Legend for Cells

OTc1. The Law and the prophets Mt 11:12-15

OTc11. Job is scripture or the Lord says

W = Wrote explicitly on this teaching

OTc2. Genesis is scripture or God says

OTc12. Psalms are scripture /God spoke.Mk12:10-11

I = Implied this is true or opposite is false

OTc3. Exodus is scripture or God says

OTc13. Proverbs are scripture of the Lord/H.S. says

N = Implied since accepted Nicene Creed

OTc4. Leviticus is scripture or God says

OTc14. Isaiah is scripture or the Lord/Spirit says. Mk 15:28

M = Mixed: some agree, others would not

OTc5. Numbers is scripture or God says

OTc15. Jeremiah is scripture or the Lord says

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

OTc6. Deuteronomy is scripture or God says

OTc16. Ezekiel is scripture of the Lord says

OTc7. Joshua is scripture or the Lord says

OTc17. Daniel is scripture of God showed

- = no reference found (so far)

OTc8. 1 or 2 Samuel is scripture or God says

OTc18. Hosea is scripture or God/the Word says

X = Disagree

OTc9. Reference to1 or 2 Kings as Kings

OTc19. Joel is scripture or God says

blank = not researched yet

OTc10. Reference to 1 or 2 Chr as Chronicles

OTc20. Amos is scripture or God says

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

Christian writer, heretic, or Bible manuscript

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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

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329

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Arian Council of Tyre to condemn Athanasius

335

Marcellus of Ancyra wrote strongly against this

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

< 0.25

323-337

Eusebius of Caesarea (leader at Nicea)

c.404

318-339/340

Marcellus of Ancyra (Trinity not forever)

c.336 & 340

Synod of Antioch in Encaeniis (97 bishops)

3.5

summer 341

Asterius the Sophist (Arian)

-c.341

Mild Arian Creed of Antioch

1

c.341/344

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Council of Sardica (Greek) (church discipline)

5

343/344

Aphrahat/Aphraates, Select Demonstrations

67.25

337-345

The Macrostich Creed (very detailed)

2

344/345

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

350

p120 Jn 1; p123 1 Cor 14-15

350

p126 Heb 13:12-13:19-20

350

p8 Act 4:41-37;5:2-9;6:6,8-15 p10 Rom 1:1-7 p71 Mt 19:10f;17f

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 (=Apostolical Canons)

6

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

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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

Book of Mary’s Repose (extant in Ethiopic)

4th century

Six Books Dormition Narrative

4th century

pseudo-Justin Martyr. (anonymous) Hortatory Address to the Greeks, Sole Government of God

20.5

200-351-?

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1st Council of Sirmium (Greek creed)

1.5

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

0.5

355

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

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Sacramentary of Serapion of Thmuis (supporter of Athanasius and 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

0.5

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

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)

415

325-373

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Nag Hamadi Teachings of Silvanus

7

before 375

Optatus of Milevis (converted by Augustine) Against Donatists

70.75

373-375

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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

379/380-401/2

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

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Council of Gangra -vs. Eustastius of Sabaste

1 1/3

345-381

Meletius of Antioch (taught Diodore)

381

1st Council of Constantinople -150 bishops

3.75

381-382

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Council of Rome under Damasus I

382

Eunomius of Cyzicus (Extreme Anomean Arian)

c.8

360-c.383/395

Bachiarius Libellis de Fide

ca.383

Ambrosiaster Questions on the Old and New Testaments (Latin)

157.8

c.384

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Filastrius/Philastrius of Brescia Catalog of Heresies

c.384

Genuine Acts of Peter of Alexandria

after 384

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

126.3

370-380/390

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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

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 was the 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

390-400

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