Names Flashcards
Cyprian
Gave the earliest formulation of the doctrine of apostolic succession & primacy of honour of the R. bishop in the church.
Aristides
Directed an apology to Emperor Antoninus Pius, proved the superiority of Chr. worship against Chaldean, Greek, Egyptian, and Jewish worship.
Pantaenus
Opened a catechetical school to instruct converts from paganism to Christianity in Alexandria where he developed an allegorical interpretation of the Bible.
Justin
Addressed his First Apology to Emperor Antoninus Pius and his adopted sons and sought to show that Christ’s superior life and morality had been foretold in OT.
Tatian
Work was “Address to the Greeks” and argued that since Christianity is superior to Greek religion and thought, Christians should be given fair treatment.
Athenagoras
Work called “Supplication for the Christians” refuted the charge of atheism and showed that pagan gods are merely human creations and that pagan gods are
guilty of the same immoralities as their human followers.
Theophilus
Wrote the “Apology to Autolycus” who was a learned pagan magistrate and discussed the nature and superiority of God and compared the weaknesses of the pagan religion to Christianity.
Origen
Earliest to deal with textual criticism of the Scriptures, “Hexapla” which sought to establish a text that Christians could be assured was a correct representation of the original.
Felix
Wrote a dialogue called “Octavius” designed to win his friend Caecilius to the Christian faith.
Clement
His “Protrepticus” or “Address to the Greeks,” is an apologetic missionary document written about 190 to show the superiority of Christianity as the true philosophy.
Irenaeus
His “Adversus Haereses” was written in 185, refutes Gnostic doctrines by use of scripture.
