Ephesus

St. Cyril of Alexandria lived a very fascinating life, living from 375 to 444 AD. St. Cyril of Alexandria was a Christian theologian and bishop in the 5th century. Cyril was ordained by his uncle and received a theological and classical education in Alexandria. He went with his uncle to Constantinople in 403 and attended the Synod of the Oak that had John Crysostom leading the program. Cyril was was greatly known for his campaign against Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople, whose views on…

Very different approaches and rituals influenced their own visions of Christianity as reflected in the first seven ecumenical councils like Ephesus (431), centered on the Nestorian schism and Chalcedon (451), the nature of Christ being either human or divine and making Constantinople the second holy see, while Rome remained as previously stated, distant, different, and challenging. This latter…

Verse 26, “26 "In your anger do not sin": Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry,” Paul tells us that in verse twenty-six, to not let the sun go down while we are still angry. Similar to Jesus, Paul is telling us that is better to resolve our issues with ourselves or other people then to remain bitter. It wouldn’t be normal for us to not be angry either, because anger is part of being a human. Through Jesus’ example we can see that justice is an important part of life and there…

characters through written letters. Antipas is a member of the elite social class in Rome. He currently lives in Pergamum after brief stays in Caesarea and Tyre. Antipas utilizes his servant, Stachys, to deliver correspondence between Pergamum and Ephesus. Luke is the author of the Gospel of Luke and Acts.…

After his departure from Corinth, Paul traveled to several areas around Ephesus before staying in Ephesus for a “period of three years (Acts 19; 20:31).” Here, Paul received word from Chloe’s people that the church of Corinth was involved in abominable acts that were separating them from God (1 Cor. 1:11). This situation was detestable according…

other three synoptic gospels, yet stands out to be different, the facts are interpreted, and it is basically written to the world, even though it is addressed to Greeks, Jews, and Romans. Jesus’ beloved John, wrote the book of John in A.D. 85 around Ephesus. “By this time, John wrote his gospel the church had matured in its transition from a Jewish exclusivism (cf. Acts10) to a universal outreach.” (Jensen 1981, p. 178). By the time the gospel of John was written it was directed more to the…

Philippi. Many argue that Paul was actually imprisoned in Ephesus because of the amount of contact he has with the church. The letters written by Paul are very vague and don’t give much information besides what he knew to be happening. Paul is thought to have founded the church of Ephesus which explains the basis on which Paul decided to include the relationship between Christ and his bride, the Church. During the time of Paul’s writing, Ephesus was a blossoming city in the western part of Asia…

urban areas, including Rome, where slaves are known in the Rome Empire, (Polhill,1999) such as household servants. One third of Greece and Italy had slaves. Philemon became converted under Paul’s ministry (Philemon 1:19). While, Paul resided at Ephesus, he met Onesimus at Philemon’s place. Onesimus was said, to been a native of Phrygian (Polhill, 1999). Onesimus ran away because of some disagreement with his master. The book do not mention about Philemon mistreating Onesimus, as most slave…

Pericles Play Response On February 21, 2016 the Guthrie Theater did a production of the play Pericles written by William Shakespeare. As members of the audience found their seats, soft music began to play and the light became low. Within minutes the entire theater had become completely silent. For about the next four hours the audience was captivated by the emotion, excitement, and humor of a story about one man’s incredible life journey. At its core, the Pericles displays the trials and…

444 and was succeeded by Dioscurus. Dioscurus faced many oppositions and planned attacks to in favor of his belief while the bishop of Constantinople, Flavin did not (Gonzalez, 300). This controversy was later settled by a second council meeting in Ephesus where it was decided that Christ is divine and…