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Tag Archives: Antioch
Worldliness and Extravagance
The secularization of the church appeared most strikingly in the prevalence of mammon worship and luxury compared with the poverty and simplicity of the primitive Christians. The aristocracy of the later empire had a morbid passion for outward display and … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Antioch, Chrysostom, Gregory Nazianzen, Salvianus
The Heathen Apologetic Literature
After the death of Julian most of the heathen writers, especially the ablest and most estimable, confined themselves to the defence of their religion, and thus became, by reason of their position, advocates of toleration; and, of course, of toleration … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Antioch, Aurelius Symmachus, Christianity, Constantinople, Nicomedia, Themistius, Theodosius I
Theophilus of Antioch
Theophilus was converted from heathenism by the study of the Scriptures, and occupied the episcopal see at Antioch, the sixth from the Apostles, during the later part of the reign of Marcus Aurelius. He died about a.d. 181. His principal … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Antioch, Theophilus, Theophilus of Antioch, κατηξητικά βιβλία, κατηχητικὰ βιβλία
Ignatius of Antioch
I. Life of Ignatius. Ignatius, surnamed Theophorus, stood at the head of the Church of Antioch at the close of the first century and the beginning of the second, and was thus contemporaneous with Clement of Rome and Simeon of … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Antioch, Asia Minor, Eusebius, Ignatius of Antioch, Jerome, Jesus Christ, Polycarp, Theophorus
Catholic Tradition
Besides appealing to the Scriptures, the fathers, particularly Irenaeus and Tertullian, refer with equal confidence to the “rule of faith;” that is, the common faith of the church, as orally handed down in the unbroken succession of bishops from Christ … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Antioch, Catholic, Christ, Clement, Eleutherus, Ephesus, God, Jerusalem, Linus, Polycarp, Rome, St. John, Tertullian
Saturninus (Satornilos)
Contemporary with Basilides under Hadrian, was Saturninus or Satornilos in Antioch. He was, like him, a pupil of Menander. His system is distinguished for its bold dualism between God and Satan, the two antipodes of the universe, and for its … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Antioch, Basilides, Hadrian, Saturninus, ἄγγελοι κοσμοκράτορες, θεός ἄγνωστος, σπινθήρ
The Nicolaitans
The Nicolaitans are mentioned as a licentious sect in the Apocalypse 2:6, 15. They claimed as their founder Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch and one of the seven deacons of the congregation of Jerusalem (Acts 6:5). He is supposed to … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Antioch, Apocalypse of John, Nicolaitanes, Nicolas
