Eusebius of Caesarea

Demonstratio Evangelica (The Proof of the Gospel)

Name: Demonstratio Evangelica (The Proof of the Gospel)
Author: Eusebius of Caesarea

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4th c. · Treatises & Other · English translation, 2026

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Book 1
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Object and Contents of the Work
Chapter 2. The Character of the Christian Religion
Chapter 3. That the System of Moses Was Not Suitable for All Nations
Chapter 4. Why it is We Reject the Jews' Way of Life, Though We Accept Their…
Chapter 5. The Character of the New Covenant of Christ
Chapter 6. The Nature of the Life According to the New Covenant Proclaimed to…
Chapter 7. How Christ, Having First Fulfilled the Law of Moses, Became the…
Chapter 8. That the Christian Life is of Two Distinct Characters
Chapter 9. Why a Numerous Offspring is Not as Great a Concern to Us as it Was…
Chapter 10
Book 2
Introduction (xii)
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Book 3
Introduction (xvi)
Chapter 1. That the Prophets Made Mention of the Gospel of the Christ
Chapter 2. That the Hebrew Prophets Prophesied of Christ
Chapter 3. Addressed to Those That Suppose That the Christ of God Was a Deceiver
Chapter 4. Of the Diviner Works of Christ
Chapter 5. Against Those That Disbelieve the Account of Our Saviour's Miracles…
Chapter 6. Against Those Who Think That the Christ of God Was a Sorcerer
Chapter 7. Oracles About Christ
Book 4
Chapter 1 (xxiv)
Chapter 2. That We Hold That the Son of God Was Before the Whole Creation
Chapter 3. That We Rightly Teach That There Are Not Many Sons of the Supreme…
Chapter 4. That the Only-begotten Son of God Must Be Considered Necessarily…
Chapter 5. That We Hold That There Are Numberless Divine Created Powers but One…
Chapter 6. That From the First Constitution of the Universe the Christ of God…
Chapter 7. That to the Hebrews Alone of Old Was the Knowledge of the True God…
Chapter 8. That the Other Nations, Assigned to Certain Angels, Worshipped Only…
Chapter 9. Of the Hostile Power Opposed to God, and of its Ruler, and How the…
Chapter 10. That the Only-begotten Son of God Made His Entry Among Mankind of…
Chapter 11
Chapter 12. That the Laws of Loving-kindness Called Him Even to Them That Had…
Chapter 13. That Even When He Was Made Man, He Remained in the Nature That…
Chapter 14. That Renewing Humanity He Afforded to Us All the Hope of Eternal…
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17. That the Name of Jesus Was Also Honoured Among the Ancient Friends…
Book 5
Introduction (xli)
Chapter 1. That the Most Wise Solomon in the Proverbs Knew of a Firstborn Power…
Chapter 2 (xliii)
Chapter 3 (xliv)
Chapter 4. That Isaiah Also the Greatest of the Prophets Dearly Knew Him to Be…
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10 (li)
Chapter 11. That Jacob Also Beholds the Before-named as Both God and Lord, and…
Chapter 12. Thai Again in the Story of Jacob the Story Supposes a Secondary God
Chapter 13
Chapter 14. That God the Word Appeared in the Form of a Cloud to Moses and All…
Chapter 15. That it Was Not an Angel, Who Gave Answers to Moses, but Some One…
Chapter 16 (lvii)
Chapter 17. That This Lord Again Who Gave Answers to Moses, Knowing Another…
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26. The Same, and Concerning the Call of the Gentiles
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29. That the God of the Universe Names Christ the Sun of Righteousness
Chapter 30
Book 6
Introduction (lxxii)
Chapter 1 (lxxiii)
Chapter 2 (lxxiv)
Chapter 3 (lxxv)
Chapter 4
Chapter 5 (lxxvii)
Chapter 6 (lxxviii)
Chapter 7 (lxxix)
Chapter 8 (lxxx)
Chapter 9 (lxxxi)
Chapter 10 (lxxxii)
Chapter 11 (lxxxiii)
Chapter 12
Chapter 13 (lxxxv)
Chapter 14
Chapter 15 (lxxxvii)
Chapter 16 (lxxxviii)
Chapter 17
Chapter 18 (xc)
Chapter 19 (xci)
Chapter 20 (xcii)
Chapter 21 (xciii)
Chapter 22 (xciv)
Chapter 23 (xcv)
Chapter 24 (xcvi)
Chapter 25 (xcvii)
Book 7
Introduction (xcviii)
Chapter 1 (xcix)
Chapter 2 (c)
Chapter 3 (ci)
Book 8
Introduction (cii)
Chapter 1. Of the Time of His Appearance Among Men. How at the Time Which the…
Chapter 2 (civ)
Chapter 3 (cv)
Chapter 4 (cvi)
Chapter 5 (cvii)
Book 9
Introduction (cviii)
Chapter 1. Of the Things That Happened at the Incarnation, and of the Star That…
Chapter 2 (cx)
Chapter 3 (cxi)
Chapter 4 (cxii)
Chapter 5 (cxiii)
Chapter 6 (cxiv)
Chapter 7 (cxv)
Chapter 8 (cxvi)
Chapter 9 (cxvii)
Chapter 10 (cxviii)
Chapter 11 (cxix)
Chapter 12 (cxx)
Chapter 13 (cxxi)
Chapter 11 (cxxii)
Chapter 15 (cxxiii)
Chapter 16 (cxxiv)
Chapter 17 (cxxv)
Chapter 18 (cxxvi)
Book 10
Introduction (cxxvii)
Chapter 1 (cxxviii)
Chapter 2 (cxxix)
Chapter 3 (cxxx)
Chapter 4 (cxxxi)
Chapter 5 (cxxxii)
Chapter 6 (cxxxiii)
Chapter 7 (cxxxiv)
Chapter 8 (cxxxv)

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