The Bible

Legend for Cells

B1. Study or obey God’s Word as an authority

B11. Veil on many when read Moses/OT 2 Cor 3:14

W = Wrote explicitly on this teaching

B2. Old Testament is our authority Mk12:24-25;Ac 3:22

B12. We can understand scripture

I = Implied this is true or opposite is false

B3. The Old Test. prophesied about Jesus Lk 24:44

B13. Acknowledge Bible text variants/copyist errors

N = Implied since accepted Nicene Creed

B4. Jesus superseded some Old Testament laws

B14. We are to believe scripture

M = Mixed: some agree, others would not

B5. New Testament is our authority     2 Pet 3:15-16

B25. Unbelievers don't understand OT/scripture

P = partial ex: Irenaeus: Gnostics wrong to say Savior not killed since impassible

B6. Some parts of the Bible are allegorical Ezek 17:1

B16. Dual meaning of some prophecies

B7. Old Test. has types of Christ. Rom 5.14; 1 Cor 10:4

B17. Don't twist/corrupt meaning of scripture.2Pet3:16

- = no reference found (so far)

B8. Melchizedek was type of Christ Gn14:18;Hb7:1-17

B18. The Law was excellent or good. Rom 7:12-13,16

X = Disagree

B9. Joshua was a type of Christ

B19. Scripture is called the word of God Psalm 33:4,6

blank = not researched yet

B10. The prophets were until John. Mt 11:13; Lk 16:16

B20. Scripture is holy/sacred Isa 20:22; Rom 1:2; Rev3:7

Writer totals include W’s & I’s but not P’s

Christian writer, heretic, or Bible manuscript

Pages

Date A.D.

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Council of Nicea I vs. Arians (c.318 bishops)

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May-Jun 325

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Persian king Shapur II persecutes Christians

315,325-381

Persian Christians double-taxed after Constantine became a Christian. Violent persecution after 325. In Mesopotamia alone 1,150 Christians killed.

Persian Shapur II attacks Christian Lakhmid Arabs

325

In retaliation for prior raids into Persia, 60,000 soldiers kill everyone in al-Hera.

Private Creed of Arius (for Constantine to restore him)

0.1

328

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Juvencus’ poem: The Four Books of the Gospels

31

329

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Eustathius of Antioch (against Origen)

< 1/4

323-337

Eusebius of Caesarea (leader at Nicea)

c.404

318-339/340

W

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W

W

W

W

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I

Marcellus of Ancyra (Trinity not forever)

c.336 & 340

Synod of Antioch in Encaeniis (97 bishops)

3 ½

summer 341

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Asterius the Sophist (Arian)

-c.341

Mild Arian Creed of Antioch

1

c.341/344

Council of Sardica (Greek) (church discipline)

5

343/344

Aphrahat/Aphraates, Select Demonstrations

67 ¼

337-345

The Macrostich Creed (very detailed)

2

344/345

Firmicus Maternus On the Error of Profane Religions. God rewards persecuting pagans.

26

346/348

A Poem on the Passion of the Lord

1

315-350

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pseudo-Clement Two Epistles on Virginity 1 & 2

5¾ + 5

3rd century

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Mandaean writings (said Jesus a false prophet)

3.5

>350?

Vaticanus (B) Most OT, all NT to Heb 9:15, no 1, 2 Tim, Tt, Phm, Rev. (6,979 verses) Every other NT verse except: Mt 12:47; 16:2b-3; 17:21; 18:11; 23:14; Mk 7:16; 9:44,46; 11:26; 15:28; 16:9-20; Lk 17:36; 22:43-44; Jn 5:4; 7:53-8:11; Acts 8:37; 15:34; 24:6; 28:29; Rom 16:24; 1 Pet 5:3

325-350

Sinaiticus (Aleph) ½ of OT. Every NT verse except:

Mt 12:47; 16:2b-3; 17:21; 18:11; 23:14; 24:35; Mk 1:33; 7:16; 9:44,46; 10:36; 11:26; 15:28; 16:9-20; Lk 10:32; 17:36; Jn 5:4; 7:53-8:11; 16:15; 19:20; 20:5b-6; 21:25; Acts 8:37; 15:34; 24:7; 28:29; Rom 16:24 (Aleph) Almost all of NT ½ of OT

340-350

p25 Mt 18:32-34; 19:1-3,5-7,9f (8.5 verses)

350

p62 Mt 11:25-30 (6 verses)

350

p86 Mt 5; p88 Mk 2; p89 Heb 6

350

p120 Jn 1; p123 1 Cor 14-15

350

p126 Heb 13:12-13:19-20

350

p8, p10, p71 (29, 6, 4 verses)

4th century

058, 0169, 0185, 0188, 0242

4th century

Vercelli (Latin a) Mt 1:1-25:1; 25:13-end; Mk 1:1-21;1:35-15:14; Lk 1:1-11:11; 11:27-12:36; 13:1-end

4th century

Amon of Adrianople (martyr)

4th century

Apostolic Canons

4th century

Cyrillones, Syriac poet Six Hymns

4th century

Hegemonius of Sirmium Acts of Archelaus (Disputation with Manes)

58.75

4th century. 262-278

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Philo of Carpasia, Cyprus

0.5

4th century

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Mani & Manichaean writings (Augustine left this) Manes/Mani's father was an Elchasaite.

5+17+

c.278-c.500

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X

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W

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Faustus of Milevis/Milevum (Manichaean)

4th century

1st Council of Sirmium (Greek creed)

1 ½

351

Julius I of Rome. Said Marcellus was Trinitarian

9

339-352

Ammonas (Origenist, a founder of monasticism)

340-348/353

Theodore of Heraclea

c.330-355

Council of Arminum, Nicene/Arian compromise

Athanasius against all councils after Nicea

½

355

4h Council of Sirmium

357

Father neither the same nor similar substance as the Son, but greater than the Son

Synod of Seleucia in Isauria (160 bishops)

0.2

357/358

Eusebius of Emesa

c.359

King Ezana of Aksum becomes a Christian

c.325-360

King of Ethiopia, Sudan, and parts of Egypt and Yemen

Sacramentary of Serapion of Thmuis (supporter of Athanasius, anti-Origenist)

c.333/360

Potamius of Lisbon, Portugal

c.350-360

Jews forbidden to set foot in Jerusalem

325-361

Constantine forbids Jews to be in Jerusalem. Julian later rescinds this decree.

Arian Roman Emperor Constantius

337-353-361

Orthodox bishops were banished, and Athanasius had to go into hiding.

Arian Creed of Nica in Thrace

½

356-361

Life of Antony (probably by Athanasius)

26.5

356-362

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Arian Candidus’ Two Letters to Marius

c.4

359-362

Marius’s Reply to Candidus (partial)

c.8

359-362

Nemesius of Emesa, Phoenicia

late 4th cent.

Julian the Apostate again makes paganism the official Roman religion

361-363

Roman emperor Julian tries to restore paganism until he dies in battle against the Persians. Valentinian becomes emperor in the west, Arian Valens in the east.

Christians killed in Alexandria and Gaza

361-363

Emperor Julian shows some toleration, yet permits persecution of Christians.

Arian Acacius of Caesarea (liked Eusebius of Caesarea, against Cyril of Jerusalem)

366

Hilary of Poitiers (taught Martin of Tours)

226.5

355-367/368

W

Theodore of Tabennesi

died 368

Synopsis Scripturae Sacrae

350-370

Cheltenham Canon (=Mommsen Catalogue)

0.25

ca.360-370

Arian Roman Valens kills Christians in east

370

Valens is finally killed in battle by the Goths, who had converted to Arianism.

Messalians (Adelphius & Alexander the Sleepless)

370-1231

Nothing matters except prayer, which became their idol. Condemned at Ephesus.

Eusebius of Vercelli (persecuted by Arians)

c.345-370/371

Athanasius of Alexandria (partial)

412

325-373

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Optatus of Milevis (converted by Augustine)

72.25

364-375

Athanaric persecutes Orthodox Visigoths

369-376

After converting to Arianism, Athanaric persecuted Orthodox Christians.

Titus of Bostra. Dead purified after death (like purgatory). wrote 4 books against Manichees

before 378

Ephraim/Ephrem, Syrian hymn-writer (partial)

161.25

350-378

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Felix II replaces banished Roman bishop Liberius

354-365

Liberius banished by Constantius II for refusing to condemn Athanasius.

Fighting: Damasus I vs. Ursinus as Roman bishop

366-378

Emperor sends in troops to stop the fighting. 137 of Ursinus' followers killed.

Macedonius, Pneumatomachian patriarch of Constantinople

342-379

Expelled and tortured Novatianist and Orthodox Christians in Greece and the Balkans. Dug up the corpse of Constantine I.

Macrina, younger sister of Basil/Greg. Nyssa

c.327-379

Basil of Cappadocia (Origenist) (partial)

326

357-378/379

Synod of Antioch under Gregory Nyssa

378/379

Against both those who worshipped Mary and those who denied the perpetual virginity of Mary, mother of God

Zeno of Verona (90 sermons)

362-380

Sapor II persecutes Christians in Persia

380

Heliodorus, Dosa, Ia, and 8K-9K others killed

Apostolic Constitutions

c.380

Orsiesius/Orsisius of Tabenna

c.380

Faustinus of Rome, Luciferian, On the Trinity

ca.380

Synod of Laodicea (in Phrygia) (undisputed)

4.5

343-381

Council of Gangra -vs. Eustastius of Sabaste

1 1/3

345-381

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Meletius of Antioch (taught Diodore)

381

1st Council of Constantinople -150 bishops

3.75

381-382

Council of Rome under Damasus I

382

Eunomius of Cyzicus (extreme Arian)

c.8

360-c.383

Bachiarius Libellis de Fide

ca.383

Ambrosiaster Questions on the Old and New Testaments (Latin)

157.8

c.384

Filastrius/Philastrius of Brescia Catalog of Heresies

c.387

Jacob of Nisibis

305-385

Gregory of Elvira, Spain

359-385

Macedonian and Priscillian heresies

c.383, 385

Macedonians denied H.S. a being. Priscillian denied Jesus God. killed 385 A.D.

Priscillian, denied the Trinity

385

Cyril of Jerusalem (cross over Jerusalem)

142

c.349-386

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Damasus I of Rome against Arian Nica Creed

2

c.386-389/384

Vision of Paul (Augustine said forged)

15.25

c.388

Christians burn down Valentinian Gnostic chapel

388

At the Byzantine outpost of Callinicum in Iraq

Ambrose of Milan (Against Arianism)

446.25

370-390

Tyconius of Africa On the Apocalypse (Donatist)

370-380/390

Tyconius of Africa The Book of Rules

370-380/390

A bishop burns down a Jewish synagogue

379-390

Emperor Theodosius order the bishop to rebuild it. Ambrose of Milan cautions him.

Apollinaris the Younger of Laodicea (former friend of Basil, later denied Jesus had a soul)

died 390

Marcian

390

Gregory of Nazianzen (leader at Constant.)

275

330-391

Christians burn all pagan temples in Alexandria

391

With emperor’s blessing patriarch Theophilus destroys all pagan temples and images

Pacian of Barcelona (against Novatianists)

c.19

342-379/392

W

Fortunatus

392

Phoebadius of Agen (wrote against Arians)

after 392

Diodore (taught Chrysostom & Theodore)

c.360-390/394

Council of Constantinople, under Nectarius

1

394

Macedonians (=Pneumatomachians) deny the Holy Spirit is a distinct being.

342-395

Emperor Theodosius I persecutes Jews, Arians, & Macedonians (=Pneumatomachians)

379-395

Allowed the burning of synagogues. Jews could no longer serve in official positions.

Gregory of Nyssa (Origenist)

495

c.356-397

Philastrius of Brescia (disputed with heretics)

381-397

Ninian takes the gospel to the Picts

397

Didymus the blind (Origenist, against Pneumatomachians)

398

Luciferian schism (Lucifer of Cagliari,Sardinia)

361-c.399,370

Orthodox beliefs except wouldn’t accept back repentant Arian/semi-Arian clergy

Evagrius Ponticus (Origenist monk)

c.381-399

Siricius (first to be called Pope in Rome)

c.384-399

Epitaph of Pectorius

0.125

100-400

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Syriac Book of Steps (Liber Graduum)

c.189

320/350-400

Syriac Doctrine of Addai

400

An estimated 10 million Christians

by 400 A.D.

According to the Ante-Nicene Fathers vol.4 p.126

1st Council of Toledo, Spain

400

p85 Rev 9-10, p82 Lk 7

400

p19 Mt 10-11

400

p21 Mt 12:24-26,32f (8 verses)

4/5th century

p50 Acts 8,10; p51 Gal 1 (13, 15 verses)

400

p117 2 Cor 7; p122 Jn 21

400