The Church History of Rufinus of Aquileia Books 10 and 11 [Hardcover]

Amidon offers the first English translation of Books 10 and 11 of Rufinus'Church History. Books 1-9 comprise a Latin translation of Eusebius' history. Books 10 and 11 are Rufinus' own continuation, covering the period 325-395. As the first Latin church history, this work exerted great influence over the subsequent scholarship of the Western Church.

The translation is excellent--accurate, of course, but more: graceful, and rather colloquial. The translator has managed to avoid the stilted quality of many translations of works from this period....The notes to the translation are also excellent--very informative on historical and doctrinal matters. --Elizabeth Clark,Duke University