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Eusebius of Caesarea

A Christian writer and historian who lived in the first half of the fourth century. He is noted for his book The Life of Constantine which he wrote following personal interviews with the first Christian Roman Emperor, Constantine the Great. He is also known for his final book of Ecclesiastical History which accounts the church from its early days to his own time. His book Panegyric to Constantine sings rapturous praises for Constantine as an earthly image of the divine monarchy that exists halfway between heaven and earth.

Evangelical

A focus on the authority of the four Gospels with emphasis on salvation by faith in the atoning death of Jesus Christ through personal conversion, and the spreading of this message throughout the world, according to the Great Commission of Jesus Christ.

Evolution

See Theistic Evolutionism.

Exorcism

The act of expelling an evil spirit through the invoking of the name and authority of Jesus Christ and his command to leave the possessed body.

Exorcist

A strong and faithful Christian who commands evil spirits to leave the body of the possessed. 2) The second rank of four minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church.