Apostles
Apostles
Apostles
Destruction of Jerusalem
Titus Vespasian
Emperor Hadrian
70 AD
140 AD
80
AD 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 90 100 110 120 130 140 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240
Christ AD 3 to AD 33
Apostle John AD 6 - 100 Taught by Christ, Gospel of John, I John, II John, III John, Revelation
Ignatius AD 35 - AD 117 Disciple of the Apostle John
early church letters testify that he was one of children blessed by Christ in Gospel accounts
*bishop at Antioch [in present day Turkey]
*Wrote letters to the Church, including one to PolyCarp
*quoted Mathew, John, Luke, and all of Pauls Epistles
PolyCarp AD 69 - AD 155 Disciple of the Apostle John, bishop of Smyrna
*friend of Ignatius, Bishop of Smyrna [Izmir, Turkey]
quoted Mathew, Luke, John, Romans, I&II Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Phillipians, 1 & 2 Thes., 1&2 Tim, 1 Pet, 1 John
martyred during reighn of Marcus Aurelius, Proconsul Lucius Statius Quadratus in 155
James "the Just" brother of Jesus AD ?? To AD 62 Irenaeus AD 120 - AD 202 Disciple of Ignatius and PolyCarp, Bishop of Lyons (in France)
Martyred
Martyred -- Thrown
Thrown from
from pimmacle
pimmacle of
of Temple
Temple and
and beaten
beaten
(according to
(according to Clement
Clement of
of Alexandria)
Alexandria) or
or
*identified as many as 24 NT Letters as Word of God, including
Stoned to Death according to Josephus Mathew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, I&2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Phil. Col., 1&2 Thes, 1&2 Tim, Tutus, 1 Pet, 1&2 John, Revelation
Wrote the book of James *wrote Against Heresies
Hippolytus of Rome AD 170 - AD 236 Disciple of Ireneaus
Aristides of Athens (AD 70 - AD 1340 *wrote Refutation of All Heresies
Athenian Philospher *identified / quoted 24 NT letters
*wrote a defence of Christianity for Emperor Hadrian persecuted under Emperor Maximus Thrax