Nicea to Ephesus Teaching on OT Canon Grid – Dec. 2022 version
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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 |
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= 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 |
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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 |
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 |
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Council of Nicea I vs. Arians (c.318 bishops) |
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May-Jun 325 |
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Estimated 1,800 Christian bishops in the world |
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20 in Britain, 200+ in Italy, 3+ in Russia, 1+
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Christian Trends; AD 30 – AD 2200 p.114-115. |
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Persian king Shapur II persecutes Christians |
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Persian Shapur II attacks Christian Lakhmid Arabs |
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Private Creed of Arius (for |
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Juvencus’ poem: The
Four Books of the Gospels |
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Arian Council of Tyre
to condemn Athanasius |
335 |
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Eustathius of
Berrhoea, then Antioch (against Origen & Eusebius of Nicomedia) |
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323-337 |
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Eusebius of Caesarea (leader at Nicea) |
c.404 |
318-339/340 |
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Marcellus of Ancyra (said
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Asterius the Sophist
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Mild Arian Creed of |
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Council of Sardica (Greek) (church discipline) |
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343/344 |
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Aphrahat/Aphraates, Select
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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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Poem on the Passion of the Lord |
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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) 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 |
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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) |
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p86 Mt5:13-16,22-25; p88 Mk2:1-26; p89 Heb6:7-9,15-17 |
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p120 Jn 1; p123
1 Cor 14-15 |
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p126 Heb 13:12-13:19-20 |
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p8 Act 4:41-37;5:2-9;6:6,8-15 p10 Rom 1:1-7 p71 Mt 19:10f;17f |
4th century |
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058, 0169, 0185, 0188, 0242 |
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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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Amon of Adrianople (martyr) |
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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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Faustus of
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Hegemonius of Sirmium Acts
of Archelaus (Disputation with
Manes) |
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4th century |
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Philo of |
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History of Joseph the Carpenter |
6.5 |
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Book of Mary’s Repose (extant in Ethiopic) |
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Six Books Dormition Narrative |
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pseudo-Justin Martyr. (anonymous) Hortatory Address to the Greeks, Sole Government of God |
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1st Council of Sirmium (Greek creed) |
1.5 |
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Julius I of |
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Ammonas (Origenist, a founder of monasticism) |
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Council of Arminum, Nicene/Arian compromise Athanasius
against all councils after Nicea |
0.5 |
355 |
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4th Council of
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Father neither the
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Synod of |
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Eusebius of Emesa/Amasea. On the Sufferings and Death of our Lord |
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c.359/360 |
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Sacramentary
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Jews forbidden to set foot in Jerusalem |
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Arian Roman Emperor
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Arian Creed of Nica
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Arian Candidus’ Two
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Marius’s Reply to Candidus (partial) |
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Julian the Apostate again makes paganism the official Roman
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Roman emperor Julian tries to restore paganism
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Christians killed in Alexandria and
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Hilary of Poitiers (taught Martin of Tours) |
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Scripturae Sacrae |
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Arian Roman Valens kills Christians in
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Messalians (Adelphius
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Athanasius of Alexandria (partial) |
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Nag Hamadi Teachings
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Optatus of Milevis (converted by Augustine) Against
Donatists |
70.75 |
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