Apologist Par Excellence

This chapter considers the work of Eusebius of Caesarea, who is best known as the early Church’s historian, as the author of the Life of Constantine, and supposedly for being on the “Arian” side in the debate before the Council of Nicaea (325). It is less known that Eusebius devoted much of his adult life and senior years to producing apologetic works which constituted a central pillar in the treasury of his writings. In sheer volume, apologetic material surpasses all the rest of his works combined. Eusebius employs several different literary styles in his apologetic writing. In the midst of it all he never strays far from the notion that the Gospel is an invitation to all people of all nationalities and in all stations of life.