Read the _Ecclesiastical History_ of Theodoret.[90] Of all the
writers mentioned his style is best suited for history. It is
generally clear, dignified, and free from redundancies, although he
sometimes employs metaphors that are too bold, almost insipid. He
gives a fuller account of the proceedings of the second council[91]
than other historians, who merely bestow a cursory notice upon them,
as if they were unwilling to say much about it. However, even he does
not give all the details. He begins his _History_ with the heresy
of Arius and goes down to the reign of Theodosius the Younger, and
the death of Theodore,[92] at the time when Sisinnius was bishop of
Constantinople.