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New Church History Articles
- The Heathen Apologetic Literature
- Julian’s Attack upon Christianity
- Heathen Polemics. New Objections
- The Downfall of Heathenism
- Theodosius the Great and his Successors (A.D. 392–550)
- From Jovian to Theodosius (A.D. 363–392)
- Julian the Apostate, and the Reaction of Paganism (A.D. 361–363)
- The Sons of Constantine (A.D. 337–361)
- Constantine The Great (A.D. 306–337)
- THIRD PERIOD : FROM CONSTANTINE THE GREAT TO GREGORY THE GREAT (a. d. 311–590)
Tag Archives: Porphyry
Julian’s Attack upon Christianity
The last direct and systematic attack upon the Christian religion proceeded from the emperor Julian. In his winter evenings at Antioch in 363, to account to the whole world for his apostasy, he wrote a work against the Christians, which … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Apostate Julian, Christianity, Critias, Cyril of Alexandria, Eunapius, Jesus Christ, Porphyry, Zosimus
Porphyry and Hierocles
One of the leading Neo-Platonists made a direct attack upon Christianity, and was, in the eyes of the church fathers, its bitterest and most dangerous enemy. Towards the end of the third century Porphyry wrote an extended work against the … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Alexandria, Antioch, Apollonius of Tyana, Aristeas, Bythynia, Christ, Christian, Christianity, Daniel, Diocletian, Eusebius, Eusebius of Caesarea, Hierocles, Marcella, Methodius of Tyre, Moses, Old Testament, Origen, Paul, Peter, Philip Schaff, Porphyry, Pythagoras, Theodosius II, Valentinian III, Zeus
Neo-Platonism
More earnest and dignified, but for this very reason more lasting and dangerous, was the opposition which proceeded directly and indirectly from Neo-Platonism. This system presents the last phase, the evening red, so to speak, of the Grecian philosophy; a … Continue reading
Book Title: History of the Christian Church
Related Topics: Alexander of Abonoteichos, Alexander Severus, Alexandria, Ammonius Saccas, Apollonius, Apollonius of Tyana, Chalcis in Coelo-Syria, Christ, Christianity, Elymas, Gnosticism, Jairus, Jamblichus, Julia Domna, Jupiter, Neo-Platonism, Orpheus, Philip Schaff, Porphyry, Proclus of Constantinople, Pythagoras, Pythagoreanism, religion, Septimius Severus, Simon Magus, St. Augustine
