Events
End of second Christian generationEnd of fourth Christian generationEnd of fifth Christian generationEnd of third Christian generationEnd of first Christian generationPeriods
Judaizing vs. Pauline sects | Anti-Pauline sentiment | EbionitesInsular Christian sub-communities| Judaizers | Docetists | Gnostics?Earliest discernable "papal phase" of institutionalized Christianity | Accusations of corruptionExpanding messianic memes in JudaismOther messianic claimants of the eraGentile "God-fearers" cozying up to JudaismJesus clubs: early realitiesExtended accounts of Jesus’ deeds and sayings | Gnostics | Docetics | Jewish-ChristiansOngoing franchising of Jesus clubsForgeries / Attributions under various apostolic names | GnosticsJesus clubs: shifting realitiesDetectable influence of other religious systems"Nearly" canonical and popular but heterodox worksGeneral reactions to ChristianityElchasite missionary activityVague pushback against schism and "strange doctrine"Gnostic and Docetic literary and ritual traditionsTheological appropriation of existing worksNew genres of Christian literature | Gnostics | Docetics?Accusations of scriptural corruptionGrouping
Periods
Jesus disciples spit (belief vs. doubt)
Initial explication of Jesus mythology
Initial realities of posthumous Jesus cult
Initial local franchising of Jesus clubs
First formalized statements of beliefDeath of first-generation Jesus cult leadersSecondary elaboration of Jesus mythologyTertiary elaboration of Jesus mythologyEarly secular mentionsPaul's writings mentioned as authoritative / scriptureEvents
John the Baptist active
Jesus's ministry, death"Jews" expelled from Rome by Claudius
(Christians?)Rome destroys Jerusalem and the Herodian templeJosephusCelsusJesus of Nazareth born
(out of wedlock?)Nero kills Jesus cultists in RomeElchasai?Primitive apologistsDecian persecutionHellenist vs. Hebrew
Jewish-Christians?Justin MartyrAristo of Pella?Sign of the crossBaptism called a "seal"? Hegesippus? Muratorian Fragment? First attempt at Christian city-state?Epistula ApostolorumPseudo-HippolytusMarcellinaTheodotusApellesLucian of SamostataMarcus AureliusGalenFrontoIrenaeusThe cult of MaryPurgatory?? Talmud?Funerary epitaphRelicsCult of saints?DidascaliaPeace blessingChristian art
Sacramental chalicePeriods
Paul writesG.MarkRewrites, redactions, interpolations | G. Matt, G. Luke, G.John | Docetics | Jewish-ChristiansMarcionBasilides? | Valentinus?Ignatius
Polycarp
Papias
Clement?Ptolemy and Heracleon | Earliest known Johannine authorship attributionsClement of AlexandriaJudaizers
Docetists
Mixed laityPre-IrenaeusTertullianOrigenProto-Gnosticism begins?Paul active in Jesus cultIsidoreBardasianPost-Justin apologistsMinor theologiansSpecific controversies
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