TIMELESS TITLES OF JESUS

INCARNATE TITLES OF JESUS

Legend for Cells

t1. Jesus is the/our Lord  Rom 1:4b; 1 Cor 12:3b; 2 Cor 1:2b

i1. Christ is the Firstborn Col 1:15; Heb 1:6

W = Wrote explicitly on this teaching

t2. King of Kings and/or Lord of Lords   Rev 19:16

i2. Christ is the Second/Last Adam Rom 5:14-16

I = Implied this is true or opposite is false

t3. Jesus is the Alpha and Omega  Rev 1:8

i3. Jesus called Emmanuel/God with us. Isa 7:14

N = Implied since accepted Nicene Creed

t4. Jesus is the Door or Gate   Jn 10:7

i4. Jesus is our High Priest   Heb 2:17; 3:1; 4:14; 8

m = Mixed: some agree, others did not

t5. Jesus is the Image of God  Col 1:15; Heb 1:3

i5. Jesus is our Physician/Doctor Lk 4:23; 5:31

P = partial, example: t10, Justin: prophecy that Judah a lion’s whelp, but not say Jesus

t6. Jesus is the/our Rock/Stone/Cornerstone 1 Cor 10:4

i6. Jesus is the Way   Jn 14:6

t7. Jesus is the Light or Light of Light   Jn 1:4; 8:12; 9:5

i7. Jesus is the Truth   Jn 14:6

- = no reference found

t8. Jesus is our Shepherd  Jn 10:11; 1 Pet 2:25; Rev 7:17

i8. Jesus is our / the Life   Jn 1:4; 14:6

X = Disagree

t9. Jesus is the Lamb of God    Jn 1:29; Rev 5:6

i9. Jesus is the Bread or Bread of Life Jn 6:35

blank = not researched yet

t10. Jesus is a Lion / as a lion’s whelp   Rev 5:5

i10. Jesus is the Vine   Jn 15:1-17

Writer totals include W’s & I’s but not P’s

Christian writer, heretic, or Bible manuscript

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Nero and Domitian persecute Christians

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est. 500K Christians. Labeled atheists; killed for refusing to worship emperor/idols

Clement of Rome (wrote 1 Clement)

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Ignatius disciple of John (shortest version)

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Trajan persecutes Christians

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Answered Pliny the Younger’s letter. Christians not sought after but killed if found

Didache (=Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)

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Apology of Aristides (Greek version)

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Quadratus of Athens fragment (apologist)

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Letter to Diognetus (=Mathetes to Diognetus)

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Hadrian persecutes Christians

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Hadrian loved Greek culture, and he persecuted both Jewish & Christian people

Bar Cochba persecutes Christians

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Christians persecuted in Israel because they would not join Bar Cochba’s revolt.

Letter of Barnabas

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p52+p104+p87  5+5+4 verses (Jn, Mt, Philemon)

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p46 Chester Beatty II - 1,680 verses (70%) Paul + Heb

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2 Clement (anonymous writer)

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Polycarp to the Philippians

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Papias of Hierapolis, disciple of John

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Apostolic fathers totals: all symbols

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Justin Martyr, philosopher and apologist

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Shepherd of Hermas

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Evarestus’ Martyrdom of Polycarp

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Gnostic heresies become widespread

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Gnostics believed Creator was evil/foolish, rejected Old Test., mixed in paganism.

Tatian+his Diatessaron.Encratite Gnostic later

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Dionysius of Corinth (wrote against Marcion)

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Hegesippus (chronicler)

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Melito/Meleto of Sardis (Quartodecimian)

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p66 Bodmer II Papyrii - 817 verses (92%) of John

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p4+p64+p67 Lk 1:58-59,etc. Mt 26:7-8,etc. 95 verses

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p90 Jn 18:36-19:7 (11 verses)

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Persecution of Marcus Aurelius

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Aurelius was a Stoic philosopher. Persecution mainly in Gaul, ended when he died

Christians of Vienna and Lugdunum (Lyons)

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Athenagoras (apologist)

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Claudius Apollinaris of Hierapolis

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Rhodon (against Marcion and Apelles)

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Theophilus of Antioch ( to Autolycus)

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Ebionites & Clementina (OT Law,Father,Son)

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Irenaeus of Lyons, disciple of Polycarp

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Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs -died 180 A.D.

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Maximus of Jerusalem -wrote on origin of evil

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Polycrates of Ephesus (Quartodecimian)

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p32 (=P. Rylands 5) Titus 1:1-15; 2:3-8 (21 verses)

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Caius and the Muratorian Canon

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Sabellian heresy (Praxeas, Noetus, Callistus)

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Also called Patripassians, they believed Father, Son, & Spirit were one person.

Persecution of Septimus Severus

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est. 2M Christians. A Christian helped him when ill, but didn’t repeal existing laws

Passion of Perpetua and Felicitas

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Romans kill first known martyrs in Britain

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Alban, Julius, and Aaron were formerly thought killed in 304/5 A.D.

Serapion of Antioch (against Marcion)

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Apollonius of Ephesus (against Montanists)

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Clement of Alexandria

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p75 Lk 3:18-22; etc. Jn 1:1-11:45,etc. 1,166 verses

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Tertullian (joined the Montanist Church)

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Tertullian’s 5 Books Against Marcion

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Theodotus the probable Montanist

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Asterius Urbanus (against Montanists)

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Elchasaite Ebionites (said Jesus God’s Son)

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Hippolytus, pupil of Irenaeus (undisputed)

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Maximim persecutes Christians

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First empire-wide persecution, but only of clergy. It stopped when he was killed.

Instructions of Commodianus

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Severe persecution by Decius and Gallus

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1st Christian schism. Can fallen Christians return, or doomed forever –Novatian

Novatian (his schism lasted over 200 years)

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Anonymous Treatise Against Novatian

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Cyprian of Carthage (against Novatian)

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Roman church leaders (ltr 2,29,30)

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