| 170 Tatian
produces "Diatessaron" (Harmony) by blending 4 "Western" text-type Gospels
into 1
170? Symmachus, an Ebionite, writes an entirely new Greek OT translation 174-189 Pope Eleutherius, 13th Pope 175? Acts of Paul (inc. 3 Cor.), in Greek [NT Apocrypha,Schneemelcher,v.2] 180-192 Commodus emperor of Rome 185-350 Canon Muratorian, 1st extant for NT?, written in Rome by Hippolytus?, excludes Hebrews, James, 1-2 Peter, 3 John; includes Wisdom of Solomon, Apocalypse of Peter 189-198 Pope Victor I, 1st Latin Pope, 14th Pope, excommunicated Eastern churches that continued to observe Easter on Nisan 14 "Quartodeciman", (see 166, 190) 190 Christian council to determine "official" date of Easter 193-211 Septimius Severus emperor of Rome 197 Writings of Apollonius, uses the term "catholic" in reference to 1 John 198-217 Pope Zephyrinus, 15th Pope 200 Bishop of Antioch notes Gospel of Peter (see 65?) being used in Cilicia 200? Papyrus 66: 2nd Bodmer, John, 1956, "Alexandrian/Western" text-types: Jn 1:1-6:11, 35-7:52; 8:12-14:26, 29-30; 15:2-26; 16:2-4, 6-7, 10- 20:20, 22-23, 25-21:9 200? Papyrus 75: Bodmer 14-15, Luke & John, earliest extant Luke, ~Vaticanus; Lk3:18-22, 33-4:2, 34-5:10, 37-6:4, 10-7:32, 35-39, 41-43, 46-9:2, 4- 17:15, 19-18:18; 22:4-24:53; Jn1:1-7:52; 8:12-11:45, 48-57; 12:3- 13:1, 8-9; 14:8-30; 15:7-8 200? Papyrus 46: 2nd Chester Beatty, "Alexandrian" text-type: Rm5:17-6:3, 5- 14; 8:15-25, 27-35, 37-9:32; 10:1-11:22,24-33, 35-15:9, 11-16:27; Hb1:1- 9:16, 18-10:20, 22-30, 32-13:25; 1Cr1:1-9:2, 4-14:14, 16-15:15, 17- 16:22; 2Cr1:1-11:10, 12-21, 23-13:13; Ep1:1-2:7, 10-5:6, 8-6:6, 8, 20- 24; Gl1:1-8, 10-2:9, 12-21; 3:2-29; 4:2-18, 20-5:17, 20-6:8, 10- 18; Ph1:1, 5-15, 17-28, 30-2:12, 14-27, 29-3:8, 10-21; 4:2-12, 14- 23; Cl1:1-2, 5-13, 16-24, 27-2:19, 23-3:11, 13-24; 4:3-12, 16- 18; 1Th1:1, 9-2:3; 5:5-9, 23-28 200? Papyrus 32: J. Rylands Library: Titus 1:11-15;2:3-8 200? Papyrus 64 (+67): Mt3:9,15;5:20-22,25-28;26:7-8,10,14-15,22-23,31- 33 200? Old Syriac (Aramaic) Gospels, Syr(s) & Syr(c), of "Western" text-type 200? Latin Bible translations begun in Carthage?, originals no longer extant 200? Sahidic Coptic cop(sa) Bible translations written in Alexendria 212-217 Geta then Caracalla emperors of Rome 217-236 Anti-Pope Hippolytus, bishop of Rome, "Logos" sect, 1st Anti-Pope (illegitimate claimants of or pretenders to the papal throne) 217-222 Pope Callistus I, 16th Pope 218-222 Heliogabalus emperor of Rome 220 Goths invade Asia Minor and Balkans 220? Clement of Alexandria, b.150?, bishop, cites "Alexandrian" NT text-type & Secret Gospel of Mark & Gospel of the Egyptians; wrote: "Exhortations to the Greeks";"Rich Man’s Salutation";"To the Newly Baptized"; (Loeb Classics) 222-230 Pope Urban I, 17th Pope 222-235 Alexandar Severus emperor of Rome 223? Tertullian, wr: "de Spectaculis" (Latin): v30.6 cites rumor Jesus son of prostitute, coined "New Testament", cites "Western" Gospel text-type (Loeb) |
225? Papyrus
45: 1st Chester Beatty, Gospels (Cæsarean), Acts (Alexandrian): Mt20:24-32;
21:13-19; 25:41-26:39; Mk4:36-40; 5:15-26, 38-6:3, 16- 25, 36-50; 7:3-15,
25-8:1, 10-26, 34-9:9, 18-31; 11:27-12:1, 5-8, 13- 19, 24-28; Lk6:31-41
,45-7:7; 9:26 -41, 45-10:1, 6-22, 26-11:1, 6-25, 28- 46, 50-12:12, 18-37,
42-13:1, 6-24, 29-14:10, 17-33; Jn10:7-25, 30- 11:10, 18-36, 42-57; Ac4:27-36;
5:10-21, 30-39; 6:7-7:2, 10-21, 32- 41, 52-8:1, 14-25, 34-9:6,16-27, 35-10:2,10-23,
31-41;11:2-14, 24- 12:5, 13-22; 13:6-16, 25-36, 46-14:3, 15-23; 15:2-7,
19-27, 38-16:4, 15- 21, 32-40; 17:9-17
225? Papyrus 967: Chester Beatty 9, Greek Ezekiel 11:25-end, ~Codex Vaticanus 230-236 Pope Pontian, 18th Pope 230-250 Christian council of Rome, Demetrius bishop of Alex. condemns Origen who in 248 cited a rumor recorded by Celsus that "Jesus fabricated the account of his birth from a virgin. In reality, Jesus’ mother was driven out by the carpenter husband to whom she was betrothed because she had committed adultery with a [Roman] soldier named Panthera [thus the ben Pantere of Jewish sources]. Left poor and homeless, she gave birth to Jesus in secret. Jesus later spent time in Egypt, where he hired himself out as a laborer, learned magic, and so came to claim the title of God." [CC1.28-32, Marginal Jew, Meier, p. 223] 236-238 Maximus emperor of Rome, ends Christian schism in Rome by deporting Pope Pontian and anti-Pope Hippolytus to Sardinia where they soon die 236-237 Pope Anterus, 19th Pope 237-250 Pope Fabian, 20th Pope 238-244 Gordian I, II, Balbinus, Pupienus, Gordian III emperors of Rome 240-250 Christian council of Carthage 244-249 Philip the Arabian emperor of Rome 249-251 Decius emperor of Rome 249 Rome celebrates 1000th anniversary 250 Rome steps up persecution of Christians, martyrs revered as saints 250 Letters of Methodius, Pistis Sophia, Porphyry Tyrius; church fathers 250? Mandeans (followers of John the Baptist) begin compilation of "Ginza" 250? Papyrus 72: Bodmer 5-11+, pub. 1959, "Alexandrian" text-type: Nativity of Mary; 3Cor; Odes of Solomon 11; Jude 1-25; Melito’s Homily on Passover; Hymn fragment; Apology of Phileas; Ps33,34; 1Pt1:1-5:14; 2Pt1:1-3:18; 250? Papyrus Chester Beatty: #5:R962: Gn8:13-9:2,24:13-46:33, Enoch91-105; #7: 18:18-19:13, 38:14-45:5, 54:1=60:22; #8: Jr4:30-5:24; #10: Dn1- 12:13(+Add),Bel4-39,Sus5-end,Esther1:1a-8:6(+Add) 251-253 Gallus emperor of Rome 251-253 Pope Cornelius, 21st Pope 251-258 Anti-Pope Novatian, decreed no forgiveness for sins after baptism 253-260 Valerian emperor of Rome, executes all Bishops, Priests, and Deacons 253-254 Pope Lucius I, 22nd Pope 254 Letters of Origen, Jesus and God one substance, adopted at Council of Nicæa in 325, compiled "Hexapla": 6 versions of LXX side by side: Hebrew, Hebrew transliterated in Greek, Aquila’s Greek trans., Symmachus’ Greek trans., Origen’s revised LXX Greek trans., Theodotion’s revised LXX; also Quinta/Sexta/Septima trans., Tetragrammaton in square Hebrew script; cites "Alexandrian" & "Cæsarean" NT text-types; Eusebius claimed Origen castrated himself for Christ due to Mt19:12 [EH6.8.1-3] |