Sergiy Mansurov

Church History Essays

Chronological table on the history of the Church

I BEK

THE EARTHLY LIFE OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.

GALILEE, JUDEA, JERUSALEM.

THE HOLY GOSPEL

2nd generation:

1. The Holy Apostles: James, John the Theologian, Peter, Paul, Barnabas and others. The Holy Evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke.

2. Jerusalem, Antioch, Rome (Ephesus).

3. The Acts and Epistles of these Apostles.

3rd generation:

1. The Holy Apostle John the Theologian, St. Clement of Rome (St. Hermas).

2. Ephesus, Rome.

3. The Epistles and Apocalypse of the Apostle John the Theologian; Epistles to the Corinthians by St. Clement of Rome; the book "The Shepherd" by Hermas.

Manuals: History of the Church of Eusebius of Caesarea; partly the Apocrypha: the Dormition of the Apostle John the Theologian, the Martyrdom of Thecla, Equal-to-the-Apostles, etc.; the interpretation of the Holy Fathers on the Holy Scriptures, for example: the interpretation of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel and Acts.

II CENTURY

1st generation:

1. St. Ignatius the God-Bearer (St. Polycarp of Smyrna), St. Hermas.

2. Asia Minor (Syria), Rome.

3. The Epistles of St. Ignatius the God-Bearer. The teaching of the 12 Apostles is the Didache. The Acts of Martyrdom of St. Ignatius the God-Bearer, the book "The Shepherd" of Hermas, the Epistle of Polycarp of Smyrna.

2nd generation:

1. St. Polycarp of Smyrna, St. Justin the Philosopher (St. Meliton of Sardica).

2. Asia Minor (Rome).

3. The Acts of Martyrdom of Polycarp of Smyrna, his Epistle, the Acts of Martyrdom and the works of St. Justin the Philosopher, the works of Irenaeus of Lyons (Epistle to Diognetus), the works of the Apologists.

3rd generation: