Dates
The principal dates which are of use in reading this book fall into
four groups:
1. The Early Church.
2. The Discussion of the Creed.
3. The Growth of Services.
4. The Growth of the English Services.
There is of course a certain amount of overlapping: but this will be
readily understood. The reader will also easily guess when the years
mentioned are tho
e of a life, or those of a reign.
Early Dates.
A.D. A.D.
14-37. Tiberius, emp.
54-68. Nero, emp.
98-117. Trajan, emp. 112. Pliny's letter.
55-(117). Tacitus, hist.
-(120). Suetonius, hist.
138-161. Antoninus Pius, emp. 140. Justin's 1st Apology.
70-156. Polycarp, Bp.
161-180. Marcus Aurelius, emp. 86-117. Pothinus, Bp.
(125)-202. Irenaeus, Bp.
-(222). Tertullian.
-253. Origen.
-253. Cyprian, Bp.
306-337. Constantine, emp.
The discussion of the Articles of the Creed.
Doubts. Writers. Councils. Creed.
First & second
centuries.
Ebionites. Irenaeus,
abt 180.
Tertullian,
abt 200.
Docetae.
Gnostics.
Third century. Cyprian, Bp, ? Apostles'
? 253. Creed.
Sabellians.
Arians.
Fourth century. Athanasius, Bp, Nicaea, 325. ) Nicene
(300)-371. ) Creed
)
Basil, Bp, )
329-379 )
)
Apollinarians. Ambrose, Bp, Constantinople, )
340-397. 381. )
Chrysostom, Bp,
(347)-407.
Fifth century. Jerome,
346-420.
Nestorians. Augustine, Bp, Ephesus, 431.
354-430.
Eutychians, or ) Chalcedon, 461.
Monophysites. )
Seventh century.
Monothelites. Constantinople, 'Athanasian'
680. Creed.