List of early Christian writers in the context of "Adoptionism"

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⭐ Core Definition: List of early Christian writers

Various early Christian writers wrote gospels and other books, some of which were canonized as the New Testament canon developed. The Apostolic Fathers were prominent writers who are traditionally understood to have met and learned from Jesus's personal disciples. The Church Fathers are later writers with no direct connection to the disciples (other than the claim to apostolic succession). Early Christian apologists tried to defend Christianity against its critics, especially the Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers. Dates given, if not otherwise specified, are of their writings or bishopric, not of their lives.

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List of early Christian writers in the context of Apologetics

Apologetics (from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología) 'speech in defense') is the religious discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse. Early Christian writers (c. 120–220) who defended their beliefs against critics and recommended their faith to outsiders were called Christian apologists. In 21st-century usage, apologetics is often identified with debates over religion and theology.

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List of early Christian writers in the context of Ancient church orders

The ancient church orders form a genre of early Christian literature, ranging from 1st to 5th century, which has the purpose of offering authoritative "apostolic" prescriptions on matters of moral conduct, liturgy and Church organization. These texts are extremely important in the study of early liturgy and served as the basis for much ancient ecclesiastical legislation.

A characteristic of this genre is their pseudepigraphic form. Many of them profess to have been handed down by the Twelve Apostles, in some cases purporting to have been gathered by Clement of Rome or by Hippolytus of Rome. In the earliest of them, the Didache, extends to the title: The teaching of the Lord to the Gentiles by the Twelve Apostles. The later Testamentum Domini declares itself to be the legacy left by Jesus Christ himself to his Apostles before the Ascension, and to give his own words and commands as to the government of the Church. Apart from the Apostolic Constitutions, which was printed before 1563, all other texts have been discovered and published in the 19th or early 20th century.

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History of Christianity → Gospel → Development of the New Testament canon → Apostolic Fathers → Jesus → Disciple (Christianity) → Church Fathers → Apostolic succession → Christian apologetics → Criticism of Christianity → Ancient Greek philosophy → Ancient Roman philosophy → Episcopal see → Paul of Tarsus → Four Evangelists → Canonical gospels → Ignatius of Antioch → Marcion of Sinope → Marcionism → Biblical canon → Clement of Rome → Papias of Hierapolis → Polycarp of Smyrna → Aristides of Athens → Justin Martyr → Melito of Sardis → Irenaeus → Bishop of Lyon → Origen of Alexandria → Neoplatonism → Second Council of Constantinople → Tatian → Athenagoras of Athens → Polycrates of Ephesus → Pope Victor I → Easter controversy → Montanus → Montanism → Tertullian → Hippolytus (writer) → Antipope → Cyprian → Clement of Alexandria → Antipope Novatian → Dionysius of Alexandria → Paul of Samosata → Adoptionism → Synods of Antioch → Athanasius of Alexandria → Trinitarianism → Donatus Magnus → Donatism → Lactantius → Arnobius → Eusebius → Augustine of Hippo →