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Though much Protestant religious thought is based on sola scriptura (the principle that the Bible itself is the ultimate authority in doctrinal matters), [citation needed] the first Protestant reformers, like the Catholic and Orthodox churches, used the theological interpretations of scripture set forth by the early Church Fathers.
4th century Ambrose of Milan [7] 397: one of the Four Great Doctors of the Western Church; strongly opposed Arianism: Ammonius of Alexandria [8] 3rd century Amphilochius of Iconium [2] [4] 403 or earlier Ananias of Shirak [4] [9] 685: wrote a work on Christmas and one on Easter: Anastasius of Sinai [2] [4] 7th century Andrew of Caesarea [2] 637 ...
Christianity in the 1st century covers the formative history of Christianity from the start of the ministry of Jesus (c. 27 –29 AD) to the death of the last of the Twelve Apostles (c. 100) and is thus also known as the Apostolic Age. [citation needed] Early Christianity developed out of the eschatological ministry of Jesus.
In the first years of the 2nd century, Ignatius of Antioch implies that Peter and Paul had special authority over the Roman church. [105] Note 4 ] Irenaeus of Lyons , also of the 2nd century , believed that Peter and Paul had been the founders of the Church in Rome and had appointed Linus as bishop . [ 106 ]
He wrote the first work which refers to that line of study as "Physics" – in the 4th century BCE, Aristotle founded the system known as Aristotelian physics. He attempted to explain ideas such as motion (and gravity) with the theory of four elements. Aristotle believed that all matter was made up of aether, or some combination of four ...
Clement of Rome (Latin: Clemens Romanus; Ancient Greek: Κλήμης Ῥώμης, romanized: Klēmēs Rōmēs; died c. 100 AD), also known as Pope Clement I, was the bishop of Rome in the late first century AD. He is considered to be the first of the Apostolic Fathers of the Church, [2] and a leading member of the Church in Rome in the late 1st ...
The Jesuits have been described as "the single most important contributor to experimental physics in the seventeenth century". [115] According to Jonathan Wright in his book God's Soldiers , by the eighteenth century the Jesuits had "contributed to the development of pendulum clocks, pantographs, barometers, reflecting telescopes and ...
A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church (Edinburgh: T&T Clark). The Works of Saint Augustine, A Translation for the 21st Century (New York City Press). The Fathers of the Church (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press). Ancient Christian Writers (New York: Paulist Press).