Nerva and the Christians After Domitian
Nerva and Christianity: after Domitian was murdered in 96 AD, Nerva stopped the treason trials and the Jewish tax abuses. Did he persecute Christians? No.
Tag: Early Christianity
Nicolaitans and Nicolaitanism
The Nicolaitans were an early Christian group condemned in the letters to Ephesus and Pergamon in the Book of Revelation, and little is known about them for certain.
Prochorus of Patmos
Prochorus was one of the seven deacons of Acts 6:5 and, by tradition, the scribe who wrote down John's words on Patmos.
Irenaeus of Lyon
Irenaeus of Lyon grew up in Smyrna, today's İzmir, learned from Saint Polycarp and became bishop of Lyon, where he wrote Against Heresies.
Nestorius of Constantinople
Nestorius of Constantinople was the patriarch whose teaching about Mary was condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431, and whose followers formed the Church of the East.
Cyril of Alexandria
Cyril of Alexandria, Council of Ephesus, Theotokos, Mother of God, Patriarch of Alexandria, Nestorius, Christology, Doctor of the Church, Church of Mary, ecumenical council, Virgin Mary, early Christianity, Ephesus, Christian history