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ATHENAGORAS , a See also:Christian apologist of the 2nd See also:century A.D.., was, according to an emendator of the See also:Paris Codex 451 of the 11th century, a native of See also:Athens. The only See also:sources of See also:information regarding him are a See also:short See also:notice by See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip of See also:Side, in See also:Pamphylia (c. A,D. 420), and the inscription on his See also:principal See also:work. Philip—or rather the compiler who made excerpts from him—says that he was at the See also:head of an Alexandrian school (the catechetical), that he lived in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:Hadrian and See also:Antoninus, to whom he addressed his See also:Apology, and that See also:Clement of See also:Alexandria was his See also:- PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)
pupil; but these statements are more than doubtful. The inscription on the work describes it as the " See also:Embassy of Athenagoras, the Athenian, a philosopher and a Christian concerning the Christians, to the Emperors See also:Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and See also:Lucius Aurelius See also:Commodus, &c." This statement has given rise to considerable discussion, but from it and See also:internal See also:evidence the date of the Apology (IIpevi3eia 'repi Xpta-riav(Cv) may be fixed at about A.D. 177. Athenagoras is also the author of a discourse on the resurrection of the See also:body, which is not authenticated otherwise than by the titles on the various See also:manuscripts. In the Apology, after contrasting the judicial treatment of Christians with that of other accused persons, he refutes the accusations brought against the Christians of See also:atheism, eating human flesh and licentiousness, and in doing so takes occasion to make a vigorous and skilful attack on See also:pagan polytheism and See also:mythology. The discourse on the resurrection answers objections to the See also:doctrine, and attempts to prove-its truth from considerations of See also:God's purpose in the creation of See also:man, His See also:justice and the nature of man himself. Athenagoras is a powerful and clear writer, who strives to comprehend his opponents' views and is
acquainted with the classical writers. He used the Apology of See also:Justin, but hardly the See also:works of See also:Aristides or See also:Tatian.
His See also:theology is strongly tinged with See also:Platonism, and this may See also:account for his falling into desuetude. His discussion of the Trinity has some points of speculative See also:interest, but it is not sufficiently worked out; he regards the Son as the See also:Reason or See also:Wisdom of the See also:Father, and the Spirit as a divine effluence. On some other points, as the nature of See also:matter, the See also:immortality of the soul and the principle of See also:sin, his views are interesting.
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