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Chapter L. Sextus in the Reign of the Emperor Severus Wrote a Book on the Resurrection · Chapter LI. Arabianus Under the Same Emperor Published Certain Small Works Relating to Christian Doctrine

Chapter LV

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Ammonius,2465 a talented man of great philosophical learning, was distinguished at Alexandria, at the same time. Among many and distinguished monuments of his genius, is the elaborate work which he composed On the harmony of Moses and Jesus, and the Gospel canons, which he worked out, and which Eusebius of Cæsarea, afterwards followed. Porphyry falsely accused him of having become a heathen again, after being a Christian, but it is certain that he continued a Christian until the very end of his life.

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  1. 2465

    Flourished 220.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Volume 3, ed. Philip Schaff and Henry Wace (1890–1900). Public domain. Text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library.