ULTIMATE THINGS – HEAVEN

ULTIMATE THINGS – HELL

Legend for Cells

U1. Concept of the Kingdom of heaven/God Mt4:17

U11. Demons Mt 7:22; Mk 3:15; Rom8:38; Jms2:19; Rev 9:20

W = Wrote explicitly on this teaching

U2. Description of God’s throne Isa6;Ezk1,10;Rv4-

U12. Satan/Lucifer/the Devil Rev 12; 20:2-3

I = Implied a true, or opposite is false

U3. Angels are servants of God Mt25; Mk12; Lk9

U13. Satan/demons fell from heaven Rev12:3-13;2Pet2:4

N = Implied since accept Nicene Creed

U4. The angel Gabriel Dan 8:16; 9:21; Lk 1:19,26

U14. Satan is a dragon Rev 12; 20:2-3

m = Mixed: some agree, others did not

U5. The angel Michael Dan 10:13,21; Jude 9; Rev 12:7

U15. Satan is a serpent Rev 12:9; 20:2-3

P = partial, i.e. E1. mentions Antichrist but not that he will come in the future

U6. Guardian angels Ps 34:7; Mt 18:10; Acts 12:15

U16. Satan deceives 2 Cor 11:3; Rev 20:2-3,10

U7. Four Living Creatures Ezek 1:5-24; Rev 4:6-9; 6:1-7

U17. The prince of this world/air is evil/Satan Eph2:2

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U8. Reincarnation/transmigration is wrong Heb9:27

U18. Demons are worshipped by pagans 1Cor10:19-20

X = Disagree

U9. Believers who die are with God forever Rv22:5

U19. All who die rejecting Jesus go to Hell 2Th 1:8-9

blank = not researched yet

U10. Believers have rewards in heaven 1Cor3:10-15

U20. Unquenchable fire Isa 66:24; Mk 9:48; ~Rev 20:10

Writer totals include W’s & I’s but no 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

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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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Polycarp to the Philippians

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Papias of Hierapolis, disciple of John

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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 O.T., 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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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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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 the Father, Son & Spirit were one person.

Persecution of Septimus Severus

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est. 2M Christians. A Christian helped him when ill, but did not 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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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 on Rebaptism

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Cyprian of Carthage (against Novatian)

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Roman church leaders (ltr 2,29,30)

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