After Ephesus Teaching on God's Transcendence Grid – Sept. 2024 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, white=Christian writer, khaki=spurious, green=heresy, orange=schism, pink=strange writer, yellow=foreign missions, red=Christians persecuted, brown=Christians persecuting

Christian writer, heretic, or Bible manuscript

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Date A.D.

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

20

Jun-Sep 431

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Philip of Side, Pamphylia (historian)

405-after 431

Celestine of Rome to the Council of Ephesus

1 ¾

431-432

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The Didascalia (refers to Nestorians)

70

after 432

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Paul of Emesa

after 432

Philostorgius, extreme Arian historian

Vincent of Lerins A Commonitory

26

c.434

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W

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W

W

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

W

W

W

W

W

1st Council of Orange (17 bishops)

Nov 8, 441

Syriac Peshitta (Mt-1 Pet)

442-

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W

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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

W

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

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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

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Ephraemi Rescriptus (C) (=04)

5th century

I

5th century

Q

5th century

T

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

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451

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Oecumenius of Isauria

5th century

Julianus Pomerius

5th century

Nestorius’ Bazaar of Heracleides

c.128

451/452

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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

W

W

W

W

W

W

W

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)

15

420-461

W

W

W

Pope Leo I of Rome (turned back Attila)

204

440-461

W

W

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Prosper of Aquitaine (foe of Cassian) -partial

c.12

426-465

W

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Hidatius/Igacius of Gallaecia (Portugal)

c.401-c.469

Sharahb’il Yakuf kills Ethiopian Christians

c.472

Christian missionary Azqir among those killed.

Moses of Chorene/Khorenatsi History of Armenia

474,461-491

Varimadum

445/480

What has been called the Athanasian Creed

1

447/484

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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

41

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)

9

519-521

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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

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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

13

553

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Vigilius’ letter to Constantinople II Council

2

553

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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

W

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 ½

590-605

W

Eulogius of Alexandria

607

Venantius’ Poem on Easter

1 ½

lived c.530-609

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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

15

600-625

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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)

8

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)

4

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