ECCLESIOLOGY
c. AD 200
Tertullian
Fasting is among the primal ordinances imposed on man from the beginning
ECCLESIOLOGY
c. AD 211
Tertullian
The sign of the cross is used by Christians in all the ordinary actions of daily life
ECCLESIOLOGY
c. AD 213
Tertullian
God is one substance in three persons — the Trinity
ECCLESIOLOGY
c. AD 213
Tertullian
Tertullian coins the term trinitas to describe God as one substance in three persons
ECCLESIOLOGY
c. AD 213
Tertullian
The Logos existed eternally before the Incarnation as the Son of God
ECCLESIOLOGY
c. AD 213
Tertullian
Monarchianism — the view that Christ is merely a mode of the Father — is a deviation from apostolic teaching
ECCLESIOLOGY
c. AD 230
Origen of Alexandria
Outside the Church no one is saved, just as outside Noah's ark no one survived the flood
ECCLESIOLOGY
c. AD 233
Origen of Alexandria
Prayer should be directed towards the east as an image of the rising sun and the resurrection
ECCLESIOLOGY
c. AD 233
Origen of Alexandria
The intercession of the saints in heaven is real and profitable to those on earth
ECCLESIOLOGY
c. AD 240
Origen of Alexandria
Origen teaches that the Church is the bride of Christ and the individual soul is wedded to the Logos
ECCLESIOLOGY
c. AD 250
Cyprian of Carthage
The veneration of martyrs and saints is a legitimate Christian practice
ECCLESIOLOGY
c. AD 251
Cyprian of Carthage
The unity of the Church is maintained through the bishop
ECCLESIOLOGY
c. AD 255
Cyprian of Carthage
Excommunication is a valid and serious ecclesial penalty