Christian critics of Julian the Apostate.The arguments of Socrates Scholasticus against pagan Julian

Various Christians wrote against the Emperor Julian (known as the Apostate) because of his rejection of Christianity. Socrates Scholasticus wrote against pagan Julian in his book 'Church History'. In this video we discuss the criticism of Julian's pagan beliefs as well as his funeral eulogy written by the pagan Libanius by the Church historian Socrates Scholasticus.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Socrates Scholasticus
02:18 Socrates on the pagan Libanius writing Julian's funeral oration
Arguments of Socrates against the Emperor Julian
03:21 Argument 1 That Libanius overpraises Julian
06:05 Argument 2 That Libanius is prone to changing his opinion
07:22 Argument 3 That Julian and Porphyry scoff at Christianity rather than giving sound arguments
08:38 Argument 4 That Pagans criticize their own great thinkers
10:55 Argument 5. The faults Gregory of Nazianzus finds against Julian
11:36 Argument 6 That Julian was unfit to be emperor
13:31 Argument 7 That Julian is trying to fool ignorant Christians
14:51 Argument 8 That Julian showed contempt for the Bible
16:00 Argument 9 That Julian turned away from Christianity for the wrong reasons
17:14 Argument 10. That Pagans also made men into gods
21:!8 Summing up

Julian the apostate, the last Roman Pagan Emperor had a short reign of less than two years but he made a big splash and is arguably the most well known Emperor of the late Roman period. But various Christian theologians, chroniclers and thinkers would be highly critical of him and his championing of paganism after his death. So this video is part of a series on what his critics wrote about him. And in this video I’m going to look at how the late 4th/early 5th century Christian historian Socrates Scholasticus saw the Emperor and discuss his criticisms of Julians actions and works. .


Julian and St Martin
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Image of Libanius
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Socrates Scholasticus page
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Statue of Constantius II
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Porphyry
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