Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume IV/Prolegomena/Literature/History of the Period

&#167;4. . (a) Conflict of the Church with Heathenism. On the later persecutions, ''Les Chr&#233;tiens dans l&#8217;Emp. romain'', Paris, 1881, id. &#8216;L&#8217;&#233;glise et l&#8217;&#233;tat,&#8217; ib. 1886, Der Kampf des Christentums, &amp;c. (4th ed.), 1886, ''Gesch. Roms von Valerian bis Dioklet., 1876,, Licinianische Christenverfolgung'', 1875. On Diocletian,, ''Persec. of Diocl''., 1876, Monographs by, 1857, , 1869. On the general subject of the decline of paganism, Untergang des Hellenismus, 1854, Merivale&#8217;s Boyle Lectures, 1864&#8211;5,, Destruction du Paganisme, 1850,  ''Gesch. des Untergangs des G.-R. Heidentums, 1887 (not praised),, Gentile and Jew'' (E. Tr.), 1862. On the revival of paganism under Julian, , Julian 1879, Bp. J. in D.C.B., vol. iii., lives of Julian by , 1813,, 1877, , 1879, , 1877, , der Romantiker, u.s.w., 1847, Julian&#8217;s works, ed. , 1875, and , 1880. Monographs by, 1855, , 1862, , 1862, , 1864; University Life in Ancient Athens, 1877,, Leben des Libanius, 1868.

(b) The Christian Empire. , Uebertritt Konstantins, 1862,, ''Konst. der G.'', 1880, chapters on the subject should be carefully read. ''Legisl. of Constantine,, L&#8217;&#233;glise et L&#8217;emp. romain, iii.,, Weltgesch''. iv. pp. 1&#8211;100 (important), 1884,, ''Gesch. der r&#246;m. Kaiserzeit'' (ii), 1887. See also the full bibliography in vol. 1 of this series, p. 445&#8211;465.

(c) General History of the Church. It is unnecessary to enumerate the well-known general histories, all of which devote special pains to Athanasius and the Arian controversy. This is especially the case with , Nicene Christ. ii. 616&#8211;678, 884&#8211;893, with full bibliography. See also supra &#167;3. Notes on the Canons (Oxf. 1882), and, vol. 2 (E. Tra.), are most useful: also , Council of Nic&#230;a (Works, vol. v. ed. 1888). Card. Kirchengeschichte (allowing for the natural bias of the writer) is fair and able, with good bibliographical references in the notes (ed. 1884). By far the best modern historical monograph on the Arian period is that of, Studies of Arianism, 1882, constantly referred to in this volume, and indispensable. His Arian Controversy, 1889, is an abridgement, but with supplementary discussions of importance on one or two points; very useful bibliography prefixed to both. (Cf. also below, Chap. v. &#167;1) Geschichte der Arianischen H&#228;resie (1st vol., 1874, 2nd, 1883) is pretentious and uncritical.