Roman Em- The succes- The Evan-Dositheus. perors. The tax of Augus-TitusLivius. sion of the gelists & Simon Ma-tus Cæsar. A. D. of Rome is The three The Gnos- The birth of Tiberius 37 of intricacy Fathers, Cerinthus, Caligula 41 and Claudius 54 rity. obscu-Clement, Nero 68 We shall Hermas. Hymenæus CHRIST. Germanicus. Ovid. Julius Hygi nus. The offerings pre-Labeo. sented to Jesus Christ Valerius Philetus, by the wise men from Maximus. who, toge- the East. Phædrus. ther with Verrius The four passovers Flaccus. sephus.. Diotrephes, celebrated by Christ. Strabo. are rather tol These are be consider Dionysius of John the Baptist Alexand. Christ's Seneca, the almost all ed as apos- beheaded. the genuine tates than as miracles, sufferings, Rhetor. ecclesiasti- heretics. Alexander. cal writers of The Nico the first cen- laitans. The dates tury that are Ebion. N.B. The Ebionites & St. Paul. renes. of the deaths now extant. The Naza- in the ac Charax. VOL. IV, The conversion of Isidore of Nazarenes, Institution of Aga-Celsus, the Edessa-the though ge- pæ, or feasts of cha- Physician. gospels, Acts, nerally pla-rity. Abgarus counts of king of Epistles, and ced by the Baptism is adminis- Sabinus. Liturgies, Learned in tered by immersion. Dydimis of that have the first cen- Several Christian (besides tury, yet be-churches founded. Pfaff,Bower, those which long more The first persecu- Lenglet, and we esteem pect; and Apostles their differ-as also the 42 Alexand. Cocceius As it is im-were forged possible to in the Fifth reconcile Century. these histo rians, and difficult oft-1 en to decide which calcu-i lates best, we shall follow Pearson and Pfaff as the surest guides. Peter and Simon the Servilius Magician at Rome, Marcus. and of a Statue, ha- AnnæusCorving been erected to nutus. the latter in that city, Lucian. seem idle fictions. AndromaThe second persechus. cution of the Chris- Petronius. tians under Domi- Persius. tian. Epictetus. St. John thrown Dioscorides. into a caldron of boil-Flavius Joing oil, a dubious sephus. story. Silius Itali cus. The adventures of Apollonius Tyaneus. Valerius Flaccus. Pliny, the Elder. Pliny, the Younger. Asconius. Pedianus. Plinius Va lerianus. Juvenal. Martial. Statius. Sext. Jul. Frontinus. Quintilian. Dion Chry sostome. Tacitus. Phlegon. Athenodo rus. Sedition & slaugh Maximus Tyrius. which men be the chief attach either of the En-ter of that people un-Taurus Cal no ideas, or cratites. false ones, Hydropara has wounded states, and peace, with-ites. out promo Ptolomæus ting truth & Secundus. It has produ-Cerdo. Melito. Tartian.* Papias. Apollinaris. Hermias. der the standards of visius. Barcocheba, the false Apuleius. Messiah. Artemido Docetæ, or neral. The perusal of the lux. The Meli-Sibylline Oracles pro- Diogenes tonians. hibited by an impe- Laertius. Athenago- The Sac-rial edict. Christian Gallienus. Sundays, and other Ammonius Alexandri-Ophites. stated days, in private Saccas. nus. Tertullian. Artotyrites. houses, and in the bu- Priscus. Aquila. the Tanner, tyrs. Theodotion. the chief of Infant baptism and Hermoge Symmachus the Alogi. Hermes. Montanus. sponsors used in this nes, who, century. at the age Geta 212 Anterus 236 Felix. Hierax. Macrinus Fabiannus Hippolytus. Noetus. 251 Ammonius. Sabellius. 218 Heliogaba- Cornelius lus ののの Beryllus. cus. Seventh persecu-Julius Afrition under Maximin canus. 254 Julius Afri- Paul of Sa-VIII. under Decias, in Acolus. Severus A contest be- canus. Alexander tween him Origen. 235 and Nova-Cyprian. tian. Maximin237 mosat. Novatians. Novatian. sians. Arabians. Gordian I,II. Lucius 256 Gregory 237 Stephen 258 Thaum. Cathari. Pupienus Sixtus II.259 Dionysius of Valesians. Eighth persecution Fortuna Balbin 238 Dionysius Alexand. Privatus. under Valerian, in tus. 270 Pamphilus. A schism be- which those more il-Herodian. Gordian III. Philip, the 244 Felix 275 Anatolius. Arabian, supposed to have been the first Christian emperor 250 Decius 252 Gallus Vo- Emilianus 268 Claudius II. 270 nus. 296 Archelaus. Lucianus. tus. Stephen R. Pont. Quintillus 270 Aurelian275 Basilides, Tacitus 275 276 Probus 282 Carus 283 Carinus 284 Numerianus 284 Dioclesian bishop of lis. tweenSte-lustrious martyrs, Nicagoras. phen and Cyprian, Lucius, Ste- Quadratus. Cyprian, phen I, Sixtus I, and Amelius. concern- Laurentius, suffer for Gentilianus. ing the re-their faith. baptizing Erennius. Ninth persecution Dixippus. under Dioclesian, CassiusLonMaximian, Galerius, ginus. and Maximin, much Julius Capimore cruel than the tolinus. preceding,and famous Elius Lamfor the martyrdom of pridius. the Theban Legion, Trebellius which, however, is a Pollio. very dubious story. Porphyry. The Jewish Talmud and Targum compo-Elius Spar- The Jews are al-Flavius Vo- Jewish schools erect- mesianus. ed at Babylon, Sora, Alexander, and other places. |