Legend for Cells

Nc1. Matthew is scripture

Nc11. Ephesians is scripture

W = Wrote explicitly on this teaching

Nc2. Mark is scripture or God says

Nc12. Philippians is scripture 

I = Implied this is true or opposite is false

Nc3. Luke is scripture or God says

Nc13. Colossians is scripture 

N = Implied since accepted Nicene Creed

Nc4. John is scripture

Nc14. 1 Thessalonians is scripture

M = Mixed: some agree, others would not

Nc5. Acts is scripture

Nc15. 1 Timothy is scripture

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

Nc6. Paul’s letters are authoritative 2 Pet 3:15-16

Nc16. 2 Timothy is scripture

Nc7. Romans is scripture

Nc17. Titus is scripture

- = no reference found (so far)

Nc8. 1 Corinthians is scripture

Nc18. Revelation is scripture or the Lord says

X = Disagree

Nc9. 2 Corinthians is scripture

Nc19. The “New Testament” is scripture

blank = not researched yet

Nc10.Galatians is scripture

Nc20. Use of the term “New Testament”

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

Christian writer, heretic, or Bible manuscript

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

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Estimated 1,800 Christian bishops in the world

325

20 in Britain, 200+ in Italy, 3+ in Russia, 1+ in Turkmenistan, 20+ from the Caspian Sea to Bahrain,122+ Egypt per World Christian Trends; AD 30 – AD 2200 p.114-115.

P. Michigan Inv. 3521 Middle Coptic Jn 6:22-25; 15:9-11

c.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.

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, King Tiridates III

Shipwrecked Syrian slave Frumentius

332

Enters Axum (Ethiopia) and later becomes the first bishop.

Constantine orders 50 vellum Greek Bibles

331/332

Vaticanus and Sinaiticus are probably two of these.

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

324-337

Gospel of Judas. Sahidic Coptic. Said Jesus told Judas to turn him over to the Jewish authorities.

220-340

Eusebius of Caesarea (leader at Nicea)

c.404

318-339/340

Marcellus of Ancyra (said Trinity not forever)

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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.

Synod of Antioch in Encaeniis (97 bishops)

3.5

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Asterius the Sophist (Arian)

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Mild Arian Creed of Antioch

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Council of Sardica (Greek) (church discipline)

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

67.25

337-345

The Macrostich Creed (very detailed)

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Aithalla of Edessa

325-346

To the Christians of Persia on the Faith. Letter after attending the Council of Nicea.

Donatists violently persecuted in North Africa

347

The Orthodox Roman Empire killed many Donatists. Donatists had 270 bishops.

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

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A Poem on the Passion of the Lord

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Mandaean writings (said Jesus a false prophet)

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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

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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)

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

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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)

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Schoyen Papyrus 6 Akhminic Coptic Jn 10:1-2,4-7,9-10,20: 11:1-8,45-52; Jms 1:1-12; 1 Clem 1:1-26:2

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Papyrus Osioensis Coptic Mt 11:25-30; Dan 3:51-53; Book of Odes

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p8 Acts 4:31-37;5:2-9;6:6,8-15 p10 Rom 1:1-7 (29 verses)

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

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

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

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

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

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0188 Mk 11:11-17 (6 verses)

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

4th century

0207 Rev 9:2-15 (13 verses)

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

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

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

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0230 Eph 6:11-12 (2 verses)

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

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

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0258 Jn 10:25-26 (2 verses)

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

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Cairo Geniza Old Testament Fragments

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Amon of Adrianople (martyr)

4th century

Apostolic Canons (=Apostolical Canons)

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4th century

Faustus of Milevis/Milevum (Manichaean)

4th century

Hegemonius of Sirmium Acts of Archelaus Disputation with Manes

58.75

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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

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

9.5

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

Patriarch Paul I of Constantinople

337-350

Wrote against Arians. Emperor deposed 3 times. Finally strangled by Arians.

Macarius the Great Apocriticus

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

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First Council of Sirmium (Greek creed)

1.5

351

Julius I of Rome. said Marcellus was Trinitarian

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339-352

Ammonas the Hermit of Egypt. (Origenist, successor of Anthony, a founder of monasticism)

340-348/353

Third synod of Arles

353

Supported Arianism and against Athanasius

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

Fourth Council of Sirmium

357

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

George/Georgius of Laodicea (Arian to Semi-Arian). Letter to be reinstated as bishop.

358

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

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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

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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.

Felix II replaces banished Roman bishop Liberius

354-365

Liberius banished by Constantius II for refusing to condemn Athanasius.

Exposition of Patricius and Aetius

0.3

363-365

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

366

Aëtius of Antioch. Wrote  On the Faith

350-367

Debated that since God must be unbegotten, therefore the Son cannot be God.

Hilary of Poitiers (taught Martin of Tours)

226.5

355-367/368

Theodore of Tabennesi, Egypt

died 368

Council of Ashtishat, Armenia called by Narses

c.353-369

Synopsis Scripturae Sacrae

3

350-370

Cheltenham Canon (=Mommsen Catalogue)

0.25

ca.360-370

Aetius of Anomean wrote the Syntagmation

324-370

Anomeans were extreme Arians, saying the Son is unlike the Father.

Arian Roman Valens kills Christians in east

370

Valens is later 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

Vercellensis (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. Oldest surviving Latin NT MS.

c.345-371

Arians kill Orthodox Copts in Egypt

372

per World Christian Trends AD 30 – AD 220 p.238

Athanasius of Alexandria (partial)

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325-373

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Nag Hamadi Teachings of Silvanus

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Optatus of Milevis (converted by Augustine) Against Donatists

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369-376

After converting to Arianism, Athanaric persecuted Orthodox Christians.

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

before 378

Ephraim/Ephrem, Syrian hymn-writer (partial) (soul sleep)

161.25

350-378

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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

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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

Council of Saragossa, Spain

380

condemned Priscillian, Salvianus, Instantius, & Helpidius (all had refused to appear)

Orsiesius/Orsisius of Tabenna

c.380

Faustinus of Rome, Luciferian, On the Trinity

ca.380

Synod of Laodicea (in Phrygia) (undisputed)

4.5

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Council of Gangra -vs. Eustastius of Sabaste

1.33

345-381

Meletius of Antioch (taught Diodore)

381

First Council of Constantinople -150 bishops

3.75

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382

Eunomius of Cyzicus (Extreme Anomean Arian)

10.6

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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Helvidius/Helvetius. Jerome was against his view

before 383

Jesus’ brothers and sisters in the Bible proved that Mary had children after Jesus.

Genuine Acts of Peter of Alexandria

7.75

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Fritigern, Ullingswick, & Ufilas convert Goths to Arianism

360-383

For Ufilas see Socrates’ Ecclesiastical History book 4 ch.33 p.115 and Sozomon’s Ecclesiastical History book 4 ch.23 p.319 and book 6 ch.37 p.373.

Creed of Ufilas (Wulfila/Ufolu/Ulphilas/Orhpila)

0.25

348-383

Jacob of Nisibis

305-385