On the so called "Political Theology" of Eusebius of Caesarea
*In Roman historyas well as in the historyof the earlychurch, the relation between Constantine the Great and Eusebius of Caesarea has always been a subject of much dispute, and in this context not onlythe politician emperor has been painted black, which is rather normal (people think that politicians are always to be blamed) but also the bishop scholar has been called "publicist of Constantine" or "court theologian" and so forth. The reason for these denigratorytitles is clear: it is a fairlycommon assumption that in his works Eusebius published, not simplya panegy ric of the emperor, but rather an ideological propaganda which some scholars tend to call "political theology " But did Eusebius reallypropagate any"political theology" The purpose of this paper is to deal with this problem.