writer's time. Ecclesiastical dissensions occupy the foreground, for when the Church is at peace, there is nothing for the church historian to relate (7.48.7). In the preface to Book 5, Socrates defends dealing with
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1443 (Paris, 1544); a translation into Latin by Johannes Christophorson (1612) is important for its variant readings. The fundamental early modern edition, however, was produced by
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A Selected Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. ii, eds. Henry Wace and Philip Schaff, (New York: Christian, 1887-1900), p. x-xi
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The traditional epithet "Socrates Scholasticus" is not well-founded in any early tradition, according to his most recent editor, Theresa Urbainczyk,
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The history covers the years 305 to 439, and experts believe it was finished in 439 or soon thereafter, and certainly during the lifetime of Emperor
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Socrates asserts that he owed the impulse to write his work to a certain Theodorus, who is alluded to in the
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It is not proved that Socrates of Constantinople later profited from the teachings of the
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has been published in four bilingual (Greek/Latin and French) volumes by
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Greek Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Graeca with analytical indexes
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and with political events in addition to writing about the church.
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Socrates' teachers, noted in his prefaces, were the grammarians
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In later years, he traveled and visited, among other places,
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Socrates of Constantinople: Historian of Church and State
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Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher
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language what the Church experienced from the days of
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City and School in Late Antique Athens and Alexandria
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Socrates is often assumed to have been a follower of
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Christianity and the Roman Empire: Background Texts
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