The age of Nicaea
AD 301–380
Victorinus of Pettau
Bishop and martyr; earliest Latin commentator on Revelation.
4 worksMethodius of Olympus
Bishop and martyr; wrote the Banquet of the Ten Virgins.
23 worksCouncil of Ancyra (AD 314)
Canons on the restoration of the lapsed.
1 workCouncil of Neocaesarea (AD 315)
Canons of a regional council in Asia Minor.
1 workPseudo-Clement (the Clementine writings)
The Clementine Homilies, Recognitions and Epistles on Virginity, written under the name of Clement of Rome.
3 worksPseudo-Clement (the Clementine writings)
The Clementine Homilies, Recognitions and Epistles on Virginity, written under the name of Clement of Rome.
8 worksCouncil of Nicaea (AD 325)
The first ecumenical council.
2 worksAlexander of Alexandria
Bishop of Alexandria at the outbreak of the Arian controversy.
1 workArnobius of Sicca
North African teacher who wrote against the pagans.
9 worksJuvencus
Spanish priest who put the four Gospels into Latin hexameters.
1 workMarcellus of Ancyra
Bishop of Ancyra, a defender of the Nicene faith whom Eusebius of Caesarea attacked; his own book survives only in quotation.
1 workEusebius of Caesarea
Bishop of Caesarea and the first church historian.
33 worksCouncil of Gangra
A council that rejected extreme asceticism.
3 worksJacob the Persian Philosopher
Syriac writer, quoted on Bardesanes.
1 workSynod of Antioch (AD 341)
A synod and its canons.
2 worksCouncil of Sardica (AD 343)
A council of Eastern and Western bishops.
1 workAphrahat the Persian Sage
The first Syriac church father, in Persia.
4 worksActs of Philip
An apocryphal account of the work and martyrdom of the apostle Philip.
1 workJulius Firmicus Maternus
A convert from astrology who wrote against pagan religions.
1 workNew Testament apocrypha
Apocryphal gospels, acts and revelations of the early Church, in the translation of the Ante-Nicene Fathers.
41 worksEunomius of Cyzicus
Leader of the strict Arians, whose First Apology answered the defenders of the Nicene faith.
1 workCouncil of Laodicea
Canons on worship and the Scriptures.
1 workLucifer of Cagliari
Bishop of Cagliari, a bitter opponent of Arianism and of compromise with it.
6 worksHilary of Poitiers
Bishop of Poitiers; defender of Nicene faith in the West.
14 worksAthanasius of Alexandria
Bishop of Alexandria; champion of the Nicene faith.
27 worksEphrem the Syrian
Deacon, poet and teacher, the great voice of the Syriac church.
18 worksPseudo-Athanasius of Alexandria
Writings put under the name of Athanasius of Alexandria that are spurious or of doubtful authorship.
1 workLiturgy of Saint Clement
The liturgy set out in the eighth book of the Apostolic Constitutions, which is put under the name of Clement of Rome.
1 workBasil of Caesarea
Bishop of Caesarea; one of the three Cappadocian fathers.
7 worksApostolic Constitutions
A large Syrian collection of church law and worship.
9 worksPriscillian of Avila
Bishop of Avila, the first Christian put to death for heresy.
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