Church Fathers and writings respected in the early mainstream Church
2nd Cent. Bryennios List
105-115 Bp. Ignatius of Antioch (check the Arian version's legitimacy)
105-10th century Martyrdom of Ignatius
110-140 Bp. Polycarp of Smyrna to the Philippians
110-140 Bp. Papias of Hieropolis' Exposition of the Sayings of the Lord ( see Peter Kirby's writing on his fragments, along with my discussion below after reading the WIki entry on Papias: http://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopi ... 122#p95122 ; http://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopi ... =40#p95121)
120-130 Quadratus of Athens
120-130 Apology of Aristides
130-150 Aristo of Pella
130-200 Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus
140-150 Epistula Apostolorum (within the canon of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, counters gnosticism)
150-160 Justin Martyr
150-160 Martyrdom of Polycarp
150-200 Acts of Paul ("Tertullian found it heretical because it encouraged women to preach and baptize. The Acts were considered orthodox by Hippolytus but were eventually regarded as heretical when the Manichaeans started using the texts." -Wiki. The 4th Century Syriac Orthodox Church included III Corinthians in its Canon)
150-400 Anti-Marcionite Prologues (found in early Latin codices)
2nd c. - 4th c. Old Roman Creed
160-180 Claudius Apollinaris
160-250 Octavius of Minucius Felix
161-180 Acts of Carpus
165-175 Bp. Melito of Sardis (see https://alinsuciu.com/2016/03/11/abstra ... -congress/)
165-175 Hegesippus (see Kirby's writings on chasing Hegesippus)
165-175 Dionysius of Corinth
170-200 Muratorian Canon
175-180 Athenagoras of Athens
175-185 Irenaeus of Lyons
175-185 Theophilus of Caesarea
175-185 Rhodon
178 Letter from Vienna and Lyons
Fragmentary or unsure how to categorize
2nd-9th century Greek Apocalypse of Ezra (not 1-4 Esdras. Unsure if Christian) http://www.earlyjewishwritings.com/apocezra.html
108 Epictetus (probably wrote about Christians as "Galileans", likely a Christian like his master Epaphroditus)(Discussed it on http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/for ... msg1523187)
------ Discourses (c. 108)
------ Fragments (24 fragments in The Golden Sayings of Epictetus, Hastings Crossley trans., The Harvard classics, P.F. Collier & Son, 1909–14; 36 fragments in: Epictetus, the Discourses as reported by Arrian, the Manual, and Fragments, Loeb Classical Library, W. Oldfather trans.; 169 Fragments in trans. Elizabeth Carter's collection, pub. Little, Brown, & Co., 1865)
------ Manual / Enchiridion (c.108)
110-160 Oxyrhynchus 840 Gospel (maybe from Gospel of the Hebrews)
140 Dialogue of Jason and Papiscus
140-170 Infancy Gospel of James (Once popular, but Pope Innocent I condemned it in 405 A.D)
140-170 Infancy Gospel of Thomas (popular in High Middle Ages)
150-200 Acts of Peter
150-200 Acts of Andrew ("Eusebius of Caesarea knew the work, which he dismissed as the production of a heretic and absurd." - Wiki)
150-350 Preaching of Paul
150-400 Acts of Pilate (inspired medieval works)
170-200 Dura-Europos Gospel Harmony
Ebionite
?-375 Ascents of James (Considered a potential source for Hegessipus' 170 AD History, Commonly Dated to Late 2nd c., brought into the Clementine Recognitions 1.27-71) (Research is in the next message http://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopi ... 443#p68747, except I haven't yet reviewed the Aramaic Herald article on it, http://aramaicherald.blogspot.com/2010/ ... james.html)
_____? Circuits of Peter (G.Mead in 1900 had dated it to the 2nd c. S.Jones in recent years dates it to 200 or 220. One would expect it to be written not earlier than the shorter Ascents of James that are placed at the beginning of the Recognitions.)(researched as below) (Circuits of Peter and Ascents of James apparently are what Epiphanius calls the Ebionites' Acts of the apostles)
Encratitic
Tatian (Tatian was later rejected for ascetic Encratiticism and gnostic Valentinianism)
---- 160-170 Tatian's Address to the Greeks
---- 170-175 Tatian's Diatessaron
160-180 Julius Cassianus (considered Encratitic and Docetic)
Elchasite
101-220 Book of Elchasai ("The Cologne Mani-Codex describes the parents of Mani, founder of Manichaeanism, as Elkasites." ~ Wikipedia)
Gnostic
Early 2nd Century-200 Treatise on the Resurrection
120-140 Basilides
120-140 Naassene Fragment (Check Hippolytus' full chapter)
120-160 Valentinus
120-180 Gospel of Mary (commonly considered gnostic)
120-180 Dialogue of the Savior (Nag Hammadi text on salvation via gnosis)
120-180 Apocryphon of John (Sethian gnostic)
120-180 Gospel of the Savior ("heavily gnostic in that salvation is... only to those who understand the secret knowledge (gnosis)" ~ Wiki)
120-180 2nd Apocalypse of James (gnostic)
120-180 Trimorphic Protennoia (Sethian gnostic)
120-180 Gospel of Perfection (considered gnostic)
120-200 Genna Marias (gnostic Descent of Mary)
120-300 Gnostic Gospel of the Egyptians/Book of the Great Invisible Spirit
130-140 Marcion
130-160 Epiphanes On Righteousness
130-160 Ophite Diagrams
130-170 Gospel of Judas
140-160 Ptolemy (student of Valentinus)
140-160 Isidore, son of Basilides
140-180 Gospel of Truth
140-333 Coptic Apocalypse of Peter / Gnostic Apocalypse of Peter (http://ponderingconfusion.proboards.com ... ollTo=3513 ; http://earlywritings.com/forum/viewtopi ... 06#p106206 ; http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/for ... msg1457081)
150-180 Excerpts of Theodotus
150-180 Heracleon
150-200 Interpretation of Knowledge
150-200 Testimony of Truth
150-200 Acts of John (condemned as gnostic)
150-225 Book of Thomas the Contender ( Nag Hammadi library )(gnostic style, likely gnostic)
150-225 Acts of Peter and the Twelve (allegory + gnostic commentary)
150-250 Paraphrase of Shem
150-300 Prayer of the Apostle Paul (not by Paul, probably gnostic and Valentinian)
150-300 Authoritative Teaching
150-300 Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth (Hermetic)
150-300 Coptic Apocalypse of Paul
150-300 Melchizedek (Nag Hammadi)
150-350 Hypsiphrone (probably gnostic, Hypsiphrone could be Sophia, who descends to interact with another figure)
150-350 Act of Peter (not "Acts of Peter", http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/actpeter.html ; found in book of gnostic works, has likely gnostic detail about not having sex with someone who became a sister by sharing in a single spirit)
150-350 Questions of Mary
150-350 Allogenes, the Stranger
150-350 Valentinian Exposition
150-360 Concept of Our Great Power
150-400 Dialogue Between John and Jesus
160-180 Apelles
170-220 Letter of Peter to Philip
170-230 Thought of Norea
Non-Christian Jews writing about Christianity
110-135 Rabbi Akiva
Pagans writing about Christianity
111-112 Pliny the Younger
115 Suetonius (on Christians, and on Epaphroditus, Domitylla and Flavius Clemens)
115 Tacitus
117-138 Hadrian's Letters (https://www.e-reading.club/chapter.php/ ... torii.html)
---- Hadrian Rescript to Gaius
137 Phlegon's Olympiads (on the eclipse; see http://www.textexcavation.com/phlegontestimonium.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phlegon_of_Tralles , http://www.tertullian.org/rpearse/syncellus/ , https://hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/ ... jesus-died)
140-170 Fronto
165-175 Lucian of Samosata
167 Marcus Aurelius
175-190 Galen
178 Celsus
Other major 2nd c. figures:
Early Church controversiesSt. Bp. Pothinius (87-177), martyred in France
Hegesippus (110-180)
Galen (130 AD - c.210 AD) pagan physician
Athenagoras of Athens (133-190)
Melito of Sardis (-180)
Theophilus of Antioch (-180s)
Tatian (120-185)
P.Victor of Rome (-199) notable for Quartodeciman controversy
Irenaeus (130-202)
Clement of Alexandria (150-215)
Bardaisan (154-222) Syriac or Parthian gnostic
Tertullian (155 – c. 240)
Polycrates (c. 130 – 196)
Bishop Izani/Hystaspes of Edessa (154-222)(c. 179 he taught Bardaisan Christianity)
Judaizing/Demanding all Christians observe the Torah (rejected at the council of Jerusalem)
Docetism (rejected in 2 Peter)
Gnosticism (The gnosts were in conflict with the Apostles)
Chiliasm
Montanism
Quartodeciman