A NEW AND LITERAL TRANSLATION FROM THE ORIGINAL LATIN,
WITH COPIOUS ADDITIONAL NOTES, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED,

BY

JAMES MURDOCK, D.D.

REVISED, AND SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ADDED,

BY

JAMES SEATON REID, D.D.

PROFESSOR OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

LONDON:

SIMMS AND MINTYRE,

18, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND DONEGALL STREET,

BELFAST.

1848.

works or translations, which illustrated the topics discussed in the text or the accompanying notes. I was induced to keep in view the wants of this class of readers from the conviction that this work of Mosheim had long furnished, and I have no doubt will continue to furnish, a larger number of English readers than is generally supposed, with all the knowledge they possess of the history of the church. I thought it right, therefore, to render this new edition, adapted as it is from its cheapness for general use, as profitable as possible to those who may not be conversant with ancient or modern languages. At the same time, I hope the learned reader, and especially the professional student, will derive from the notes I have supplied, some further assistance in their study of this branch of history, in addition to what the erudite translator had already so abundantly furnished in his many valuable notes, both original and selected.

I cannot take leave of this work without expressing my regret that more time had not been allowed me for preparing for and perfecting this edition. The greatest care however has been taken, both by the publishers and myself, to render all the quotations and references as faithful and correct as possible; and this new edition is now offered to the public in the confident hope that, though capable of further improvement, it will be found more complete and valuable than any other which has yet appeared.

J. S. R.

GLASGOW COLLEGE, October, 1818.

CONTENTS.

BOOK I.

FROM THE BIRTH OF CHRIST TO CONSTANTINE THE GREAT.

CENTURY FIRST.