Heroes Flashcards
Polycarp (Bishop of Smyrna)
Date: 69-155 Ad
- Knew Apostle of John
- Legendary death. Martyred in 155 AD. Did not renounce Christ
Didache
Date: 110 AD?
- Early example of liturgy, church order.
- Various instructions to the early church
Letter of Barnabas
120s???
- Vindicated Christian claims to the OT
- Types, shadows, etc
Shepherd of Hermes
150s.
- Widely read
Justin Martyr
Date: c. 100-165 AD
- Early Apologist
- Converted to Christianity around 130 AD. Born to pagan parents
- Saw continuity between philosophy and Christianity
- Logos Christianity
Irenaeus (Bishop of Lyon)
Date: c 130-200 AD
- Wrote against Gnostics in “Against Heresies”
Clement of Alexandria
Date: c. 150-215 AD
- Founder of School of Alexandria
- Tried to synthesize platonism & Christianity
- Resisted Docetism and Gnosticism
Origen
Dates: 185-254 approx
- Communicates Christianity in Platonic Terms
- Fourfold sense of Scripture (Quadriga) = Allegorical, Anagogical, moral, literal
- Spirit/matter dualism
- Excommunicated in 231, then reinstated. Believed in preexistence of souls, ontological subordination, and more….
- Famous for “On First Principles”
Papias
- 60-130 AD
- Bishop of Herophilus…
- One of the earliest witnesses to receptivity of the gospels
Athanasius
Dates: 296-373 AD
- Opposed Arianism.
- Spent 17 years in exile
- Wrote “On the Incarnation” and “Orations against the Arians”
Homoousios
Son consubstantial with the Father, whereas Homoiousians said that the Son was not consubstantical, but subordinate (Arian Christology)
Gregory of Nyssa
Dates (330-395 AD)
- Cappadocian Father
- Deposed by Arians in 376, but came back 2 years later. Defended orthodoxy
Basil of Caesarea
Dates (330-379 AD)
- Cappadocian
- Brother of Gregory of Nyssa.
- Wrote “On the Holy Spirit”
Gregory of Nazianus (329-389 AD)
Dates (329-389)
- Cappadocian Father
- Helped to establish orthodox view of the HS
- Wrote 5 theological orations
Tertullian
Dates (160-225 AD)
- Latin Father
- Trinity vocab from him
- North African
- Possibly a Montanist, though debated
- Wrote on apologetics, ethics, and theology
Cyprian of Carthage
Dates (d. 258 AD)
- Latin Father
- Around for Decian Persecution in 249. Martyred in 258
- Opposed Novations
Ambrose of Milan
Dates (339-397 AD)
- Latin Father
- Anti-Arian.
- Influential in Augustine’s conversion
Jerome
Dates (345-420 AD)
- Latin Father
- Priest in Antioch
- Known for the Latin Vulgate. Knew Greek and Hebrew
Augustine of Hippo
Dates (354-430AD)
- Pagan father, mother a believer
- Former Manichean. Listened to Ambrose
- Confessions, De Trinitas, De Doctrina Christiana, etc…
Clement of Rome
Dates: 2nd Century Apostolic Father
- Wrote 1 Clement around 96 AD to the Corinthian church.
Ignatius of Antioch
Dates: 2nd Century Church Bishop of Antioch
- Martyred in Rome
- Write 7 letters.
- Opposed Docetism and Gnosticism
Eusebius of Caesarea
Dates: 263-339 AD
- Writer of History of the Church
- Supporter of Origen. At Nicea
Constantine
- Converted to Christianity in 312
- Made Christianity the state religion by the Edict of Milan in 313
- Becomes ruler of Eastern and Western Empire in 324, calling Council of Nicea in 325
Cyril of Alexandria
- 378-444 AD
- Opposed Nestorius
- His fight helped lead to the Council of Ephesus in 431, when Nestorianism was condemned
