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2 unusual facts about Athenagoras of Athens


Alice Whealey

In her article "Pseudo-Justin's De Resurrectione: Athenagoras or Hippolytus?" published in "Vigiliae Christianae" by Brill publishing, she argues that Pseudo-Justin's "de resurrectione" was not composed by Athenagoras, but was more likely by Hippolytus.

Athenagoras

Saint Athenagoras of Athens, aka Saint Athenagorus the Apologist (circa 133-190), early Christian philosopher


Catechetical School of Alexandria

Under the leadership of the scholar Pantaenus, the school of Alexandria became an important institution of religious learning, where students were taught by scholars such as Athenagoras, Clement, Didymus, and the great Origen, who was considered the father of theology and who was also active in the field of commentary and comparative Biblical studies.


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