Later 2nd Century Christianity (150-190)
Reviewing Tatian (120 – 180)
https://www.gotquestions.org/Tatian-of-Adiabene.html
- Diatessaron
- Address To The Greeks
- On Perfection According to the Doctrine of the Savior
- Problematon Biblion
Persecution/Martyrdom continues:
Eusebius records a letter written about persecution in Gaul.
In northern Africa, the Acts of the Scillitan Martyrs mentions the trial of 12 Christians before authorities in Carthage around the end of the second century.
Church Leaders/ Teachers:
Aristo of Pella (100 – 160) – history/ lost
Hegissupus (110-180) – history/lost
Irenaus (130-202)
Athenagorus of Athens (133 – 190)
Minucius Felix (150-270)
Tertullian (160 – 240)
Theophilus of Antioch (169 – 183)
Detractors & Heretics:
Celsus – Greek Philosopher (AD 175)
Marcus Cornelius Fronto (died AD 166)
Lucian of Samosata (died AD 180)
Galen (died AD 199)
Encratites – 2nd-century sect of Christians who forbade marriage and counselled abstinence from meat. Eusebius says that Tatian was the author of this heresy.
Montanists – Montanism, known by its adherents as the New Prophecy, was an early Christian movement of the late 2nd century, later referred to by the name of its founder, Montanus. Montanism held views about the basic tenets of Christian theology similar to those of the wider Christian Church, but it was labelled a heresy for its belief in new prophetic revelations.
Valentinians – Founded by Valentinus in the 2nd century AD, its influence, “special knowledge”, spread widely, not just within Rome but also from Northwest Africa to Egypt through to Asia Minor and Syria in the East.
Details:
Muratorian Fragment
(Book) Christianity At The Crossroads by Michael Kruger
“The second century was important for shaping the future of the church.”
Links:
- http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/index.html
- http://andrewjacobs.org/christianorigins/syllabus.htm