Historical Theology · Patristic Database

The Christian
Belief Map

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

217
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
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Jerome
Post Nicene · 4 records · 3 doctrines
Tradition Alignment
Catholic
75%
Orthodox
25%
Lutheran
75%
Reformed
75%
Baptist
75%
Evangelical
75%
Doctrine Coverage
Christology
Ecclesiology
Eschatology 1
Mariology
Petrine Ministry 1
Pneumatology
Prayer & Devotion
Scripture & Tradition 2
Soteriology
The Eucharist
The Priesthood
The Sacraments
Petrine Ministry 1 record
Jerome appeals to the chair of Peter in Rome as the doctrinal authority for settling disputes
Letter 15 to Pope Damasus
affirmed
Scripture & Tradition 2 records
Jerome argues that the deuterocanonical books are edifying but not on the same level as the Hebrew canon
Preface to Books of Solomon
affirmed
Jerome translates the Scriptures into Latin to make them accessible, returning to the original Hebrew and Greek
Preface to the Vulgate Gospels
affirmed
Eschatology 1 record
The resurrection of the body means the same body that died will rise, not a different spiritual substitute
Letter 108.29
affirmed
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