Organization of the early church
In Pentecost, “a Hebrew word that means meeting and assembly,” the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples, as the Lord, glory be to Him, had said before the crucifixion
In Pentecost, “a Hebrew word that means meeting and assembly,” the Holy Spirit descended on the disciples, as the Lord, glory be to Him, had said before the crucifixion
After the failure of the attempt to restore unity to the Church at the Second Council of Constantinople - the Fifth Ecumenical Council - which occurred after the Council of Chalcedon - the Ecumenical Council
Worshipers and Monk Alexandros: Worshipers are those who appeared in the dioceses of Antioch in the last quarter of the fourth century. They were obligated to pray in particular
In the second half of the third century in Chalcis (Majdal Anjar), Iamblichus of Aytauri called for Neo-Platonism, defended it, and gave
He was born in Bithynia, from the city of Horan, and educated in Tyre. Then he studied rhetoric and philosophy with Longinus in Athens. Longinus was impressed
Some people found sustenance in Plato's Timaeus and revived their souls. They confirmed his saying with the One and Only One. They said of Platonic dualism, so they differentiated between
Numanius taught in Abameya, between Hamah and Al-Maarra, in the second half of the second century. He quoted Pythagoras and Plato and explained what was stated.
Chaos, wars, and epidemics had given rise to new tendencies in pagan thought. It caused some men to turn away from this world
It was stated in the history of the monk Edessa that the Third Council of Antioch forbade the teachings of Mani at the same time it forbade the teachings of Paul of Samesata.
Sabellius was born at the end of the second century and died in 261 AD. He became a priest of Libyan nationality and was educated in Rome. and then
Tatianus was born on the lower island in Hadyabin to pagan parents and was raised in paganism. Then he sought wisdom, so he left and wandered and resided in
Another Gnostic, Bardizan al-Rahawi, became famous in the late second and early third centuries. Bardesenes is derived from the Syriac word “Bar” and its meaning