The Narrative Sources of Philostorgius' "Church History" (Hist. eccl. I) in Photius' Abridgment
This article is devoted to the problem of the narrative sources used in Philostorgius' “Church History”. The Greek historian of the Fifth Century had cited not only the texts of the Holy Scriptures and works of church historians, but also writings of panegyrists and pagan authors of the Late Antiquity. A lot of various sources was used and quoted in his history, his approaches to sources materials in his narration are diverse and sometimes unexpected, so that we can consider Philostorgius as an extraordinary church historian of his time.