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Tag Archives: Alexandria
Paul of Thebes and St. Anthony
The first known Christian hermit, as distinct from the earlier ascetics, is the fabulous Paul of Thebes, in Upper Egypt. In the twenty-second year of his age, during the Decian persecution, a.d. 250, he retired to a distant cave, grew … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Alexandria, Athanasius, Coptic, Jerome, Paul of Thebes, Serapion, St. Anthony, Synesius
Heathen Polemics. New Objections
The internal conflict between heathenism and Christianity presents the same spectacle of dissolution on the one hand and conscious power on the other. And here the Nicene age reaped the fruit of the earlier apologists, who ably and fearlessly defended … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Alexandria, Christianity, Neo-Platonic
Minor Divines of the Greek Church
A number of divines of the third century, of great reputation in their day, mostly of Egypt and of the school of Origen, deserve a brief mention, although only few fragments of their works have survived the ravages of time. … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Alexandria, Egypt, Eusebius, Eusebius Pampili, Heraclas, Hieracas, Hierax, Leontopolis, Origen, Pamphilus, Peter, Plutarch, Theognostus, Theonas
Origen
I. Life And Character. Origenes, surnamed “Adamantius” on account of his industry and purity of character is one of the most remarkable men in history for genius and learning, for the influence he exerted on his age, and for the … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Adamantius, Alexandria, Origen
Carpocrates
Carpocrates also lived under Hadrian, probably at Alexandria, and founded a Gnostic sect, called by his own name, which put Christ on a level with heathen philosophers, prided itself on its elevation above all the popular religions, and sank into … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Alexandria, Carpocrates, Christ, Epiphanes, Gnostic, Hadrian, Pontius Pilate
Brotherly Love, and Love for Enemies
It is generally admitted, that selfishness was the soul of heathen morality. The great men of antiquity rose above its sordid forms, love of gain and love of pleasure, but were the more under the power of ambition and love … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Aeschylus, Alexandria, Ante-Nicene, Arsacius, Caesarea, Cappadocia, Christ, Christian, Christianity, Christians, Chrysostom, Cicero, Epictetus, Galatia, Greece, Julian the Apostate, Lucian, Marcus Aurelius, New Testament, Phidias, Plutarch, Rome, Seneca, St. Basilius, Stoics, Tertullian, Zeus
Origin and History of the Catacomb
The Catacombs of Rome and other cities open a new chapter of Church history, which has recently been dug up from the bowels of the earth. Their discovery was a revelation to the world as instructive and important as the … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Alexandria, Babylon, Catacomb, Catacombs of Rome, Christian, Constantine, Eusebius, Galienus, Herculaneum, Jerome, Malta, Naples, Nineveh, Paris, Pompeii, Prudentius, Rome, Sicily, Valerian
