Church History, Book IV

Book IV

• Church History IV.1 — The Bishops of Rome and of Alexandria during the Reign of Trajan. 1. About the twelfth year of the reign of Trajan the above-mentioned bishop of the parish of Alexandria died, and Primus, the fourth in succession…vatican.va
• Church History IV.2 — The Calamities of the Jews during Trajan's Reign. 1. The teaching and the Church of our Saviour flourished greatly and made progress from day to day; but the calamities of the Jews increased, and they underwent a…vatican.va
• Church History IV.3 — The Apologists that wrote in Defense of the Faith during the Reign of Adrian. 1. After Trajan had reigned for nineteen and a half years Ælius Adrian became his successor in the empire. To him Quadratus addressed a…vatican.va
• Church History IV.4 — The Bishops of Rome and of Alexandria under the Same Emperor. In the third year of the same reign, Alexander, bishop of Rome, died after holding office ten years. His successor was Xystus. About the same time Primus,…vatican.va
• Church History IV.5 — The Bishops of Jerusalem from the Age of our Saviour to the Period under Consideration. Chapter V.—The Bishops of Jerusalem from the Age of our Saviour to the Period under Consideration 1. The chronology of the…vatican.va
• Church History IV.6 — The Last Siege of the Jews under Adrian. 1. As the rebellion of the Jews at this time grew much more serious, Rufus, governor of Judea, after an auxiliary force had been sent him by the emperor, using their madness…vatican.va
• Church History IV.7 — The Persons that became at that Time Leaders of Knowledge falsely so-called. 1. As the churches throughout the world were now shining like the most brilliant stars, and faith in our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ was…vatican.va
• Church History IV.8 — Ecclesiastical Writers. 1. Among these Hegesippus was well known. We have already quoted his words a number of times, relating events which happened in the time of the apostles according to his account. 2. He records…vatican.va
• Church History IV.9 — The Epistle of Adrian, decreeing that we should not be punished without a Trial. Chapter IX.—The Epistle of Adrian, decreeing that we should not be punished without a Trial. 1. “To Minucius Fundanus. I have received…vatican.va
• Church History IV.10 — The Bishops of Rome and of Alexandria during the Reign of Antoninus. Adrian having died after a reign of twenty-one years, was succeeded in the government of the Romans by Antoninus, called the Pious. In the first…vatican.va
• Church History IV.11 — The Heresiarchs of that Age. 1. “For Valentinus came to Rome under Hyginus, flourished under Pius, and remained until Anicetus. Cerdon also, Marcion’s predecessor, entered the Church in the time of Hyginus, the ninth…vatican.va
• Church History IV.12 — The Apology of Justin addressed to Antoninus. “To the Emperor Titus Ælius Adrian Antoninus Pius Cæsar Augustus, and to Verissimus his son, the philosopher, and to Lucius the philosopher, own son of Cæsar and adopted…vatican.va
• Church History IV.13 — The Epistle of Antoninus to the Common Assembly of Asia in Regard to our Doctrine. Chapter XIII.—The Epistle of Antoninus to the Common Assembly of Asia in Regard to our Doctrine. 1. The Emperor Cæsar Marcus Aurelius…vatican.va
• Church History IV.14 — The Circumstances related of Polycarp, a Friend of the Apostles. 1. At this time, while Anicetus was at the head of the church of Rome, Irenæus relates that Polycarp, who was still alive, was at Rome, and that he had…vatican.va
• Church History IV.15 — Under Verus, Polycarp with Others suffered Martyrdom at Smyrna. 1. At this time, when the greatest persecutions were exciting Asia, Polycarp ended his life by martyrdom. But I consider it most important that his…vatican.va
• Church History IV.16 — Justin the Philosopher preaches the Word of Christ in Rome and suffers Martyrdom. Chapter XVI.—Justin the Philosopher preaches the Word of Christ in Rome and suffers Martyrdom. 1. About this time Justin, who was…vatican.va
• Church History IV.17 — The Martyrs whom Justin mentions in his Own Work. 1. The same man, before his conflict, mentions in his first Apology others that suffered martyrdom before him, and most fittingly records the following events. 2. He…vatican.va
• Church History IV.18 — The Works of Justin which have come down to us. 1. This writer has left us a great many monuments of a mind educated and practiced in divine things, which are replete with profitable matter of every kind. To them we…vatican.va
• Church History IV.19 — The Rulers of the Churches of Rome and Alexandria during the Reign of Verus. 1. In the eighth year of the above-mentioned reign Soter succeeded Anicetus as bishop of the church of Rome, after the latter had held…vatican.va
• Church History IV.20 — The Rulers of the Church of Antioch. 1. At that time also in the church of Antioch, Theophilus was well known as the sixth from the apostles. For Cornelius, who succeeded Hero, was the fourth, and after him Eros, the…vatican.va
• Church History IV.21 — The Ecclesiastical Writers that flourished in Those Days. 1. At that time there flourished in the Church Hegesippus, whom we know from what has gone before, and Dionysius, bishop of Corinth, and another bishop,…vatican.va
• Church History IV.22 — Hegesippus and the Events which he mentions. 1. Hegesippus in the five books of Memoirs which have come down to us has left a most complete record of his own views. In them he states that on a journey to Rome he met…vatican.va
• Church History IV.23 — Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth, and the Epistles which he wrote. 1. And first we must speak of Dionysius, who was appointed bishop of the church in Corinth, and communicated freely of his inspired labors not only to…vatican.va
• Church History IV.24 — Theophilus Bishop of Antioch. 1. Of Theophilus, whom we have mentioned as bishop of the church of Antioch, three elementary works addressed to Autolycus are extant; also another writing entitled Against the Heresy of…vatican.va
• Church History IV.25 — Philip and Modestus. Philip who, as we learn from the words of Dionysius, was bishop of the parish of Gortyna, likewise wrote a most elaborate work against Marcion, as did also Irenæus and Modestus. The last named…vatican.va
• Church History IV.26 — Melito and the Circumstances which he records. 1. In those days also Melito, bishop of the parish in Sardis, and Apolinarius, bishop of Hierapolis, enjoyed great distinction. Each of them on his own part addressed…vatican.va
• Church History IV.27 — Apolinarius, Bishop of the Church of Hierapolis. A number of works of Apolinarius have been preserved by many, and the following have reached us: the Discourse addressed to the above-mentioned emperor, five books…vatican.va
• Church History IV.28 — Musanus and His Writings. And as for Musanus, whom we have mentioned among the foregoing writers, a certain very elegant discourse is extant, which was written by him against some brethren that had gone over to the…vatican.va
• Church History IV.29 — The Heresy of Tatian. 1. He is the one whose words we quoted a little above in regard to that admirable man, Justin, and whom we stated to have been a disciple of the martyr. Irenæus declares this in the first book…vatican.va
• Church History IV.30 — Bardesanes the Syrian and his Extant Works. 1. In the same reign, as heresies were abounding in the region between the rivers, a certain Bardesanes, a most able man and a most skillful disputant in the Syriac tongue,…vatican.va