Earliest
Historical Reference
Amidon states:
“The learned and fervently Eunomian layman
Philostorgius, born in
Cappadocia around 368, heartily detested such historiography as may be imagined [Council of Nicaea's Nicene Creed supporters like Rufinus who translated and extended/massaged Eusebius of Caesarea writings into
Latin to show support for
Nicene Christianity]. The remnants of his writing show a lively intellectual curiosity encouraged
by his sectarian creed, whose
God is not the hidden deity of Gnosticism
but one whose very substance can be known by human reason directed aright.”ArcImaging - The Search For Noah's Ark