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History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 14

Diocletian had divided the Empire as early as 285, shortly after becoming Emperor. He ruled from Nicomedia in Asia Minor; Maximian from Milan in Italy. Each one deputized a caesar… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-14/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 13

The last 40 years of the third century were relatively free of persecution for the Church. It was a time of unprecedented growth for Christianity, but it came at the expense of… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-13/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 12

The capture of Valerian left his son, Gallienus, sole emperor of Rome. But it left him in a very precarious position, because the Romans believed that the fate of the empire… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-12/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 11

Emperor Valerian at first favored the Christians and "filled his whole palace with godfearing people, making it a church of God," Eusebius tells us. This gave the emperor a… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-11/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 10

Stephen was the bishop of Rome from 253-257. He adopted the position that the baptism of heretics could be recognized as legitimate, no doubt based on the idea that salvation was… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-10/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 9

In 1 Samuel 13, King Saul established a prophetic type of the Church that finds its fulfillment in the middle of the third century. Saul was at war with the Philistines, and he… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-9/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 8

The Roman bishop, Pontian, was able to reconcile with Hippolytus and resolve the long-standing schism during the time that the two bishops were condemned to work the Sardinian… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-8/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 7

The first half of the third century, while the mighty Origen was humbly distinguishing himself in the East, a continuing line of non-entity bishops of Rome briefly bubbled to the… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-7/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 6

Whereas the second century Church focused most of its attention upon heresies, the third century Church began to see open corruption in the Church, particularly beginning with the… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-6/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 5

There was apparently a political power struggle in the Roman Church in 198 A.D. after Bishop Victor died. The outcome was that Zephyrinus was voted in as bishop instead of… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-5/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 4

The Christian philosophers wrote to fellow philosophers, in order to convince them that Christianity was the true Philosophy. Tertullian, on the other hand, pleads for Christians… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-4/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 3

While Origen was rising as the foremost biblical expositor in the East, Tertullian was the greatest Latin writer of the West. Tertullian was born around 145-150 A.D. and died… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/11-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-3/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 2

Origen's excommunication had nothing to do with the things he taught--and certainly not for his teaching on Universal Reconciliation. He was condemned as a schismatic for leaving… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/10-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-2/

History of the 3rd Century Church: Part 1

As the third century dawned, Rome had just begun to assert its primacy over the rest of the churches. Ambition and the desire for power are usually symptoms of evil motives,… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/10-2007/history-of-the-3rd-century-church-part-1/

History of the 2nd Century Church: Final

There is no clear break between the second and third centuries in the history of the Church. The most natural break comes with the death of Polycarp in 155, which virtually ended… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/10-2007/history-of-the-2nd-century-church-final/

History of the 2nd Century Church: Part 10

Marcus Aurelius ruled the Roman Empire from 161-180 A.D., after which time his son Commodus ruled (180-192). Marcus Aurelius was the last of the five good emperors that had begun… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/10-2007/history-of-the-2nd-century-church-part-10/

History of the 2nd Century Church: Part 9

The second-century Church was forced to develop its theology by its confrontation with false religions on the outside and with heresies on the inside. This is the positive side of… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/10-2007/history-of-the-2nd-century-church-part-9/

History of the 2nd Century Church: Part 8

One of the most influential and important Christian writers of the second century was Justin. He was the first Christian philosopher, or philosophic theologian. Justin was born… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/10-2007/history-of-the-2nd-century-church-part-8/

History of the 2nd Century Church: Part 7

Polycarp was born about 69 A.D. just a few years after the death of Peter, Paul, and James. He was a disciple of John, a younger friend of Ignatius, and the teacher of Irenaeus,… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/10-2007/history-of-the-2nd-century-church-part-7/

History of the 2nd Century Church: Part 6

The Roman Empire reached its zenith under Hadrian, who built the famous boundary wall in the north of Britain and formally incorporated Britain into the Roman Empire. After… https://oldc5.godskingdom.org/daily-weblogs/2007/10-2007/history-of-the-2nd-century-church-part-6/

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