Pre-Nicene Teaching on Doctrine Odds and Ends – Mar. 2016 version
ODDS AND ENDS ON THE BIBLE AND GOD
ODDS AND END ON OTHER DOCTRINES
Legend for Cells
W = Wrote explicitly on this teaching
Ota9. Solomon a writer of Proverbs Pr 1:1; Pr 10 header
*i11. Jesus descended from David Mt 1:6,16; Lk 2
I = Implied as true, or opposite is false
B22. Luke wrote Acts *i12. Jesus is the son of man Jn 9:35-37
N = Implied since accepted Nicene Creed
B23. Veil on many when reading Moses/OT 2 Cor 3:14
B24. We should tremble at God’s Word Isa 66:2
U45. Devil/demons tempt people 1 Pet 5:8-9
m = Mixed: some agree, others did not
G21. God is Spirit Jn 4:24a
S12. We need to have faith Mk 11:22; Heb 11:6
P = partial, i.e. U15. People are tempted
G22. Calling God Abba, Father Gal 4:6
W22. Jesus at Cana / turning water to wine
but does not say by demons
G23. God or Jesus before birth was incorporeal.Jn1:14
- = no reference found
X = Disagree
G24. God is our refuge Dt 32:27; 2 Sam 22:3,31; Ps 62:8
U22. Church/believers are Christ’s bride.Eph5:22G25. God is a consuming fire Dt 4:24; Dt 9:3; Heb 12:29
U23. Enmity between serpent & Eve’s seed
blank = not researched yet
H23. People can grieve the Holy Spirit Eph 4:30
U27. Some have more severe judgment. Mt10:15
Writer totals include W’s & I’s but not P’s
Rows: blue=Bible manuscript, khaki=spurious, green=heresy, orange=schism, pink=strange writer, red=Christians persecuted, brown=Christians persecuting
Pages Date A.D.
Christian writer, heretic, or Bible manuscript
B2 B2 B2 B2 G2 G2 G2 G2 G2 H1 i11 i12
P1 S1 W2
U22 U23 U2
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 3
8 1 2
7
Nero and Domitian persecute Christians
50 & 95/96
est. 500K Christians. labeled atheists; killed for refusing to worship emperor/idols
Clement of Rome (wrote 1 Clement)
16 ¼ 97/98
- - - W - - - W - - - - W 2
Papias of Hierapolis, disciple of John
95-110
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“Presbyters” (Papias?)
95-117
- - - - - - - - - - - - - 13 c.100-117
Ignatius disciple of John (shortest version)
- - - - - - - - - - - - W Trajan persecutes Christians
107-117
Answered Pliny the Younger’s letter. Christians not hunted but killed if found
Didache (=Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)
4 ¾ before 125
- - - - - - - - - - - P W Apology of Aristides (Greek version)
4
125or138-161 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1/8 126
Quadratus of Athens fragment (apologist)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - Letter to Diognetus (=Mathetes to Diognetus)
5 ¼ c.130
- - - - - - - - - - - - W Hadrian persecutes Christians
118 & 134
Hadrian loved Greek culture, and he persecuted both Jewish & Christian people.
Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
29 70-135
- - - - - - - - - - - - - Bar Cochba persecutes Christians
135
Christians persecuted in Israel because they would not join Bar Cochba’s revolt.
Letter of Barnabas
12 ½ 100-150
- - - P - - - - - - - - W
p52, p104, p87 have 5, 5, & 4 verses (Jn, Mt, Philemon) -138,100-150 - - - - - - - - - - - - - I
p46 Chester Beatty II - (70%) Paul, Heb (1,680 verses) 100-150
- - W - - - - - - W - - W p98 Revelation 1:13-2:1 (9 verses)
150?
- - - - - - - - - - - W
2 Clement (anonymous writer)
5 ¾ c.150
- - - - - - - - - - - - W Polycarp to the Philippians
3 ½ 100-155
- - - - - - - - - - - - W 62 -150
Apostolic fathers totals: all symbols except P
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 7
0
0 0
137 c138-165
W - - - - - - W W - - W
W W W Justin Martyr, philosopher and apologist
Shepherd of Hermas
46 ½ c.160
W W - - - - - - - - - W W Evarestus’ Martyrdom of Polycarp
5
c.169
- - - - - - - - - - - - - Marcion of Pontus, pupil of Cerdo/Cerdon. Apelles &
before 170Gnostics believed Creator was evil/foolish, rejected O.T., mixed in paganism.
Prepon from Marcion.
Menander then Satorninos/Saturnilus (ascetic Gnostics) c.150-4th cen. Cerdo & Menander from Simon in Acts. Encratite gnostics came from Saturnilus.
1/3 170
Dionysius of Corinth (wrote against Marcion)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - Tatian's Diatessaron
86 died 172
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Tatian+his Diatessaron. Encratite Gnostic later
18 died 172
- - - - W - - - - - - - - -
2.5
Basilides & his pupil Isidorus, changed from
Menander 's teaching
20
Sethians/Borborites (libertine Gnostics)
6
Hermetic Gnostics (no mention of Christ)
23+12
Valentinians including Heracleon, Colorbasus,
Marcus, & Ptolemy
37
Other gnostics: Cainites, Carpocrates, Docetics,
Peretae, Cerinthus, Dositheus, Monoimus,
Hermogenes, Marcillinians, Melchisedecians,
Nicolaus, Ophites, Secundus/Epiphanes
p66 Bodmer II Papyri - 92% of John (817 verses)
p4, p64, & p67 Lk 1:58-59,etc. Mt 26:7-8,etc.(95 verses)
p90 Jn 18:36-19:7 (11 verses)
Persecution of Marcus Aurelius
6½
Christians of Vienna and Lugdunum (Lyons)
33 ½
Athenagoras (apologist)
½
Claudius Apollinaris of Hierapolis
11
Melito/Meleto of Sardis (Quartodecimian)
2½
Hegesippus (chronicler, against Gnostics)
½
Rhodon (against Marcion and Apelles)
1/8
Theophilus of Caesarea
Theophilus of Antioch (to Autolycus)
32
Ebionite Clementine Homilies (OT Law, Father, 123 ½
Son)
Ebionite Letter of Peter to James
2
Ebionite Letter of Clement to James
4½
Ebionite Protoevangelium of James
6
Early Christians warning about Ebionites
262
Irenaeus of Lyons, disciple of Polycarp
Gospel of Peter (Serapion finally against this)
2
5
Maximus of Jerusalem (wrote on origin of evil)
½
Polycrates of Ephesus (Quartodecimian)
Non-Nag Hamadi Apocalypse of Peter (Greek)
p32 (=P. Rylands 5) Titus 1:1-15; 2:3-8 (21 verses)
p77 Mt 23:30-39 (10 verses)
p23 James 1:10-12, 15-18 (7 verses)
0189 Acts 5:3-21 (earliest N.T. parchment) (19 verses)
Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs -died 180 A.D.
Caius and the Muratorian Canon
Sabellian heresy (Praxeas, Noetus)
Zephyrinus & Callistus of Rome
Persecution of Septimus Severus
Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas
Acts of Paul and Thecla (Tertullian said faked
¾
3
7
6
c.150-4th cen.
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-
-
?-4th century
?-4th century
c.150-4th cen.
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I
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c.150-4th
century
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c.125-175
c.150-175
c.175
162/166-180
177
177
160-177/180
170-177/180
170-180
180
180
168-181/188
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- - - - - - - - - - - P - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Aurelius was a Stoic philosopher. Persecution mainly in Gaul ended when he died
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- I
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-188- - - - - - - - - - - - - -188- - - - - - - - - - - - - -225- - - - - - - - - - - - - 182-325
W W - W - W - - - - I W W W
W W W
182-188
180-190
185-196
- - - - - - - - - - - - - 196
- - - - - - - - - - - - - 100-200
150-200
- - - - - - - - - - - - - 200
- - - - - - - - - - - - - ca.200
- - - - - - - - - - - - - late 2nd/early - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3rd
180-202
- - - - - - - - - - - - - 190-217
- W - - - - - - - - - - W c.200-257Patripassians believed Father, Son, & Spirit were one person.
199-222
God came upon the human man Jesus. Callistus excommunicated Sabellius.
202
est. 2M Christians. A Christian helped him when ill, but did not repeal existing laws
c.201/205
- - - - - - - - - - - - W before 207
- - - - - - - W - - - - - -
by a presbyter)
Romans kill first known martyrs in Britain
1/3
Serapion of Antioch (against Marcion)
Minucius Felix (The Octavius)
25
1
Apollonius of Ephesus (against Montanists)
424
Clement of Alexandria
p75 Lk 3:18-22; etc. Jn 1:1-11:45,etc. (1,166 verses)
p45 Chester Beatty I, Four gospels + Acts (833 verses)
Green Collection #425 Rom 9:18-21 some Rom 10
p29 Acts 26:7-8,20 (3 verses), p30 1 Th 4:12-13,16-17,
5:3,8-10,12-18,25-28; 2 Th 1:1-2; 2:1,9-11 (25 verses)
734
Tertullian (joined the Montanist Church)
Tertullian’s 5 Books Against Marcion
194
Ebionite Recognitions of Clement
134
Bardaisan/Bardesan of Syria (heretical). Against 11 ½
Marcion & Valentinus.
2¾
Asterius Urbanus (against Montanists)
2¼
Elchasaite Ebionites (said Jesus God’s Son)
Justin the Gnostic's Book of Baruch
2.5
Naaseni Gnostics & The Gospel of Thomas
3+6
218
Hippolytus, pupil of Irenaeus (undisputed)
Maximim persecutes Christians
Narrative of Zosimus
4½
7¾
Theodotus the probable Montanist
Instructions of Commodianus
16
9
Julius Africanus (undisputed writings)
7/8
Heraclas of Alexandria, 1st to be called a pope
"Revised Valentinian" Tripartite Tractate
11
p13 Heb 2:14-5:5;10:8-22;10:29-11:13;etc. 114 verses
p5 Jn 1:23-31,33-40; 16:14-30;20:11-17,19-20,22-25
Martyrdom of the Holy Martyrs
1½
p1 Mt 1:1-9,12,14-20 (17 verses)
p22 Jn 25-16:2; 16:21-32 (17 verses)
p80 Jn 3:34 (1 verse) p95 Jn 5:26-29,36-38 (7 verses)
Acts of Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca
12 ½
¾
Alexander of Cappadocia (Clem. A’.s pupil)
742
Origen (heterodox teacher)
Severe persecution by Decius and Gallus
38 ½
Novatian (his schism lasted over 200 years)
Anonymous Treatise Against Novatian
6½
Anonymous Treatise on Rebaptism
11
250 ¾
Cyprian of Carthage (against Novatian)
1+4 ¾
Roman church leaders (ltr 2,29,30)
Lucian et al. (letters 16, 21)
7/8
209
191/200-210
210
c.210
193-217/220
175-225
200-225
early 3rd
ca.225
Alban, Julius, and Aaron were formerly thought killed in 304/5 A.D.
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W W - - - - - - - - W P W W
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198-220
207/8
211-231
154-224/232
W
-
c.232
before 236
188-236
188-236
222-235/6
235-238
before 240
ca.240
c.240
232-245
232-249
200-250
225-250
early 3rd
before 250
250
c.250
3rd century
mid 3rd cent?
233-251
225-254
250-251 - 253
250/254-257
254-256
c.250-258
c.246-258
250-251
250-251
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W P
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First empire-wide persecution, but only of clergy. It stopped when he was killed.
W - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - W - - - W - - - - - - - W - - - - W - - - - - - - - - - - - - Siricius c.384-399 was the 1st Roman bishop to be called a pope.
I
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1st Christian schism. Can fallen Christians return, or doomed forever –Novatian
W
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3/8
Caldonius to Cyprian (letter 18)
1¼
Celerinus to Lucian (letter 20)
2½
Moyses, et al. to Cyprian (letter 25)
2½
Cornelius to Cyprian (letters 45,47)
¼
Maximus, et al. to Cyprian (ltr 49)
7¼
Firmilian of Caesarea to Cyprian (74)
¾
Nemesianus, et al. to Cyprian (77)
½
Lucius and the brethren to Cyprian (78)
¼
Felix & the rest of the martyrs to Cyprian (79)
7¼
Seventh Council of Carthage (85 bishops)
Pontius’ The Life and Passion of Cyprian
7½
Valerian persecutes Christians
½
Theognostus of Alexandria (Origenist)
28 ½
Gregory Thaumaturgus (undisputed works)
39 ½
Dionysius of Alexandria (Origenist)
Dionysius of Rome (Against the Sabellians)
1
Malchion (Against Paul of Samosata)
2½
Aurelian Persecution
Paul of Samosata, deposed bishop of Antioch
p37, p49/65, p53 34, 29/19, 23 verses (Mt, Acts, Paul)
½
Pierius of Alexandria (fragment)
Archelaus Disputation with Manes
58 ¾
Mani & Manichaean writings (Augustine left this) 5+17+
Manes/Mani's father was an Elchasaite.
7½
Anatolius of Alexandria (mathematician)
p106 Jn 1:29-35,40-46 (14 verses), p107, p108, p109,
p111, p113, p114 (3+7+6+5+3+6 verses)
p9 1 Jn 4:11-12,14-17, p35, p69, p101 (6,8,9,18 verses)
p20 Jms2:19-3:9, p27/p40 Rom1:24- (17, 30, 29 verses)
p47 (= Chester Beatty III) 31% of Rev. Rev 9:10- etc.
p115 Rev 2:1-3,13-15,27-29; 3:10-12; etc. (119 verses)
p28 Jn6:8-12,17-22 (11 verses), p110 Mt10:13-15,25-27
p70 Mt 2:13-16;2:22-3:1;11:26-27;12:4-5;24:3-6,12-15
p15/p16 1 Cor 7:18-8:4; Php 3:10-17; 4:2-8 (42 verses)
p17 Hebrews 9:12-19 (8 verses)
Theonas of Alexandria (Letter to Lucianus)
3
p12 Heb 1:1 (1 verse)
King Tiridates III of Armenia
p18 Rev 1:4-7 (4 verses)
p78 Jude 4-5,7-8
p24 Rev 5:5-8; 6:5-8 (8 verses)
p38+0162+0220+0232 13+12+6+9 verses
p39 John 8:14-22 (8 verses)
0171 Mt 10:17-23,25-32; Lk 22:44-50,52-56,61,63-64
250-251
250-251
250
c.246-256
c.246-256
256
254-257
254-257
254-257
258
After 258
257-260
260
240-265
246-265
259-269
270
270
260-272
225-275,c.260
275
262-278
c.278-c.500
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At first tolerant, Aurelian died soon after he decided to persecute Christians.
Adoptionist Monarchian, said the Logos entered into Jesus at baptism.
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270-280
3rd century
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3rd century
3rd century
c.250-300
mid-to-late 3rd
late 3rd cent.
late 3rd cent.
late 3rd cent.
late 3rd cent.
282-300
285-300
>287-300
300
300
ca.300
ca.300
3rd,3/4th cent.
ca.300
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p72 (=Bodmer 7,8) All of 1,2 Peter, Jude 191 verses
p92 Eph 1:11-13,19-21; 2 Th 1:4-5,11-12 (10 verses)
Adamantius’ Dialog on the True Faith in God
c.63
c.2
Marcionite Megethius disputing Adamantius
c.2
Marcionite Marcus disputing Adamantius
c.2
Bardasene Marinus disputing Adamantius
c.2
Valentinian Doserius disputing Adamantius
Sinaitic Old Syriac (Syr S) Mt 1:1-6:10, 7:3-12:4, 12:625, 12:29-16:15, 18:11-20:24, 21:20-25:15, 25:17-20,
25-26, 25:32-28:7, Mk 1:12-44, 2:21-4:17, 5:1-26, 6:516:8, Lk 1:36-5:28, 6:12-24:52, Jn 1:25-47, 2:16-4:37,
5:6-25, 5:46-18:31, 19:40-end
Alexander of Lycopolis Of the Manichaeans
12
Arnobius Against the Heathen (undisputed)
126 ½
18 ½
Victorinus of Petau, Austria -commentator
Most severe persecution by Diocletian
c.1
Council of Elvira (21 undisputed canons)
2½
Phileas of Thmuis/Tmai, Egyptian Delta
2¾
Pamphilus disciple of Pierius (Origenist)
¼
Creed of Lucian of Antioch
8½
Peter of Alexandria (undisputed)
Donatus Magnus (Donatists) in North Africa
79 ½
Methodius (corrected Origen’s followers)
3 1/3
Council of Ancyra (about 12 bishops)
1 1/3
Council of Neocaesarea (Basil and others)
Theophilus’ Martyrdom of Habib the Deacon
5½
Athanasius Against the Heathen & Incarnation
56
Licinius tyrannizes Christians in east Rom. Empire
Acts of Thomas (early form)
4
305½
Lactantius, tutor of Constantine’s son, Crispus
11
Alexander of Alexandria-Origenist, undisputed
Arian heresy spreads, starting in Alexandria
Constantine makes Christianity the official religion
of the Roman Empire
Ebionite heretic totals, all symbols except P's
All other heretic totals, all symbols except P's
Christian writer totals: all symbols except P’s
Council of Nicea I vs. Arians (c.318 bishops)
In Persia, Shapur II persecutes Christians
Juvencus (wrote a commentary: The Gospels)
Eusebius of Caesarea (leader at Nicea)
Synod of Antioch in Encaeniis (97 bishops)
Mild Arian Creed of Antioch
Council of Sardica (Greek) (church discipline)
272.25
286.5
4362
3
ca.300
ca.300
c.300
c.300
c.300
c.300
c.300
3/4th century
301
297-303
martyred 304
284, 303-305
306/307
beheaded 307
martyred 309
c.300-311
306,285-311
311-411-533
c.260-312
314
c.315
events c.315
318
315-323
pre-Nicene
c.303-320/325
313-326
c.318-523
Fall-Winter
324
up to 325
up to 325
up to 325
May-Jun 325
315-323
329
c.404 318-339/340
3 ½ 341
1
c.341/344
5
343/344
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Persecution caused by politics, due to Christian support of his foe, Constantine.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - W - - - - - W W - - - - W - - - - - - W - - - W - W Arians believed that Jesus was God, but not the same substance as the Father.
Non-violently closed pagan temples so subjects would attend churches instead.
Except that he executed the priests at Apollo's temple in Dydima in Asia Minor
because they had told Diocletian to persecute Christians.
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Aphrahat the Syrian, Select Demonstrations
67 ¼
2
The Macrostich Creed
A Poem on the Passion of the Lord
1
3.5
Mandaean writings (said Christ a false prophet)
Vaticanus (B) Most OT, all NT toHeb9:15.6979 verses
Sinaiticus (Aleph) Almost all of NT ½ of OT
p25 Mt 18:32-34; 19:1-3,5-7,9f (8.5 verses)
p62 Mt 11:25-30 (6 verses)
p8, p10, p71 have 29, 7, 4 verses
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First Council of Sirmium (Greek creed)
Ammonas (a founder of monasticism)
Theodore of Heraclea
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Council of Arminium, Nicene/Arian compromise
1/5
Synod of Seleucia in Isauria
Eusebius of Emesa
Arian Roman Emperor Constantius
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Arian Creed of Nica in Thrace
Life of Antony (possibly by Athanasius)
26.5
c.4
Arian Candidus’ Two Letters to Marius
c.8
Marius’s Reply to Candidus (partial)
Christians killed in Alexandria and Gaza
226.5
Hilary of Poitiers (taught Martin of Tours)
Arian Roman Valens kills C’s in east
Eusebius of Vercelli
424
Athanasius of Alexandria (partial)
Marcellus of Ancyra (Mt, etc.)
Optatus of Milevis (converted by Augustine)
Athanaric persecutes Orthodox Visigoths
Titus of Bostra
161.25
Ephraim/Ephrem, Syrian hymn-writer (partial)
326
Basil of Cappadocia (Origenist) (partial)
Zeno of Verona (Jn, etc.)
Sapor II persecutes Christians in Persia
Apostolic Constitutions
Orsiesius
Meletius of Antioch
4.5
Synod of Laodicea (in Phrygia) (undisputed)
1 1/3
Council of Gangra (vs. Eustastius of Sabaste)
3.75
First Council of Constantinople -150 bishops
c.8
Eunomius of Cyzicus (extreme Arian)
Bachiaris Libellis de Fide
Ambrosiaster
Macedonian and Priscillian heresies
154
Cyril of Jerusalem (at Council of Constant.)
337-345
344/345
315-350
>350
325-350
340-350
350
350
4th century
351
340-348/53
355
355
357/358
c.359
337-353-361
356-361
359-362
359-362
359-362
361-363
355-367/368
370
died 370/371
325-373
c.374
364-375
369-376
before 378
350-378
357-378/379
362-380
380
c.380
c.380
381
343-381
345-381
381-382
360-c.383
ca.383
c.384
c.383, 385
c.349-386
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Philastrius of Brescia
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Damasus I of Rome -against Nica Creed
Christians burn down Valentinian Gnostic chapel
446.25
Ambrose of Milan (partial, Against Arianism)
Tyconius
275
Gregory of Nazianzen (leader at Constant.)
c.23
Pacian of Barcelona
Fortunatus
Phoebadius
Diodore
1
Council of Constantinople, under Nectarius
495
Gregory of Nyssa (Origenist)
Didymus the Blind (Origenist)
Luciferian Schism -Lucifer of Cagliari,Sardinia
p28, p21, p50, p57, p51 have 11, 8, 13, 7, & 15 verses
Syriac Book of Steps (Liber Graduum)
c.189
Hyperechius (Mt, etc.)
Macarius/Symeon (Mt, etc.)
Timothy of Alexandria
Maximinus
Maximus of Turin
Petilianus
Epiphanius of Salamis (wrote on 80 heresies)
Flavian of Antioch
Prudentius of Tarraconensis, Spain (poet)
88
Rufinus, translator and historian
Gaudentius of Brescia
~3000
John Chrysostom (partial)
Chromatius
150+
Severian of Gabala (Chrysostom's adversary)
Asterius of Amasea
Nestorian Synod of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Violent persecution of and by Donatist sects
Theophilus of Alexandria
c.1 1/3
Niceta of Remesianus
c.20
Orosius/Hosius of Braga (against Priscillian)
Letter from Paula & Eustochium to Jerome
39
Council of Carthage (218 bishops)
Mazdeans persecute Christians in Persia
116 ½
Sulpicius/Sulpitius Severus (pupil of Martin)
~500
Jerome (pupil of Gregory Nazianzen) (partial)
Palladius’ Lausiac History (short recension)
Nestorian Synod of Markabta of Tayyaye
Sozomen’s Ecclesiastical History
89
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c.386-389/384
388
370-390
390
330-391
342-379/392
392
After 392
Before 394
394
c.356-397
398
361-c.399
4/5th century
350-400
4/5th century
4/5th century
4/5th century
4/5th century
4/5th century
4/5th century
360-403
404
before 405
374-406
After 406
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407
398-408
c.410
410
411
412
366-c.415
414-418
before 419
393-419
419
363-420
373-420
419-420
424
370/380-425
At the Byzantine outpost of Callinicum in Iraq
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Augustine protested the harshness of Emperor Honorius’ persecution.
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Theodore of Mopsuestia (Pelagian)
~4500
Augustine of Hippo (pupil of Ambrose)
Synesius of Ptolemais (Cyrene)
422 ½
John Cassian (father of Semi-Pelagianism)
Nilus
Marcus Eremita
Paulinus of Nola
20
Council of Ephesus vs. Nestorians (200 bish.)
1¾
Celestine of Rome to the Council of Ephesus
Philostorgius, extreme Arian historian
Vincent of Lerins A Commonitory
26
Isidore of Pelusium
Socrates of Constantin. Ecclesiastical History
178
Cyril of Alexandria
Proclus
Flavian of Constantinople
Persians fight Armenians and Georgians
Alexandrinus (Mt 25:7-Rev with gaps in Jn,Rm,2Cor)
Curetonian Old Syriac (Mt, etc.)
Julianus Pomerius
Oecumenius of Isauria
Nestorius’ Bazaar of Heracleides
c.128
18
Council of Chalcedon vs. Monophysites
Quodvultdeus
Julian of Eclanum, Italy (Pelagian)
318
Theodoret of Cyrus (bishop & historian)
Many Christians killed in Persia, Armenia
Isaac of Antioch (Monoph. or Orthodox?)
Arnobius the Younger of Gaul
15
Patrick of Ireland (English missionary to Irish)
204
Pope Leo I of Rome (turned back Attila)
c.12
Prosper of Aquitaine (foe of Cassian) -partial
Sharahb’il Yakuf kills Ethiopian Christians
Varimadum
Salvian
1
What has been called the Athanasian Creed
Vigilius
Arians persecute Christians in Algeria
Victor of Vita
Gennadius/Jerome Lives of Illustrious Men
41
Ephraemi Rescriptus
Faustus of Riez
Andreas Caesariensis (historian)
Philoxenian Syriac
392-423/429
388-8/28/430
397-430
419-430
c.430
after 430
431
Jun-Sep 431
431-432
325-433
c.434
c.435
c.400-439
444
446
449
449
c.450
5th century
5th century
5th century
451/452
451
453
c.454
423-458
420-460
451-460
c.460
420-461
440-461
426-465
c.472
445/480
c.406-c.480
447/484
after 484
484
after 489
480-495
400-500
490/500
c.500
507/508
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Arian Visigoth Hunneric persecutes Orthodox Christians in Tipasa, Algeria
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Ruricus/Ruricius I of Limoges
Roman pope excommunicates Acacius/east churches
Ennodus
Arians persecute Christians in north Africa
Dhu Nuwas (=Yusuf As'ar) kills C'sin Yemen
Barsanuphius of Palestine
Boethius
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
Council of Orange
Boniface II Letter to Caesarius of Arles
Fulgentius of Ruspe, North Africa
Severus of Antioch
Benedict of Nursia Rule of St. Benedict
Caesarius of Arles, pupil of Julianus
Julian of Halicarnassus starts the Phantasiastes sect
Apringius
Primasius
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Council of Constantinople II (c.153 present)
condemns Nestorius, Origen & admirers
2
Vigilius’ letter to Constantinople II Council
Cyril of Scythopolis
M. Aurelius Cassiodorus
Victor of Tunis
Gildas
Facundus
Byzantines persecute Egyptian Copts
Martin of Braga, Spain
c.24
Cassiodorus Commentary on Psalms
Monoph. John of Ephesus (tortured pagans)
Columba of Iona, Scotland (poetry in Latin)
Leander of Seville, Spain
c.13
Gregory of Rome, Doctor of the Church (partial) 239 ½
Venantius’ Poem on Easter
1½
Isidore of Seville, scholar Etymologiae
John of Damascus
Medieval Christians:Cat,Orth,Waldenses,Copt
Muslim Qur’an or Sunni hadiths (5 collections)
Ulrich Zwingli, Swiss Reformer
Martin Luther, or Conservative Lutherans
John Calvin
John Wesley (Arminian)
Charles Finney (Arminian revivalist)
Mormonism (Latter Day Saints)
513-515
ca.485-510
484-518
ca.473-521
499-523
523-524
c.525
-ca.524/526
c.485-c.528
529
530-532
507-532/533
538
ca.480-540
469/470-542
527-549
after 551
after 552
May 553
Visigoth Thrasimund persecutes Orthodox in Carthage & N. Africa until he died.
Converted Jewish king persecutes Christians, since Byzantines persecute Jews
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c.570
after 571
527-568, 572 Copts are Monophysites; teaching Jesus’ humanity & divinity are only one nature.
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c.580
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ca.597
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590-605
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Liberal Protestant, Episcopalian
Rev. Moons’ Divine Principle (Unification Church)
Conservative Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox
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19th century
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