Nicea to Ephesus Teaching Grid

Nicea to Ephesus Teaching on ... Grid – July 2022 version

		Legend for Cells
1.	11.	W = Wrote explicitly on this teaching
2.	12.	I = Implied this is true or opposite is false
3.	13.	N = Implied since accepted Nicene Creed
4.	14.	M = Mixed: some agree, others would not
5.	15.	P = partial ex: Irenaeus: Gnostics wrong to say Savior not killed since impassible
6.	16.
7.	17.	- = no reference found (so far)
8.	18.	X = Disagree
9.	19.	blank = not researched yet
10.	20.	Writer totals include W’s & I’s but not P’s

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

Christian writer, heretic, or Bible manuscript

Pages

Date A.D.

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

May-Jun 325

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

Juvencus’ poem: The Four Books of the Gospels

329

Gregory the Illuminator

301-c.331

Brought Christianity to Armenia. Baptized his former persecutor Tiridates III

Eustathius of Berrhoea, then Antioch (against Origen & Eusebius of Nicomedia)

324-337

Eusebius of Caesarea (leader at Nicea)

c.404

318-339/340

Marcellus of Ancyra (Trinity not forever) (only Letter to Julius preserved)

c.336 & 340

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.

Synod of Antioch in Encaeniis (97 bishops)

3.5

summer 341

Asterius the Sophist (Arian)

-c.341

Mild Arian Creed of Antioch

c.341/344

Council of Sardica (Greek) (church discipline)

343/344

Aphrahat/Aphraates, Select Demonstrations (believed in soul sleep)

67.25

337-345

The Macrostich Creed (very detailed)

344/345

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

346/348

A Poem on the Passion of the Lord

315-350

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) 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

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 Mt5:13-16,22-25; p88 Mk2:1-26; p89 Heb6:7-9,15-17

350

p120 Jn 1:5-28,33-38,42-44 (33 verses)

350

p123 1 Cor 14:31-34; 15:3-6 (8 verses)

350

p126 Heb 13:12-13:19-20 (4 verses)

350

p8 Act 4:41-37;5:2-9;6:6,8-15 p10 Rom 1:1-7

4th century

p71 Mt 19:10f;17f (parts of 2 verses)

4th century

p139 Phm 6-8,18-20 (6 verses)

4th century

058 Mt 18:18-19.22-23.25-26.28-29 (8 verses)

4th century

0169 (= the Princeton fragment) Rev 3:19-4:3 (7 verses)

4th century

0185 1 Cor 2:5-6,9,13; 3:2-3 (6 verses)

4th century

0188 Mk 11:11-17 (6 verses)

4th century

0206 1 Pet 5:1-13 (13 verses)

4th century

0207 Rev 9:2-15 (13 verses)

4th century

0221 Rom 5:16-17,19; 5:21-6:3 (7 verses)

4th century

0222 1 Cor 9:5-7,10,12-13 (6 verses)

4th century

0228 Heb 12:19-21,23-25 (6 verses)

4th century

0230 Eph 6:11-12 (2 verses)

4th century

0231 Mt 26:75; 27:1,3-4 (4 verses)

4th century

0242 Mt 8:25-9:2; 13:32-38,40-46 (24 verses)

4th century

0258 Jn 10:25-26 (2 verses)

4th century

0308 Rev 11:15-16, 11:17-18 (4 verses)

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

Cairo Geniza Old Testament Fragments

4th century

Bodmer III Bohairic Coptic Jn 1:1-21:25; Gen 1:1-4:2

4th century

Amon of Adrianople (martyr)

4th century

Apostolic Canons (=Apostolical Canons)

4th century

Cyrillones, Syriac poet Six Hymns

4th century

Faustus of Milevis/Milevum (Manichaean)

4th century

Hegemonius of Sirmium Acts of Archelaus (Disputation with Manes)

58.75

4th century

Philo of Carpasia, Cyprus

0.5

4th century

History of Joseph the Carpenter

6.5

4th century

Book of Mary’s Repose (extant in Ethiopic)

4th century

Six Books Dormition Narrative

4th century

Gospel of Nicodemus (=Acts of Pilate 2). Discusses Jesus’ descent into Hell

mid-4th century

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

Macarius the Great Apocriticus

300-350

1st Council of Sirmium (Greek creed)

1.5

351

Julius I of Rome. said Marcellus was Trinitarian

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

0.5

355

Sacramentary of Serapion of Thmuis (Euchologion) (supporter of Athanasius and anti-Origenist)

6.2

350-356

3rd synod of Arles

353

Supported Arianism and against Athanasius

4th 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

King Ezana of Aksum becomes a Christian

c.325-360

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

Eusebius of Emesa/Amasea. On the Sufferings and Death of our Lord

3.5

c.359/360

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

0.5

356-361

Life of Antony (probably by Athanasius)

26.5

356-362

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

Theodore of Tabennesi, Egypt

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

Nag Hamadi Teachings of Silvanus

before 375

Optatus of Milevis (converted by Augustine) Against Donatists

70.75

373-375

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) (soul sleep)

161.25

350-378

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

Apocalypse of Elijah (both a Jewish and a Christianized Coptic version)

before 380

Zeno of Verona (90 sermons)

362-380

Sapor II persecutes Christians in Persia

379/380-401/2

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

Apostolic Constitutions (=Constitutions of the Holy Apostles)

114

375-380

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

1.33

345-381

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 Anomean Arian)

10.6

360-c.383/395

Bachiarius Libellis de Fide

ca.383