Ecclesiastical history

Title(s):
  • Ecclesiastical history
  • Ἐκκλησιαστικὴ ἱστορία
    (Ekklēsiastikē historia, Ecclesiastical history)
Period covered:
At least 305-325
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Ecclesiastical history
  • Form (translation)
Remarks:
A series of Greek fragments refers to Rufinus as a source for passages that cannot derive from his history. It seems possible that a Greek compilation of Rufinus circulated, which included additional material drawn from Eusebius and Socrates. In that case, Rufinus Graecus may be identical with Gelasius of Caesarea (Van Nuffelen 2002; Wallraff 2018, who seems mistakenly to understand that Van Nuffelen proposes not to identify both)
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • P. Van Nuffelen (2002) ' Gélase de Césrée: Un compilateur du cinquième siècle'. Byzantinische Zeitschrift 95: 621-640.
Bibliography:
  • M. Wallraff, N. Marinidis, J. Stutz (2017) Gelasius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical history: The extant fragments (Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte, NF 25). Berlin.
  • M. Wallraff (2018) 'Gélase de Césarée: Un historien ecclésiastique du IVe siècle'. Revue des sciences religieuses 84: 499-519.