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By Aryeh Kofsky
Facing the topic of apologetics and polemics opposed to the pagans in Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 260-340), this quantity discusses his reaction to the political, cultural and non secular crusade introduced opposed to Christianity in his time.
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1 1 1 4 ) ־. ter b o t h e r e d Christian c o m m e n t a t o r s long afterwards, to the and This mat- extent t h a t s o m e c l a i m e d t h a t t h e m a n n a m e d C a i p h a s in t h e epistle was n o t r e a l l y P e t e r b u t s o m e o n e else. J e r o m e o p p o s e d s u c h v i e w s ( C o m - 111 F. 25. J e r o m e also mentions "the stupid Porphyry" (stultus Porphyrins) (Epistle 130, 14). Epistle 109, 3). See Harnack, Against the Christians, p. 55. m e n t a r y o n G a l a t i a n s 1,2; F .