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Auxentius

Auxentius of Durostorum and Milan (d. ca. 400), an Arian Christian theologian, adopted son of Ulfilas.

Codex Argenteus

The tribes we consider Gothic were nominally Arians during the period of time when Ulfilas translated the Christian bible into Gothic, meaning that they followed the teachings of Arius about the person and nature of Jesus Christ.

Gehenna

The 4th century Ulfilas (Wulfila) or Gothic Bible is the first Bible to use Hell's Proto-Germanic form Halja, and maintains a distinction between Hades and Gehenna.

Germanic languages

The earliest coherent Germanic text preserved is the 4th century Gothic translation of the New Testament by Ulfilas.


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