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The Church Fathers · c. 337–339
The Life of Constantine
Vita Constantini
Eusebius of Caesarea · c. 260–339
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What it is
A frankly admiring portrait of the first Christian emperor, including the vision of the cross before the Milvian Bridge and the documents of his religious policy quoted in full.
Why it lasted
The founding text of Christian political theology in the East, and the reason later Byzantine emperors were understood as bishops of those outside the church.
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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