After Ephesus Christians Taught on God Grid

After Ephesus Teaching on God's Transcendent Nature Grid ' April 2018 version

GOD'S NATURE		Legend for Cells
G1. There is only One True God''' Mk 12:29; Jms 2:19	G11. Majesty/glory of God Ps 19:1; Zech2:5; Jn2:14;17:5	W = Wrote explicitly on this teaching
G2. God is almighty/omnipotent Lk1:37;Rv1:8;Jr32:17	G12. God is a Jealous God Ex 20:5; Dt 6:15; Josh 24:19	I = Implied this is true or opposite is false
G3. God loves us and/or is kind Ps 145:13,17; 1 Jn 3:1	G13. God is uncreated. (Implied) Gen 1:1; Jn 1:1,3; Tt 1:2	N = Implied since accepted Nicene Creed
G4. God is holy, good, or pure 1 Pet1:17;2:23; Hab1:13	G14. God is Light. Jn 1:4-9; 8:12; 2 Cor 4:6; 1 Jn 1:5	m = Mixed: some agree, others did not
G5. God does not speak lies/is Truth.Hb6:18;Nm 23:19	G15. The God of Jesus/Christ Eph1:3,17;1Pet1:3;Heb1:9	P = partial -i.e. G7:Mt 28:19 has 1 name
G6. God is a Father Mt 6:9; Mk14:36; Lk10:22-23; Jn15:26	G16. Most High God Ps 91:1; Dan 3:26; Mk 5:7; Lk 1:32,35	- = no reference found
G7. Mention of the Trinity: 1 God in 3 (partial) Mt 28:19	G17. The Godhead Acts 17:29; Rom 1:20; Col 2:9	X = Disagree
G8. God knows all / even the secret things Ps 139:16	G18. The Living God 'Dt 5:26; Ps 42:2; Hos 1:10; Mt 16:26	blank = not researched yet
G9. God is everywhere' Ps 139:7-10	G19. God is invisible Col 1:15; 1 Tim 1:17
G10. God does not change Jms 1:17; Mal 3:6	G20. God is inscrutable/unsearchable. Jb5:9;Rm11:33	Writer totals include W's & I's but not P's

Rows: blue=Bible manuscript, khaki=spurious, green=heresy, orange=schism, pink=strange writer, red=Christians persecuted, purple=Catholics persecute, brown=other Christians persecute

Christian writer, heretic, or Bible manuscript

Pages

Date A.D.

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Council of Ephesus (200 bishops) against Pelagius & all who were not against Nestorius

Jun-Sep 431

Philip of Side, Pamphylia (historian)

405-after 431

Celestine of Rome to the Council of Ephesus

1 '

431-432

The Didascalia (refers to Nestorians)

after 432

Paul of Emesa

after 432

Philostorgius, extreme Arian historian

Vincent of Lerins A Commonitory

c.434

Isidore of Pelusium (2,000 extant letters)

c.435

Acacius of Beroea

c.430-c.436

Socrates of Constantin. Ecclesiastical History

178

c.400-439

1st Council of Orange (17 bishops)

Nov 8, 441

Syriac Peshitta (Mt-1 Pet)

442-

Synod of Arles

443

Cyril of Alexandria

444

Arsenius of Anachoreta

445

Theodore of Ancyra

445

Proclus of Constantinople

446

Sechnall of Ireland. Hymn to St. Patrick

439-447/448

Persian king Yazdegerd II persecutes Christians

448

Massacres Christians in Kirkuk, modern-day Iraq

Valerian of Cimiez (for Hilary of A. vs. Leo I)

442-449

2nd Council of Ephesus (Robbers' Council)

449

Flavian of Constantinople

449

Armenian Synod of Artisat

449

Eucherius of Lyons (friend of John Cassian)

c.434-ca.449

Persians attack Armenians and Georgians

449

Armenians and Georgians revolt after Yazdirg II tries to impose Zoroastrianism.

Peter Chrysologus of Ravenna, Italy (vol.3 only)

179

c.433-c.450

Salvian the presbyter from Marseilles On the Government of God

440-450

Possidus of Calama

450

Victor of Antioch

425-450

Marius Mercator (Latin)

450

Agroecius bishop of Sen, Gaul

c.450

p14 1 Cor 10:3; p93 Jn 13

450

p127 Acts 10:32-35,40-45;11:2-5;11:30-12:3,5,7-9;15:29-30,34-41;16:1-4, 3-40,17:1-10

450

Alexandrinus (Mt 25:7-Rev with gaps in Jn,Rm,2Cor)

c.450

Ephraemi Rescriptus (C) (=04)

5th century

Curetonian Old Syriac (Mt, etc.)

5th century

048, 062, 068, 069, 0163, 0165, 0172, 0175, 0182

5th century

0201, 0216, 0217, 0218, 0227, 0238, 0240, 0254, 0261, 0274, 0301

5th century

Council of Chalcedon vs. Monophysites

451

Oecumenius of Isauria

5th century

Julianus Pomerius

5th century

Nestorius' Bazaar of Heracleides

c.128

451/452

Quodvultdeus

453

Julian of Eclanum, Italy (Pelagian)

c.454

Bezae Cantabrigiensis (D) (Gospels & Acts) Mt 1:21-5:19; 5:21-29;;5:31-6:19; 9:3-33; 9:35-17:37a; 10:38-41a; 410:42-21:43; 21:45-23:13; 23:15-27:1; 27:13,27:15-28:20; all of Mark except 15:28; All of Luke; All of John except Jn 5:4. Some of Acts and 3 John

c.455

Theodoret of Cyrus (bishop & historian)

318

423-458

Many Christians killed in Persia, Armenia

420-460

After Bishop Abdas burned a Zoroastrian temple, Christian churches burned.

Isaac of Antioch (Monoph. or Orthodox?)

451-460

Arnobius the Younger of Gaul

c.460

Patrick of Ireland (English missionary to Irish)

420-461

Pope Leo I of Rome (turned back Attila)

204

440-461

Prosper of Aquitaine (foe of Cassian) -partial

c.12

426-465

Hidatius/Igacius of Gallaecia (Portugal)

c.401-c.469

Sharahb'il Yakuf kills Ethiopian Christians

c.472

Christian missionary Azqir among those killed.

Varimadum

445/480

What has been called the Athanasian Creed

447/484

Vigilius of Africa and Thrace

after 484

Arians persecute Christians in Algeria

484

Arian Visigoth Hunneric persecutes Orthodox Christians in Tipasa, Algeria.

Victor of Vita, Africa

after 489

Gennadius/Jerome Lives of Illustrious Men

480-495

Local Synod of Constantinople

499

Condemns Diodore as Nestorian

Life of Abercius

300-500

Liber Chroniconum (includes Commentary on Origen's Hexameron)

375-500

Ephraemi Rescriptus

400-500

Faustus of Riez

490/500

Andreas Caesariensis (historian)

c.500

pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus (Monophysite)

-c.500

Eugenius of Carthage (quotes 1 Jn 5:7)

c.505

Armenian Apostolic Church 1st Council of Dvin 20 bishops, 14 laymen, and various rulers

506

Philoxenian Syriac

507/508

Monophysite Synod of Tyre rejects Chalcedon

513-515

Ruricus/Ruricius I of Limoges

ca.485-c.510

Roman pope excommunicates Acacius/east churches

484-518

Ennodus

ca.473-521

Jacob of Serug/Sarug (Mar Jacob) (partial)

519-521

Arians persecute Christians in N. Africa

499-523

Visigoth Thrasimund persecutes Orthodox in Carthage & north Africa until he died.

Dhu Nuwas (=Yusuf As'ar) kills C's in Yemen

523-524

Converted Jewish king persecutes Christians, since Byzantines persecute Jews

Barsanuphius of Palestine

c.525

Boethius

-ca.524/527

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

c.485-c.528

Council of Orange

529

Boniface II Letter to Caesarius of Arles

530-532

Fulgentius of Ruspe, North Africa

507-532/533

Severus of Antioch (Monophysite)

c.491-538

Benedict of Nursia Rule of St. Benedict

ca.480-540

Caesarius of Arles, pupil of Julianus

469-470-540

Ferrancus deacon of Carthage

c.546/547

Julian of Halicarnassus starts the Phantasiastes sect

527-549

Phantasiastes split from Monophysites, saying the Christ's body was incorruptible

Evagrius Scholasticus, church historian

593

Mark the Hermit of Tarsus

6th century

Leontius of Byzantium

543/550

Apringius of Beja, Portugal, Comm. on Rev.

after 551

Primasius Comm. on the Apocalypse

after 552

Council of Constantinople II (c.153 present) condemns Nestorius, Origen & admirers

553

Vigilius' letter to Constantinople II Council

553

7th Persian Synod

554

Creates metropolitans for Merv and Rewardashir

Armenian Apostolic Church 2nd Council of Dvin. Rejected Chalcedon

554

Paschasius of Dumiun

c.13

555

Cyril of Scythopolis, Palestine (monk)

543-558/559

Victor of Tunis

after 566

Gildas the Wise of Rhuys (England & Ireland )

c.570

Facundus of Hermiane, north Africa

after 571

Byzantines persecute Egyptian Copts

527-568, 572

Copts are Monophysites; teaching Jesus' humanity & divinity are only one nature.

Martin of Braga, Spain

c.24

550-577

M. Aurelius Cassiodorus Commentary on Psalms

-560/580

Monophy. John of Ephesus (tortured pagans)

c.507-c.586

Columba of Iona, Scotland (poetry in Latin)

ca.597

Leander of Seville, Spain

c.13

579-600

Gregory of Rome, Doctor of the Church (partial)

239 '

590-605

Eulogius of Alexandria

607

Venantius' Poem on Easter

1 '

lived c.530-609

Armenian Apostolic Church 3rd Council of Dvin

609-610

Antiochus Mar Saba

614

Harclean Syriac (Harklensis) (SyrH)

616

Second Synod of Seville, Spain

618/619

Gospel of pseudo-Matthew

600-625

Babai the Nestorian On the Union

died ca.628

Jews persecuted in Constantinople

628

Jews forced to convert' in Constantinople

4th Council of Toledo, Spain

Dec. 633

Muslim Jihads against non-Muslims

634-

Muslims invaded Syria to France, Persia to India

Isidore of Seville, scholar Etymologiae

601-636

Monothelite-leaning Pope Honorius of Rome

625-638

Anathematized as a heretic by 3rd Council of Constantinople in 680.

Sahdone/Sahdona (=Martyrius) (On Psalms)

c.635-640

Andreas

7th century

pseudo-Athanasius

7th century

Constantine of Mananalis, started Paulicans

mid 7th cent.

Also called Euchites, they were ascetic, vegetarian Gnostics

Peshita (SyrP)

600/650

p31, p34, 096, 097, 098, 099, 0102, 0106/0119, 0107, 0108, 0109, 0111, 0145, 0167, 0183, 0204, 0209, 0210, 0239, 0262, 0275

7th century

0303

7th century?

Braulio of Saragossa Life of St. Aemilianus

631-651

John Climacus (John of the Ladder)

before 670

Monothelites

633-680

Pope Agatho to the 3rd Council of Constant.

6.5

Nov 15, 680

3rd Council of Constantinople (6th ecumenical)

680-681

John of Nikiu: Copt historian. Islam was God's punishment against Chalcedonians

c.680-690

Isaac of Nineveh (=the Syrian) (Nestorian) ascetic wrote on the inner life

c.700/7th century

Avenging of the Savior (Legend of Veronica)

7/8th century

Anastasius of Antioch

700

Buddhist Empress Wu Zetian persecutes Nestorians

698-705

Burned Nestorian churches and monasteries in China

Judaism outlawed in Constantinople

722

Judaism illegal in the capital

Bede the Venerable, English historian. Finished translating John on his deathbed in 735.

731-735

Andrew of Crete, hymn writer, He was the first to claim Luke draw a secret picture of Jesus.

712-726/740

John of Damascus (defender of icons & relics)

706-749

L(e)

8th century

p42, 095, 0101, 0126, 0127, 0146, 0148, 0161, 0229, 0234, 0238

8th century

John the Elder of Mt. Qardu, N. Iraq (monk)

8th century

Synod of Hiereia (=Council of Constantinople V) (333 bishops against icons)

754

"the unlawful art of painting living creatures blasphemed the fundamental doctrine of our salvation--namely, the Incarnation of Christ, & contradicted the six holy synods"

Uighurs convert from Nestorianism to Manichaeism

762

In central Asia/western China, Uighurs abandon Nestorian Christian roots.

2nd Council of Nicea

787

Beatus

798

0279, 0298

8/9th century

Alcuin of York (scholar under Charlemagne)

782-804

Theodore Abu Qurrah, an Arabian Chalcedonian who debated Monophysites

813-820/825

Theodore the Studite/Stoudite (Orthodox, icons)

759-826

Rabanus Maurus

c.776-856

Paschasius Radbertus

786-865

Ratremus

744-868

Byzantine Lectionaries

9th century-

Sedulius Scotus

9th century

Anastasius Bibliothecarius (librarian)

858-878

Photius I (the Great) of Constantinople

c.858-891

Symeon the New Theologian

979-1022

Antoninus Melissa Loci Communes. Collection of sentences

11th century

Berengar of Tours (against transubstantiation)

1050-1088

Cretian of Troyes created Holy Grail story

1190

At one point 18 churches at the same time had the relic of the Holy Grail

Constantine Stilbes

1150-1200

John Scotus Eirugena (Irish-born), Neo-Platonist theologian who succeeded Alcuin under Charlemagne. Believed in pre-existence of souls

c.844-c.877

Gregory Palamas, defender of Hesychasm (senseless prayer)

1335-1359

Medieval Christians: Cat,Orth,Waldenses,Copt

c.500-c.1500

Muslim Qur'an or Sunni hadiths (5 collections)

c.609-

Some moderate Muslims

James of Viterbo

died 1308

Dionigi di Borgo San Sepolcro. Commentary on Peter Lombard's Sentences

c.1300-1342

Marsiglio of Padua. Italian scholar and doctor who argued against the Pope's supremacy

1320-1347

Gregory Akindos (against Ascetic Hesychasts)

c.1347

Barlaam of Seminara ' against Hesychasm

1323-1348

Thomas Bradwardine, mathematician, astronomer, archbishop of Canterbury

1320-1349

Ulrich Zwingli, Swiss Reformer

1454-1531

Cardinal Thomas Cajetan (opponent of Luther)

1494-1534

Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (Catholic Bible scholar)

1469-1536

Martin Luther, or conservative Lutherans

1483-1546

Council of the 100 Chapters (Stoglav) Moscow (Orthodox, icons)

1551

John Calvin

1536-1564

Jesus Luis de Molina (Molinists teach prevenient grace)

1588-1600

Great Council of Moscow (Orthodox, icons)

1666-1667

Synod of Jerusalem

1672

Benjamin Keach. English Particular Baptist, hymn writer. Wrote 43 works

1658-1704

Isaac Chauncy, Neonomian and medical doctor

1660-1712

Synod of the Russian Church (Orthodox, icons)

1722

Benedictine Antoin Calmet

1707-1742

Isaac Watts, theologian and logician. 750 hymns

1690-1748

George Whitfield (Great Awakening preacher)

1714-1770

Christian August Crusius

1744-1775

Gr. Orthodox: Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain Pedalion (The Rudder)

1775-1809

Synod of Constantinople (Orthodox, icons)

1776

Primitive Baptists (reformed, believer's baptism, no mission societies, ~110K members)

1830-

John Wesley

1738-1791

Charles Finney

1825-1875

Primitive Baptists (reformed, believer's baptism, no mission societies, ~110K members)

1827-

Mormonism (Latter Day Saints)

1830-

John Rippon, hymnist

1771-1836

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod split from LCMS. They believe the papacy is the antichrist. ~300K members.

1850-

Tokugawa Shoguns persecute Christians in Japan

1629-1856

Those who refused to trample pictures of Jesus or Mary tortured & killed. Many thousands killed

Queen Ranavalona I of Madagascar

1828-1861

Killed half of the people of Madagascar (2.5 million), especially Christians

St. Ignaty Brianchaninov (Orthodox, icons)

1807-1867

Ellen G. White & Seventh Day Adventists

1863-

Julius Mueller. Protestant theologian, pre-existence of souls

1839-1878

Insider Movement to Hindus (founded by Kali Chan Banurji)

1870-

Jehovah's Witnesses (Watchtower)

1872-

Liberal Protestant, Episcopalian

19th century

Mary Baker Eddy & Christian Science

1875/1879-

Unity Church (Charles Fillmore a founder)

1899-

Oneness Pentecostalism

1914-

Roman Catholic Cardinal James Gibbons

1868-1921

Gustavo Guitierrez & Liberation Theology

1950's-1971-

Rev. Moon's Divine Principle (Unification Church)

508

1954-

Insider (C5) Movement to Muslims

1970's

Chrislam syncretistic religion in Nigeria

1970's-

Charles Hartshorne, process theologian, Ontological argument

wrote 1923-1995

Buddhist persecution in Myanmar/Burma

2000-

` Buddhist government persecutes both Christians and Muslims

Henry Morris, Institute for Creation Research

1918-2006

Hindus persecute Christians Orissa province India

Aug 2008-

300+ churches burned, 400+ killed after Maoists kill Hindu Swami Laxmananand

Hans Kung, liberal Roman Catholic theologian

1954-2013

70 million Christians martyred

35-July 2014

according to David B. Barrett of World Christian Encyclopedia

Conservative Protestant: Norm Geisler, Chuck Swindoll, J.I. Packer, J. Vernon Magee, R.C. Sproul, Antioch Community Church (600 million)

c.1517-

Eastern Orthodox (200 million)

Modern Roman Catholic (1290 million)

1962-

Messianic Jews

1960's-

Christian writer, heretic, or Bible manuscript

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Date A.D.

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by Steven M. Morrison, PhD.