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Commentarii de Bello Civili (Commentaries on the Civil War), or Bellum Civile, is an account written by Julius Caesar of his war against Gnaeus Pompeius and the Roman Senate. It consists of three books covering the events of 49–48 BC, from shortly before Caesar's invasion of Italy to Pompey's defeat at the Battle of Pharsalus and flight to ...
Philo of Alexandria ( / ˈfaɪloʊ /; Ancient Greek: Φίλω-ν, romanized : Phílōn; Hebrew: יְדִידְיָה, romanized : Yəḏīḏyāh; c. 20 BCE – c. 50 CE ), also called Philō Judæus, [a] was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt . The only event in Philo's life that can be ...
Christianity portal. v. t. e. The Ethiopian Catholic Church [a] or Ethiopian Eastern Catholic Church is a sui iuris (autonomous) Eastern Catholic church that is based in Ethiopia. As a particular church of the Catholic Church, it is in full communion with the Holy See. Established in 1930, the church is organised under a metropolitan bishop who ...
Terminology [ edit] While the Eastern Catholic Churches are autonomous particular churches that practice multiple liturgical rites, they have been collectively addressed as "Eastern-rite Churches" to distinguish themselves from the Latin Church and its Latin liturgical rites. [2] The term "rite" has also been used to mean sui iuris particular ...
Alexandrian school is also used to describe the religious and philosophical developments in Alexandria after the 1st century. The mix of Jewish theology and Greek philosophy led to a syncretic mix and much mystical speculation. The Neoplatonists devoted themselves to examining the nature of the soul, and sought communion with God.
The Codex Alexandrinus (London, British Library, Royal MS 1. D. V-VIII), designated by the siglum A or 02 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), δ 4 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a manuscript of the Greek Bible, [n 1] written on parchment. Using the study of comparative writing styles ...
v. t. e. Dioscorus I ( Greek: Διόσκορος Α΄ ὁ Ἀλεξανδρείας ), also known as Dioscorus the Great, was the pope of Alexandria and patriarch of the See of St. Mark who was deposed by the Council of Chalcedon in 451. He was recognized as patriarch by the Coptic Church until his death. He died in Gangra, Paphlagonia, in ...
