Nicea to Ephesus Teaching on ... Grid – July 2022 version
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Rows: blue=Bible manuscript, white=Christian writer, khaki=spurious, green=heresy, orange=schism, pink=strange writer, yellow=foreign missions, red=Christians persecuted, purple=Roman Catholics persecuting, brown=Christians persecuting
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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. |
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Persian Shapur II attacks Christian Lakhmid Arabs |
325 |
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private creed of Arius for Constantine to restore him |
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Juvencus’ poem: The Four Books of the Gospels |
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Gregory the Illuminator |
301-c.331 |
Brought Christianity to Armenia. Baptized his former persecutor Tiridates III |
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Eustathius of Berrhoea, then Antioch (against Origen & Eusebius of Nicomedia) |
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324-337 |
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Eusebius of Caesarea (leader at Nicea) |
c.404 |
318-339/340 |
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Marcellus of Ancyra (Trinity not forever) (only Letter to Julius preserved) |
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c.336 & 340 |
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St. Nino/Nuneh of Cappadocia |
320-338/340 |
A nun who fled the violent persecution of Armenia, converted Queen Nana and Ming Mirian III of Iberia/Georgia. The gospel spread all across Georgia. |
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Synod of Antioch in Encaeniis (97 bishops) |
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summer 341 |
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Asterius the Sophist (Arian) |
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Mild Arian Creed of Antioch |
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c.341/344 |
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Council of Sardica (Greek) (church discipline) |
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343/344 |
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Aphrahat/Aphraates, Select Demonstrations (believed in soul sleep) |
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337-345 |
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The Macrostich Creed (very detailed) |
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344/345 |
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Firmicus Maternus On the Error of Profane Religions. God rewards persecuting pagans. |
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346/348 |
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A Poem on the Passion of the Lord |
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315-350 |
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Mandaean writings (said Jesus a false prophet) |
3.5 |
>350? |
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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 |
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Sinaiticus (Aleph) half 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 |
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p25 Mt 18:32-34; 19:1-3,5-7,9f (8.5 verses) |
350 |
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p62 Mt 11:25-30 (6 verses) |
350 |
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p86 Mt5:13-16,22-25; p88 Mk2:1-26; p89 Heb6:7-9,15-17 |
350 |
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p120 Jn 1:5-28,33-38,42-44 (33 verses) |
350 |
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p123 1 Cor 14:31-34; 15:3-6 (8 verses) |
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p126 Heb 13:12-13:19-20 (4 verses) |
350 |
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p8 Act 4:41-37;5:2-9;6:6,8-15 p10 Rom 1:1-7 |
4th century |
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p71 Mt 19:10f;17f (parts of 2 verses) |
4th century |
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p139 Phm 6-8,18-20 (6 verses) |
4th century |
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058 Mt 18:18-19.22-23.25-26.28-29 (8 verses) |
4th century |
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0169 (= the Princeton fragment) Rev 3:19-4:3 (7 verses) |
4th century |
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0185 1 Cor 2:5-6,9,13; 3:2-3 (6 verses) |
4th century |
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0188 Mk 11:11-17 (6 verses) |
4th century |
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0206 1 Pet 5:1-13 (13 verses) |
4th century |
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0207 Rev 9:2-15 (13 verses) |
4th century |
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0221 Rom 5:16-17,19; 5:21-6:3 (7 verses) |
4th century |
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0222 1 Cor 9:5-7,10,12-13 (6 verses) |
4th century |
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0228 Heb 12:19-21,23-25 (6 verses) |
4th century |
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0230 Eph 6:11-12 (2 verses) |
4th century |
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0231 Mt 26:75; 27:1,3-4 (4 verses) |
4th century |
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0242 Mt 8:25-9:2; 13:32-38,40-46 (24 verses) |
4th century |
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0258 Jn 10:25-26 (2 verses) |
4th century |
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0308 Rev 11:15-16, 11:17-18 (4 verses) |
4th century |
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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 |
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Cairo Geniza Old Testament Fragments |
4th century |
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Bodmer
III Bohairic Coptic Jn 1:1-21:25; Gen 1:1-4:2 |
4th century |
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Amon of Adrianople (martyr) |
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4th century |
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Apostolic Canons (=Apostolical Canons) |
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4th century |
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Cyrillones, Syriac poet Six Hymns |
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4th century |
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Faustus of Milevis/Milevum (Manichaean) |
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4th century |
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Hegemonius of Sirmium Acts of Archelaus (Disputation with Manes) |
58.75 |
4th century |
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Philo of Carpasia, Cyprus |
0.5 |
4th century |
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History of Joseph the Carpenter |
6.5 |
4th century |
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Book of Mary’s Repose (extant in Ethiopic) |
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4th century |
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Six Books Dormition Narrative |
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4th century |
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Gospel of Nicodemus (=Acts of Pilate 2). Discusses Jesus’ descent into Hell |
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mid-4th century |
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Kukeans (mentioned by Ephraim and Bar-Konai) |
mid 4th century |
God was born from the Awakened Sea in the World of Light, and procreated with his own image |
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Macarius the Great Apocriticus |
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300-350 |
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1st Council of Sirmium (Greek creed) |
1.5 |
351 |
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Julius I of Rome. said Marcellus was Trinitarian |
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339-352 |
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Ammonas (Origenist, a founder of monasticism) |
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340-348/353 |
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Theodore of Heraclea |
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c.330-355 |
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Council of Arminum, Nicene/Arian compromise Athanasius against all councils after Nicea |
0.5 |
355 |
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Sacramentary of Serapion of Thmuis (Euchologion) (supporter of Athanasius and anti-Origenist) |
6.2 |
350-356 |
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3rd synod of Arles |
353 |
Supported Arianism and against Athanasius |
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4th Council of Sirmium |
357 |
Father neither the same nor similar substance as the Son, but greater than the Son |
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Synod of Seleucia in Isauria (160 bishops) |
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357/358 |
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King Ezana of Aksum becomes a Christian |
c.325-360 |
King of Ethiopia, Sudan, and parts of Egypt and Yemen |
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Eusebius of Emesa/Amasea. On the Sufferings and Death of our Lord |
3.5 |
c.359/360 |
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Potamius of Lisbon, Portugal |
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c.350-360 |
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Jews forbidden to set foot in Jerusalem |
325-361 |
Constantine forbids Jews to be in Jerusalem. Julian later rescinds this decree. |
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Arian Roman Emperor Constantius |
337-353-361 |
Orthodox bishops were banished, and Athanasius had to go into hiding. |
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Arian Creed of Nica in Thrace |
0.5 |
356-361 |
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Life of Antony (probably by Athanasius) |
26.5 |
356-362 |
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Arian Candidus’ Two Letters to Marius |
c.4 |
359-362 |
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Marius’s Reply to Candidus (partial) |
c.8 |
359-362 |
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Nemesius of Emesa, Phoenicia |
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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. |
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Christians killed in Alexandria and Gaza |
361-363 |
Emperor Julian shows some toleration, yet permits persecution of Christians. |
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Arian Acacius of Caesarea (liked Eusebius of Caesarea, against Cyril of Jerusalem) |
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Hilary of Poitiers (taught Martin of Tours) |
226.5 |
355-367/368 |
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Theodore of Tabennesi, Egypt |
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Synopsis Scripturae Sacrae |
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350-370 |
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Cheltenham Canon (=Mommsen Catalogue) |
0.25 |
ca.360-370 |
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Arian Roman Valens kills Christians in east |
370 |
Valens is finally killed in battle by the Goths, who had converted to Arianism. |
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Messalians (Adelphius & Alexander the Sleepless) |
370-1231 |
Nothing matters except prayer, which became their idol. Condemned at Ephesus. |
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Eusebius of Vercelli (persecuted by Arians) |
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c.345-370/371 |
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Athanasius of Alexandria (partial) |
412 |
325-373 |
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Nag Hamadi Teachings of Silvanus |
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before 375 |
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Optatus of Milevis (converted by Augustine) Against Donatists |
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Ephraim/Ephrem, Syrian hymn-writer (partial) (soul sleep) |
161.25 |
350-378 |
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Felix II replaces banished Roman bishop Liberius |
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Fighting: Damasus I vs. Ursinus as Roman bishop |
366-378 |
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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. |
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Macrina, younger sister of Basil/Greg. Nyssa |
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Basil of Cappadocia (Origenist) (partial) |
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357-378/379 |
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Synod of Antioch under Gregory Nyssa |
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Apocalypse of Elijah (both a Jewish and a Christianized Coptic version) |
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Zeno of Verona (90 sermons) |
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Sapor II persecutes Christians in Persia |
379/380-401/2 |
Heliodorus, Dosa, Ia, and 8K-9K others killed |
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Apostolic Constitutions (=Constitutions of the Holy Apostles) |
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375-380 |
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Orsiesius/Orsisius of Tabenna |
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c.380 |
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Faustinus of Rome, Luciferian, On the Trinity |
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Synod of Laodicea (in Phrygia) (undisputed) |
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343-381 |
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Council of Gangra -vs. Eustastius of Sabaste |
1.33 |
345-381 |
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Meletius of Antioch (taught Diodore) |
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1st Council of Constantinople -150 bishops |
3.75 |
381-382 |
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Council of Rome under Damasus I |
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Eunomius of Cyzicus (Extreme Anomean Arian) |
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Bachiarius Libellis de Fide |
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