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How he honored Many by Presents and Promotions.
iv.vi.iv.i
Remission of a Fourth Part of the Taxes.iv.vi.iv.ii
Equalization of the More Oppressive Taxes.iv.vi.iv.iii
His Liberality, from His Private Resources, to the Losers in Suits of a Pecuniary Nature.iv.vi.iv.iv
Conquest of the Scythians defeated through the Sign of Our Saviour.iv.vi.iv.v
Conquest of the Sarmatians, consequent on the Rebellion of their Slaves.iv.vi.iv.vi
Ambassadors from Different Barbarous Nations receive Presents from the Emperor.iv.vi.iv.vii
That he wrote also to the King of Persia, who had sent him an Embassy, on Behalf of the Christians in his Realm.iv.vi.iv.viii
Letter of Constantine Augustus to Sapor, King of the Persians, containing a truly Pious Confession of God and Christ.iv.vi.iv.ix
The Writer denounces Idols, and glorifies God.iv.vi.iv.x
Against the Tyrants and Persecutors; and on the Captivity of Valerian.iv.vi.iv.xi
He declares that, having witnessed the Fall of the Persecutors, he now rejoices at the Peace enjoyed by the Christians.iv.vi.iv.xii
He bespeaks his Affectionate Interest for the Christians in his Country.iv.vi.iv.xiii
How the Zealous Prayers of Constantine procured Peace to the Christians.iv.vi.iv.xiv
He causes himself to be represented on his Coins, and in his Portraits, in the Attitude of Prayer.iv.vi.iv.xv
He forbids by Law the Placing his Likeness in Idol Temples.iv.vi.iv.xvi
Of his Prayers in the Palace, and his Reading the Holy Scriptures.iv.vi.iv.xvii
He enjoins the General Observance of the Lord's Day, and the Day of Preparation.iv.vi.iv.xviii
That he directed even his Pagan Soldiers to pray on the Lord's Day.iv.vi.iv.xix
The Form of Prayer given by Constantine to his Soldiers.iv.vi.iv.xx
He orders the Sign of the Saviour's Cross to be engraven on his Soldiers' Shields.iv.vi.iv.xxi
Of his Zeal in Prayer, and the Honor he paid to the Feast of Easter.iv.vi.iv.xxii
How he forbade Idolatrous Worship, but honored Martyrs and the Church Festivals.iv.vi.iv.xxiii
That he described himself to be a Bishop, in Charge of Affairs External to the Church.iv.vi.iv.xxiv
Prohibition of Sacrifices, of Mystic Rites, Combats of Gladiators, also the Licentious Worship of the Nile.iv.vi.iv.xxv
Amendment of the Law in Force respecting Childless Persons, and of the Law of Wills.iv.vi.iv.xxvi
Among Other Enactments, he decrees that no Christian shall slave to a Jew, and affirms the Validity of the Decisions of Councils.iv.vi.iv.xxvii
His Gifts to the Churches, and Bounties to Virgins and to the Poor.iv.vi.iv.xxviii
Of Constantine's Discourses and Declamations.iv.vi.iv.xxix
That he marked out before a Covetous Man the Measure of a Grave, and so put him to Shame.iv.vi.iv.xxx
That he was derided because of his Excessive Clemency.iv.vi.iv.xxxi
Of Constantine's Oration which he wrote to the Assembly of the Saints.iv.vi.iv.xxxii
How he listened standing to Eusebius' Declamation in Honor of our Saviour's Sepulchre.iv.vi.iv.xxxiii
That he wrote to Eusebius respecting Easter, and respecting Copies of the Holy Scriptures.iv.vi.iv.xxxiv
Constantine's Letter to Eusebius, in praise of his Discourse concerning Easter.iv.vi.iv.xxxv
Constantine's Letter to Eusebius on the Preparation of Copies of the Holy Scriptures.iv.vi.iv.xxxvi
How the Copies were provided.iv.vi.iv.xxxvii
How the Market-Town of Gaza was made a City for its Profession of Christianity, and received the Name of Constantia.iv.vi.iv.xxxviii
That a Place in Phœnicia also was made a City, and in Other Cities Idolatry was abolished, and Churches built.iv.vi.iv.xxxix
That having conferred the Dignity of Cæsars on his Three Sons at the Three Decennial Periods of his Reign, he dedicated the Church at Jerusalem.iv.vi.iv.xl
That in the meantime he ordered a Council to be convened at Tyre, because of Controversies raised in Egypt.iv.vi.iv.xli
Constantine's Letter to the Council at Tyre.iv.vi.iv.xlii
Bishops from all the Provinces attended the Dedication of the Church at Jerusalem.iv.vi.iv.xliii
Of their Reception by the Notary Marianus; the Distribution of Money to the Poor; and Offerings to the Church.iv.vi.iv.xliv
Various Discourses by the Assembled Bishops; also by Eusebius, the Writer of this History.iv.vi.iv.xlv
That Eusebius afterwards delivered his Description of the Church of the Saviour, and a Tricennial Oration before Constantine himself.iv.vi.iv.xlvi
That the Council at Nicæa was held in the Twentieth, the Dedication of the Church at Jerusalem in the Thirtieth, Year of Constantine's Reign.iv.vi.iv.xlvii
That Constantine was displeased with one who praised him excessively.iv.vi.iv.xlviii
Marriage of his Son Constantius Cæsar.iv.vi.iv.xlix
Embassy and Presents from the Indians.iv.vi.iv.l
That Constantine divided the Empire between his Three Sons, whom he had instructed in Politics and Religion.iv.vi.iv.li
That after they had reached Man's Estate he was their Guide in Piety.iv.vi.iv.lii
Having reigned about Thirty-Two Years, and lived above Sixty, he still had a Sound Body.iv.vi.iv.liii
Of those who abused His Extreme Benevolence for Avarice and Hypocrisy.iv.vi.iv.liv
Constantine employed himself in Composition of Various Kinds to the Close of his Life.iv.vi.iv.lv
How he took Bishops with him on an Expedition against the Persians, and took with him a Tent in the Form of a Church.iv.vi.iv.lvi
How he received an Embassy from the Persians and kept the Night Vigil with others at the Feast of Easter.iv.vi.iv.lvii
Concerning the Building of a Church in Honor of the Apostles at Constantinople.iv.vi.iv.lviii
Farther Description of the same Church.iv.vi.iv.lix
He also erected his own Sepulchral Monument in this Church.iv.vi.iv.lx
His Sickness at Helenopolis, and Prayers respecting his Baptism.iv.vi.iv.lxi
Constantine's Appeal to the Bishops, requesting them to confer upon him the Rite of Baptism.iv.vi.iv.lxii
How after his Baptism he rendered Thanks to God.iv.vi.iv.lxiii
Constantine's Death at Noon on the Feast of Pentecost.iv.vi.iv.lxiv
Lamentations of the Soldiery and their Officers.iv.vi.iv.lxv
Removal of the Body from Nicomedia to the Palace at Constantinople.iv.vi.iv.lxvi
He received the same Honors from the Counts and other Officers as before his Death.iv.vi.iv.lxvii
Resolution of the Army to confer thence-forward the Title of Augustus on his Sons.iv.vi.iv.lxviii
Mourning for Constantine at Rome; and the Honor paid him there through Paintings after his Death.iv.vi.iv.lxix
His Burial by his Son Constantius at Constantinople.iv.vi.iv.lxx
Sacred Service in the Church of the Apostles on the Occasion of Constantine's Funeral.iv.vi.iv.lxxi
Of the Phœnix.iv.vi.iv.lxxii
How Constantine is represented on Coins in the Act of ascending to Heaven.iv.vi.iv.lxxiii
The God whom he had honored deservedly honored him in Return.iv.vi.iv.lxxiv
He surpassed all Preceding Emperors in Devotion to God.iv.vi.iv.lxxv