- CHURCH HISTORY
(from the Lord Jesus to John
Wesley and now)
| 26-36
| Pontius
Pilate: Roman Prefect of Iudaea (Samaria, Judea, and
Idumea) |
| 27-29?
| John the
Baptist begins ministry (Luke 3,1-2) (15th year of
Tiberius) |
| 27-34?
| Jesus
baptized by John the Baptist (Mk1:4-11) |
| 31-34?
| John the
Baptist arrested and killed by Herod Antipas (Luke
3,19-20) |
| 27-34?
| Jesus'
ministry |
| 32? - 34?
| Jesus
crucified, Friday, Nisan 14th, March 30th, [Ref:
John, Unauthorized |
|
| |
|
| |
|
32-34
A.D. Jesus Christ dies on the cross-fulfills over 300
prophecies
-Apostles
and Deacons Evangelize here-
| 32?-67
| Period
Peter leads the new
Christian Church, moves
the church headquarters from
Jerusalem to Rome.
James heads church in
Jerusalem. |
| 32?-37
| Paul
of Tarsus has Stephen
martyred and the
Jerusalem church
destroyed |
| 37?
| Paul
of Tarsus is converted
(Acts 9) |
| 37-41
| Gaius
Caligula emperor of
Rome, declared himself
god |
| 37-41?
| Marullus:
Roman Prefect of Iudaea
(Samaria, Judea, and
Idumea) |
| 40
| Paul
goes to Jerusalem to
consult with Peter (Gal
1, 18-20) |
| 41-54
| Claudius
emperor of Rome, killed
by poisoning by his
wife Agrippina |
| 44
| James,
brother of John,
executed by Herod
Agrippa I (Acts 12,
1-3) |
| 47-48
| Paul
and Barnabas on Cyprus
(Acts 13, 4-12) |
| 48-49
| Council
of Jerusalem, 1st
Christian Council,
doctrine regarding
circumcision and
dietary law is agreed
to by apostles and
presbyters, written in
a letter addressed
to "the brothers
of Gentile origin in
Antioch, Syria, and
Cilicia" (Acts
15) |
| 48-57?
| Paul
writes Galations |
| 49-50
| Paul
in Corinth (Acts 18) |
| 50?
| Peshitta
translation begun,
Hebrew OT->Syriac
Aramaic, (Greek NT in
400) |
| 50?
| Ascension
of Isaiah, original
written in Hebrew (Ethiopic
Bible) |
| 51-52
| Paul
writes 1 Thes |
| 51-52
| Paul
writes 2 Thes |
| 53-62
| Paul
writes Phil |
| 54-68
| Nero
emperor of Rome |
| 56
| Paul
writes 1 Corin |
| 57
| Paul
writes Romans |
| 57
| Paul
writes 2 Corin |
| 57
| Paul's
last visit to Jerusalem
[Acts21] |
| 58
| Paul
arrested, imprisoned in
Caesarea [Acts25:4] |
| 59
| Nero
kills his mother,
Agrippina |
| 60
| Paul
imprisoned in Rome
(Acts 28,16) |
| 61-63?
| Paul?
writes Ephesians |
| 61-63
| Paul
writes Philemon |
| 61-63
| Paul
writes Colossians |
| 61-63?
| Paul?
writes 1,2 Timothy,
Titus, known as
"pastoral
epistles" |
| 62?
| James
written by leader of
Jerusalem community?
(Gal 2,9?),
"catholic" |
|
| epistle |
| 62
| Paul
martyred for treason in
Rome |
| 62
| {Being
therefore this kind of
person [i.e., a
heartless Sadducee],
Ananus, thinking
that he had a favorable
opportunity because
Festus had died and Albinus
was still on his way,
called a meeting
[literally, "sanhedrin"]
of judges and brought
into it the brother of
Jesus-who-is-called-Messiah, James
by name, and some
others. He made the
accusation that they
had transgressed
the law, and he handed
them over to be
stoned.} [JA20.9.1,Marginal
Jew,p.57] |
| 62
| Nero
kills his wife Octavia
and marries Poppaea
Sabina |
| 64
| Great
fire of Rome, started
by Nero and blamed on
Christians, {Therefore
to squelch
the rumor
, Nero created
scapegoats and
subjected to the most
refined tortures those
whom
the
common people called
"Christians,"
[a group] hated for
their abominable crimes.
Their name comes from
Christ, who, during the
reign of Tiberius, had been
executed by the
procurator Pontius
Pilate. Suppressed for
the moment, the
deadly superstition
broke out again, not
only in Judea, the land
which originated
this evil, but also in
the city of Rome, where
all sorts of horrendous
and shameful practices
from every part of the
world converge and
are fervently
cultivated.} [Tacitus
Annals 15.44;Marginal Jew;Meier;p.89-90] |
|
64-70?
| 1
Peter written in Rome,
by Peter the apostle,
or a disciple of Peter?,
"catholic"
epistle |
| 65-125
| Period
in which 4 Gospels,
Acts, Revelations, and
remaining epistles
written |
| 65-150
| Didache:
Instructions of the
Apostles written |
| 65-150
| Dialogue
of the Savior, Gospel
of Peter |
| 65-150
| Papyrus
Oxyrhynchus 1224
fragments: pub. 1914 |
| 65-150
| Gospel
of Thomas written,
based on Q?, pub. 1959,
Greek originals:
Papyrus Ox.
1,654-5 |
| 65-175
| Papyrus
Oxyrhynchus 840
fragments: pub. 1908 |
| 65-175
| Papyrus
Egerton 2 (Unknown
Gospel) fragments: pub.
1935/87, in Greek from
Palestine, one of the
oldest extant Christian
texts (~175) |
| 65-250
| Papyrus
Fayum (P. Vindob. G.
2325) fragments: pub.
1887 |
| 65-350
| "Jewish-Christian
Gospels": 7
fragments of Gospel of
the Ebionites and 7 fragments
of Gospel of the
Hebrews in Greek; 36
fragments of Gospel of
the Nazarenes
in Aramaic; [Ref: NT
Apocrypha, W.
Schneemelcher, vol. 1] |
| 66-70
| Roman-Jewish
War: final destruction
of Second Temple
(Herod's Temple) |
| 67
| Peter
martyred, crucified
upside down in Rome |
| 67-78
| Pope
Linus, 2nd Pope,
succeeds Peter (Linus
mentioned in 2 Tm 4,21).
Tertullian names Saint
Clement to have been the
first successor to Saint
Peter, but all other
accounts unanimously
have Linus as the first
bishop of Rome following
St Peter. The
Vatican's "Annuario
Pontificio" (2003) cites
the year 68. The
discrepancy may be
explained by Linus
already being Saint
Peter's adjutor during
his lifetime.
Dorotheus, Bishop of
Tyre, writing in the 3rd
century writes about
Linus: "whom the
apostle mentions in his
epistle to the Romans,
was bishop of Rome after
the holy apostle Peter."
The
Apostolic
Church
Elder
Irenaeus
claims
that
Pope
Linus is
the
Linus
mentioned
by St.
Paul in
his 2
Timothy
4:21.
The
passage
by
Irenaeus
(Adv.
haereses,
III,
iii, 3)
reads:
"After
the Holy
Apostles
(Peter
and
Paul)
had
founded
and set
the
Church
in order
(in
Rome)
they
gave
over the
exercise
of the
episcopal
office
to Linus.
The same
Linus is
mentioned
by St.
Paul in
his
Epistle
to
Timothy.
His
successor
was
Anacletus."
In
Liber
Pontificalis
it was
claimed
that
Linus
was
buried
on the
Vatican
Hill. In
the 7th
century
an
inscription
was
found
near the
confessional
of St
Peter,
which
was
believed
to
contain
the name
Linus.
|
| 67
| General
Vespasian of Rome
conquers Galilee |
| 68
| Nero
commits suicide,
resurrects as
"Nero redivivus",
Rev's 666? (see 81) |
| 68
| Galba
emperor of Rome
(6/68-1/69) |
| 68
| Qumran
(Essenes?) community
destroyed by Rome, site
of Dead Sea Scrolls |
|
| found
in 1949 |
| 69
| Otho
emperor of Rome
(1/69-4/69) |
| 69
| Vitellius
emperor of Rome
(6/69-12/69) |
| 69
| Flavian
Dynasty of Rome (Vespian,
Titus, Domitian) |
| 69-79
| Vespian
emperor of Rome, quells
unrest in Rome and
Jerusalem |
| 70
| Collapse
of Jewish
self-government in
Judea and destruction
of the Temple in |
|
| Jerusalem |
| 70
| Gospel
according to Mark
written in Rome, by
Peter's interpreter? (1
Peter |
|
| 5,13),
original ending
apparently lost,
endings added c 400 |
| 70?
| "Signs
Gospel" written,
hypothetical Greek text
used in Gospel of John
to prove
Jesus is the Messiah |
| 70-640
| Sanhedrin
(High Court) period of
Judaism, rise of house
of Hillel |
| 75-90
| Gospel
according to Luke
written. Based on Mark
and Q? |
| 75-90
| Acts
of the Apostles
written, same author as
Gospel according to
Luke? |
| 79-81
| Titus
emperor of Rome, eldest
son of Vespasian |
| 79-91
| Pope
Anacletus, 3rd Pope,
known as
"blameless"
(as in Titus 1,7?) |
| 79
| Mt
Vesuvius, volcano
overlooking Naples Bay,
erupts, engulfs Pompeii |
| 80-85
| Gospel
according to Matthew
written. Based on Mark
and Q? Most popular in early
Church. |
| 81-96
| Domitian
emperor of Rome, son of
Vespasian, "Nero
redivivus?" (see
68) |
| 81-96
| Revelations
written, by John (son
of Zebedee) and/or a
disciple of his |
| 90-100
| 1
John written, by
author(s) of 4th
gospel,
"catholic"
epistle |
| 90-100
| 2,3
John written, by
"elder",
disciple of John (son
of Zebedee)?,
"catholic" epistle |
| 90-100
| Gospel
according to John
written, by John (son
of Zebedee) and others,
only eyewitness
to Jesus?, disciple
Jesus loved?, Gnostic? |
| 90?
| Josephus
claims exactly 22
Jewish (OT) books: 5
Law, 13 History, 4
Hymns |
| 91-101
| Pope
Clement I, 4th Pope,
(mentioned in Phil
4,3), wrote letter to
Corinth in 95
called "1
Clement" |
| 94
| "Jewish
Antiquities", by
Josephus in Aramaic,
trans. to Grk.,
Testimonium |
|
| Flavianum:
{At this time there
appeared Jesus, a wise
man. For he was a |
|
| doer
of startling deeds, a
teacher of people who
receive the truth with |
|
| pleasure.
And he gained a
following both among
many Jews and among
many |
|
| of
Greek origin. And when
Pilate, because of an
accusation made by the |
|
| leading
men among us, condemned
him to the cross, those
who had loved him |
|
| previously
did not cease to do so.
And up until this very
day the tribe of |
|
| Christians
(named after him) has
not died out.}
[JA18.3.3 Meier
redaction, |
|
| Marginal
Jew, p.61] |
| 96?
| Hebrews
written, by ? |
| 96-98
| Nerva
emperor of Rome |
| 98-116
| Trajan
emperor of Rome, Roman
empire reaches maximum
size |
|
|
- -Age
of Martyrs/early Catholic Church-
- see a
poignant true Martyr Story & early letters here
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Where the name
"Catholic" originated
-
-
and Body and Blood of Christ
| Christ left the
adoption of a name for His Church to those
whom he commissioned to teach all nations.
Christ called the spiritual society He
established, "My Church".
In order to
have a distinction between the Church and
the Synagogue and to have a distinguishing
name from those embracing Judaic and Gnostic
errors we find St. Ignatius (50-107 A.D.)
using the Greek word "Katholicos"
(universal) to describe the universality of
the Church established by Christ. St.
Ignatius was appointed Bishop of Antioch by
St.Peter, the Bishop of Rome. It is in his
writings that we find the word Catholic used
for the first time. St. Augustine, when
speaking about the Church of Christ, calls
it the Catholic Church 240 times in his
writings.
St. Ignatius
of Antioch, disciple of the Apostle John,
concerning the heretics of his day wrote:
"They have abstained from the Eucharist
and prayer, because they do not confess that
the Eucharist is the flesh of Our Savior
Jesus Christ."
St. Justin
Martyr, another Church Father of the second
century wrote: "This food is known
among us as the Eucharist... We do not
receive these things as common bread and
common drink; but as Jesus Christ our
Savior, being made flesh by the Word of
God."
"Amen,
amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh
of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you
shall not have life in you. He who eats my
flesh and drinks my blood has life
everlasting and I will raise Him up on the
last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and
my blood is drink indeed" (John
6:54-56) "How can this man give us his
flesh to eat?" they argued. (John 6:53)
"And whilst they were at supper, Jesus
took bread, and blessed, and broke: and gave
to his disciples, and said: Take ye, and
eat. THIS IS MY BODY. And taking the
chalice, he gave thanks, and gave to them,
saying: Drink ye all of this. FOR THIS IS MY
BLOOD." (cf. Matt. 26:26-28; Mark
14:22-24; Luke 22:19-20).
In the most
unequivocal language the Apostles affirmed
that the bread and wine duly consecrated on
the altar did in fact become the actual
Substance of the Savior. Declared the
Apostle Paul: "The chalice of
benediction which we bless, is it not the
communion of the blood of Christ? And the
bread which we break, is it not the
partaking of the body of the Lord?" (1
Cor. 10:16)
| 100?
| Odes
of Solomon, written
in Greek or Syriac,
ref by John?
(Apocrypha) |
| 100?
| Epistle
of Barnabas,
Christian exegesis
of LXX (AF =
Apostolic Fathers) |
| 100?
| 2
Clement, an old
sermon but not by
Clement (AF =
Apostolic Fathers) |
| 100?
| 2
Esdras (Vg:4 Esdras),
Hebrew?, claims 24
OT books (Vulgate
& Peshitta) |
| 100?
| Apocalypse
of Baruch (2
Baruch:Syriac, 3
Baruch:Greek) (Peshitta) |
| 100?
| Paralipomena
of Jeremiah (4
Baruch), written in
Hebrew (Ethiopic
Bible) |
| 100?
| Testaments
of the Twelve
Patriarchs, Aramaic
and Hebrew fragments
found |
|
| at
Qumran Caves 1,4
(Armenian Bible) |
| 100?
| Jude
written, probably by
doubting relative of
Jesus (Mark 6,3),
rejected by |
|
| some
early Christians due
to its reference to
apocryphal Book of
Enoch |
|
| (v14),
"catholic"
epistle |
| 100-125?
| 2
Peter written, by ?,
not accepted into
canon until early
400s, drew upon Epistle
of Jude,
"catholic"
epistle |
| 100-150
| Secret
Book (Apocryphon) of
James, Gospel of
Mary Magdalene,
Infancy Gospels
of Thomas and James,
Secret Gospel (of
Mark) (Complete
Gospels) |
| 101-109
| Pope
Evaristus, 5th Pope |
| 109-116
| Pope
Alexander, 6th Pope |
| 110?
| Letter
of Polycarp to the
Philippians, written
by Polycarp (160)
(AF) |
| 110?
| "Letters
of Ignatius",
bishop of Antioch,
martyred in Rome,
his letters were subjected
to heavy Christian
forgery esp. 4th
cent. (Apostolic
Fathers) |
| 116-125
| Pope
Sixtus I, 7th Pope. |
| 117-138
| Hadrian
emperor of Rome,
builds wall across
Britain |
|
| 125-350
| Period
of Christianity
during which the
first Bible was
assembled -
Christians are
fiercely persecuted
and then finally
tolerated by the
Roman Empire, Great Plague
in Rome |
|
| 125-136
| Pope
Telesphorus, 8th
Pope, martyred |
| 125?
| Papyrus
52: oldest extant NT
fragment, p.1935,
parts of
Jn18:31-33,37-38 |
| 125?
| Shepherd
of Hermas, written
in Rome (AF =
Apostolic Fathers) |
| 130-200
| "Christian
Apologists"
writings against
Roman Paganism by:
Justin Martyr (165),
Athenagoras (180?),
Aristides (145?),
Theophilus of
Antioch (185?), Tatian
(170), Quadratus
(130?), Melito of
Sardis (180?),
Apollinaris of Hierapolis
(180?), also Epistle
to Diognetus in
Apostolic Fathers |
| 130?
| "Gospel
of Basilides",
a 24 book
commentary?, lost |
| 130?
| Papias,
bishop of Hierapolis
in Asia Minor,
wrote:
"Expositions of
the Sayings |
|
| of
the Lord",
lost, widely quoted,
see Eusebius (340)
(AF) |
| 130?
| Aquila
of Pontus, Roman
convert to
Christianity then to
Judaism, student of |
|
| Rabban
Gamaliel, compiled
literal Greek OT
translation in
Jabneh (Jamnia) |
| 132-135
| Bar
Kokhba Revolt: final
Jewish revolt, Judea
and Jerusalem erased
from |
|
| maps,
all of southern
Syria renamed
Palestine (coined by
Herodotus) |
| 138-161
| Antoninus
Pius emperor of Rome |
| 138-142
| Pope
Hyginus, 9th Pope |
| 140
| Letters
of Marcion, produces
his own canon
without OT and using
only a |
|
| heavily
edited Luke + 10
Pauline Epistles,
cites
"Western"
Gospel text-type |
| 140?
| Apocalypse
of Peter, written in
Greek [NT
Apocrypha,Schneemelcher,v.2] |
| 142-155
| Pope
Pius I, 10th Pope |
| 150?
| Gospel
of the Egyptians,
Coptic translation
of orig. Greek (Nag
Hammadi) |
| 150?
| "Western
Revisor"
adds/subtracts from
original Acts to
produce
"Western" |
|
| version
which is 10% larger
and found in Papyrus
P29,38,48 and Codex |
|
| Bezae
(D) |
| 150?
| Papyrus
Chester Beatty 6:
R963, Greek Num
5:12-36:13, Deut
1:20-34:12 |
| 155-166
| Pope
Anicetus, 11th Pope |
| 160?
| Polycarp,
bishop of Smyrna,
martyred at age 86:
"Let. to
Philip." (110) |
| 160?
| Martyrdom
of Polycarp, in
Greek (Apostolic
Fathers,
ISBN:0-8010-5676-4) |
| 161-180
| Marcus
Aurelius emperor of
Rome |
| 164-180
| Great
Plague in Roman
Empire |
| 166-174
| Pope
Soter, 12th Pope,
moved Easter from
Nisan 14 to
following Sunday |
| 170
| Letters
of Irenaeus, bishop
of Lyons, cites
"Western"
Gospel text-type |
| 170
| Christian
council on Montanist
sect in Asia Minor |
| 170
| Letters
of Dionysius, bishop
of Corinth, claims
Christians were
changing and |
|
| faking
his own letters just
as [he knew] they
had changed the
Gospels |
| 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
(Caesarean), 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
Alexandria 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 P | | | | |