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2nd century: Alexander of Alexandria [4] 326 or 328 Alexander of Jerusalem [5] 251 Alexander of Lycopolis [6] 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
The Church Fathers, ... Martyr was an early Christian apologist, and is regarded as the foremost interpreter of the theory of the Logos in the 2nd century.
Christianity in the 2nd century; Apostolic Fathers; List of Church Fathers This page was last edited on 15 February 2024, at 11:24 (UTC). Text is available under ...
Important Apostolic Fathers of the second century include Pope Clement I (died 99), Ignatius of Antioch (c. 35 – c. 110), and Polycarp of Smyrna (c. 69 – c. 155). In addition, the Shepherd of Hermas is usually placed among the writings of the Apostolic Fathers although its author is unknown.
Montanus, self-proclaimed prophet and founder of Montanism, last quarter of 2nd century CE Tertullian , church father, apologist, first Christian writer in Latin, later a Montanist 197~230 Hippolytus , church father, sometimes termed the first Antipope , reconciled with the church and died a martyr 217~236
The 2nd-century The Shepherd of Hermas was popular in the early church and was even considered scriptural by some of the Church Fathers such as Irenaeus [37] and Tertullian. It was written in Rome in Koine Greek. The Shepherd had great authority in the 2nd and 3rd centuries. The work comprises five visions, 12 mandates, and 10 parables.
Clement was the first Church Father, [46] thus founding the patristic ecclesiastical period, which would last until the 8th century. A few years later in the early second century, St. Ignatius praises the purity of Rome's faith. [47] In the second century, Roman bishops erected monuments to the apostles Peter and Paul and gave alms to poor ...
Ferdinand Christian Baur applied Hegelian philosophy to church history and described a 2nd-century Christian community fabricating the gospels. Adolf Harnack was the leading expert in patristics, or the study of the Church Fathers, whose writings defined early Christian practice and doctrine