Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Acts 8:1

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 1, page 104, footnote 17 (Image)

Eusebius: Church History from A.D. 1-324, Life of Constantine the Great, Oration in Praise of Constantine

The Church History of Eusebius. (HTML)

Book II (HTML)

The Course pursued by the Apostles after the Ascension of Christ. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 252 (In-Text, Margin)

8. These things have been drawn from ancient accounts; but let us now turn again to the divine Scripture. When the first and greatest persecution was instigated by the Jews against the church of Jerusalem in connection with the martyrdom of Stephen, and when all the disciples, except the Twelve, were scattered throughout Judea and Samaria,[Acts 8:1] some, as the divine Scripture says, went as far as Phœnicia and Cyprus and Antioch, but could not yet venture to impart the word of faith to the nations, and therefore preached it to the Jews alone.