Historical Theology · Patristic Database

The Christian
Belief Map

What the first five centuries believed — and who still believes it today.

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Belief Records
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Church Fathers
Apostolic · AD 30–96
Clement of Rome 3 Council of Jerusalem 1 Didache 4 Hermas 2 Ignatius of Antioch 7 Polycarp of Smyrna 2
Ante-Nicene · AD 96–325
Clement of Alexandria 4 Cornelius of Rome 1 Cyprian of Carthage 13 Didascalia Apostolorum 1 Irenaeus of Lyon 16 Justin Martyr 14 Origen of Alexandria 17 Tertullian 19
Nicene · AD 325–381
Ambrose of Milan 10 Arius 1 Athanasius of Alexandria 10 Basil of Caesarea 4 Council of Constantinople I 2 Council of Ephesus 3 Council of Nicaea 5 Cyril of Alexandria 2 Cyril of Jerusalem 4 Gregory of Nazianzus 5 Gregory of Nyssa 2 John Chrysostom 9 Pope Damasus I 1
Post-Nicene · AD 381–500
Athanasian Creed 1 Augustine of Hippo 21 Council of Carthage 2 Council of Chalcedon 3 Council of Constantinople II 1 Council of Constantinople III 2 Council of Nicaea II 1 Council of Orange 1 Council of Toledo III 1 Gregory of Tours 1 Gregory the Great 4 Jerome 4 John of Damascus 1 Pelagius 1 Pope Gelasius I 1 Pope Innocent I 2 Pope Leo I 4 Pope Martin I 1 Vincent of Lérins 3
CI
Council of Constantinople I
Nicene · 5 records · 3 doctrines
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Orthodox
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Lutheran
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Reformed
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Baptist
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Evangelical
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Doctrine Coverage
Christology
Ecclesiology 3
Eschatology
Mariology
Petrine Ministry
Pneumatology 1
Prayer & Devotion
Scripture & Tradition 1
Soteriology
The Eucharist
The Priesthood
The Sacraments
Ecclesiology 3 records
The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and is equally God
Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed (381)
affirmed
The divine and human wills in Christ are distinct but always in harmony
Definition of Constantinople III (681)
affirmed
The Council of Chalcedon affirmed that Christ has two wills — one divine and one human — acting in concert
Definition of Constantinople III
affirmed
Pneumatology 1 record
The Holy Spirit is fully God — of the same substance as the Father and Son
Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed
affirmed
Scripture & Tradition 1 record
The Second Council of Constantinople (553) condemned the Three Chapters and Origenist propositions
Anathemas of Constantinople II
affirmed
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