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The Church Fathers · c. 439
Ecclesiastical History
Socrates Scholasticus · c. 380–c. 439
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What it is
A continuation of Eusebius from Constantine to 439 by a Constantinopolitan lawyer, unusually willing to quote documents and to criticise bishops.
Why it lasted
The most balanced of the fifth-century church historians, and a principal source for the Arian century.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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