Read the _Ecclesiastical History_ of Evagrius[86] Scholasticus, an
ex-praefect, born at Epiphania in Coele-Syria, in six books. The
work begins where those of Socrates and Theodoret end, and goes down
to the twelfth year of the reign of the emperor Maurice.[87] The
style is not without charm, although somewhat diffuse; in matters of
doctrine he is certainly more trustworthy than other historians. The
work also contains some passages about images.