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Christianity: Faith, Scripture and Tradition

The Church History of Rufinus of Aquileia, Books 10 and 11

by Philip R. Amidon · Philip R. Amidon (trans.)

An English translation of Rufinus's continuation of Eusebius's Church History, written around 402. It contains the most detailed eyewitness-era account of the destruction of the Serapeum of Alexandria, including the breaking of the cult statue of Serapis.

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