Cambridge University Press 0521812399 - The Cambridge History of Christianity, Volume 1: Origins to Constantine Edited by Margaret M. Mitchell and Frances M. Young Index More information Index The index lists subjects and persons – ancient and modern – treated in the text, not including the notes or Bibliographies. abandonment of children, 281–2 Gentile Christianity, sources for, 106 abbreviations (nomina sacra) for divine names, God-fearers described in, 64 192, 337. See also chi-rho symbol historiographical nature of, 189 Abercius (Aberkios), epitaph of, 171, 172, Jewish diaspora communities identified in, 295–6, 303, 314, 315, 351 56 Abgar Ukkama, foundation legends origins of Gentile Christianity for, 107 associated with, 364–5 Rome, natural attraction of, 399 Abgar VIII of Edessa, 356 social and educational levels of early Abitina, martyrs of, 520, 522 Christian leaders evidenced from ablutions. See baptism; public baths; ritual writing styles, 158 bathing, Jewish uniformity of early Christianity as abortion, 281–2 presented by, 97 abstinence. See celibacy; fasting Acts of the Edessan Martyrs, 364 Achaea. See Greece and Aegean islands Acts of John Achillas, bishop of Alexandria, 557 Asia Minor and Achaea, Christian literary Achilles Tatius, 83 culture of, 315, 325 Acilius Glabrio, 505 on celibacy, 276 Acmonia (Phrygia), synagogue built by Julia Johannine corpus, relationship to, 128, 136, Severa at, 63 325 Acta tradition, 193 Acts of Mar Mari, 365 Acts of Andrew, 315, 323 Acts of Paul, 213, 276, 323 Acts of the Apostles, 189 Acts of Paul and Thecla, 124, 315, 321 Acta tradition spawned by, 193 Acts of Peter, 276, 315, 323 Alexandria, hint of early presence of Acts of Thomas, 276, 357–9, 362 Christianity in, 336 Adam and Eve and the fall, Irenaeus on, 271 Antioch as centre of early Christianity in, Adamantius, on Marcion, 196 351 Adauctus, 310 canonicity of, 212, 213 Addai and conversion of Abgar Ukkama, 364 councils and synods, 429 Addai and Mary, Liturgy of, 11 dedication to patron Theophilus, 159, 189 Adiabene, conversion to Judaism of royal ‘early catholicism’ (institutionalisation of dynasty of, 65 Christianity) evidenced in, 123 Adversus haereses. See entries at Irenaeus of eucharist as portrayed in, 163 Lyons evidence of Jewish Christianity in, 95 adversus Judaeos tradition, 221–3 extension of Christian mission to Gentiles, Aelia Capitolina, Jerusalem, built on ruins of, 88 67, 77, 299 683 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521812399 - The Cambridge History of Christianity, Volume 1: Origins to Constantine Edited by Margaret M. Mitchell and Frances M. Young Index More information Index Aemilian, interrogation of Dionysius, bishop North African preference for typology vs., of Alexandria by, 516 395 Aesop, 81 Origen’s use of, 258, 494, 496–500 Africa. See North Africa Pauline texts used by Origen to justify, 498 agape¯ or love-feast, 166, 423 Philo on interpreters of Jewish law, 59 Agrippa, M. Vipsanius, 83 religious truths, allegorical nature of, 499 Agrippa I of Judaea, 40, 76 self-definition and differentiation vis-a-vis` Agrippa II of Judaea, 43, 76 Jewish matrix, 219–20, 221 Agrippinus, bishop of Carthage, 387, 431, 480 almsgiving and care of the poor, 157–8, 289–91 Alban, St, and demographics of early Amastris (Asia Minor), demographics of early Christianity in Britain, 308 Christianity in, 308 Alcibiades (Christian of Gaul), 370, 376 Ambrose of Milan, 3, 546 Alexander, bishop of Alexandria, 522, 554–6, Ambrosius, patron of Origen, 493, 513 557, 559, 562, 564 Ammia, prophetism of, 321 Alexander the Great Ammianus Marcellinus, 544 Alexandria founded by, 334 Ammonius Saccas, 490 early history of Judaea and Galilee, 38 Amos (prophet), Jesus compared to, 51 greater antiquity of ‘barbarian’ cultures in Ananus (high priest), 50, 91 world of, 231 Anatolius, bishop of Laodicea, 333 Roman empire and, 69 Ancyra, Council of Nicaea originally to be spread of Jewish diaspora following held at, 558 conquests of, 53 Andresen, Carl, 238 Alexander, bishop of Jerusalem, 333, 470 Andrew, apostle Alexander of Lycopolis, anti-Manichaean Acts of Andrew, 315, 323 writings of, 347 Encratism in Asia Minor and Achaea, 323 Alexander the Phrygian (Christian of Gaul), Anicetus, bishop of Rome, 320, 377, 404, 406 370, 376 Annius Anulinus, 520 Alexander Severus, emperor, 512 anonymous charges against Christians, 507, Alexander, Philip, 99 508 Alexandria, 334 Anthony, Life of, 193 Arian controversy and (see Arius and anti-Semitism Arianism) adversus Judaeos tradition, 221–3 bank, early church functioning as, 340 demise of Jewish Christianity contributing bishops of. See chart, xxii–xxiii, 339 to, 102 Catechetical School (didaskaleion) of, Marcion and, 200, 222 340–4, 493–500 Matthew, presumptions and actualities ecclesial structure in, 338–40 regarding, 94, 216 Jewish diaspora of, 55, 60, 65, 67, 71 self-definition and differentiation vis-a-vis` Johannine community, location of, 127 Jewish matrix involving, 222, 224 Melitian schism in, 522, 557, 559 Antioch origins of Christianity in, 336–7 Council of Nicaea, hearing preliminary to, persecution of Christians in, 513, 514, 515, 557, 560 516, 522 Diocletianic persecutions originating from philosophical schools of, 487 incident in, 519 relations with Christians elsewhere, 344–5 early Christianity in, 351, 353–4 social and religious cultures of Christianity ecclesial structure at, 150 in, 337–40 epigraphy and Christian demographics, allegorical interpretation 303 Irenaeus on, 266 Gentiles attracted to Judaism in, 64, 121 Marcion’s literal interpretation of Jewish ‘Golden Church’ of Constantine at, 546, scriptures vs., 200–1 547 moral use of literature, Origen’s Paul of Samosata, controversy over, 362–3, borrowing of pagan justification of, 499 432 684 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521812399 - The Cambridge History of Christianity, Volume 1: Origins to Constantine Edited by Margaret M. Mitchell and Frances M. Young Index More information Index Pauline mission in, 109 Gnosticism, historical emergence of, 249, theology associated with, 353 250, 346 Antioch, Council of, 553, 554, 566 Johannine corpus, relationship to, 128 Antiochus Epiphanes, 39 Apolinarius of Hierapolis, Claudius, 315, 326 Antiochus III, 66 Apollo Antiochus of Ascalon, 235 Christian appropriations of, 12, 571, 570–2, Antipas. See Herod Antipas 580 antiquity, Graeco-Roman respect for, 223–4, Constantine’s dedication to Sol Invictus, 230–3, 239, 240, 242 541 Antitheses (of Marcion), 200 Constantine’s vision of, 541 Antoninus Pius, emperor, 67, 231 oracle at Didyma and origins of Apelles (follower of Marcion), 409 Diocletianic persecutions, 519 Aphrahat, 98 traditional gods and religions, popular Aphrodisias (Caria), Jewish associations waning of, 518 of, 63 Apollonius, 326 Apicius, 81 Apollos of Alexandria Apocalypse of Baruch, 525 Egyptian Christianity, origins of, 336 Apocalypse of Ezra, 525 identified as Alexandrine Jew in Acts, 122 Apocalypse of John. See Revelation Jewish Christian missionary to Gentiles, Apocalypse of Paul, 193 viewed as, 122 Apocalypse of Peter, 193, 212, 213 territorial disputes with Pauline mission, apocalypticism of early Christianity 115 Asia Minor and Achaea, 320, 322 apologetics. See also specific apologists, e.g. celibacy, Christian views on, 276 Justin Martyr Egyptian/Alexandrian Christianity, 338 change in tone and nature in 3rd century, eucharist, eschatological significance of, 512 167 greater antiquity of Jewish culture, Johannine apocalypticism, 137–40 arguments based on, 230–3 literary genre of apocalyptic, importance monotheism, development of Christology of, 193 out of defense of, 452–3 Matthean apocalypticism, 188 North African, 388, 392–3 North African martyr cult, 391 politics and government, attitude towards, Origen’s criticism of, 533–4 530 Pauline apocalypticism, 113 Roman tradition of, 82 politics and government, attitude towards, self-definition and differentiation vis-a-vis` 524, 525, 527, 530–3, 535, 536 Jewish matrix in, 223–4 unfulfilled expectations, Christian aporias as used in Gospel of John, 129 conundrum of, 27 apostates. See heresy and schism; lapsi apocalypticism of Jesus apostle as early Christian ministry, 416 social structure of followers as Apostles’ Creed, 428, 566 eschatological renewal movement, 146–8 apostolic authority eschatological tension between ‘now’ and Asia Minor and Achaea, apostolic ‘not yet’, 27 traditions of, 322–5 modern recognition of importance of, 18 Clement of Alexandria’s claim of relation plausible historical account of, 26–9 to, 257 Schweitzer’s Quest of the historical Jesus on, episcopate as continuation of, 254, 255, 269, 17 419, 475 Strauss’ Life of Jesus critically examined on, 17 Gaul’s connection to, 370 apocalypticism, Jewish, Jude and Revelation Irenaeus’ concept of, 268–70 echoing, 96 John’s gospel, symbolic opposition of Apocryphon of John (Secret book according to disciples in, 134 John) Paul’s singular prominence in second- century Christianity, 202 685 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521812399 - The Cambridge History of Christianity, Volume 1: Origins to Constantine Edited by Margaret M. Mitchell and Frances M. Young Index More information Index apostolic authority (cont.) Constantine’s church-building activities, Peter, assignment of authority to, 133, 149, 546–8, 584 411, 477–9 liturgical requirements, 583, 584 separate apostle’s authority, tendency of mithraea, 583 Christian communities to invoke, 201, Roman