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Julius Africanus, Sextus
Julius Africanus, Sextus (c.180–c.250), Christian writer. He was perhaps originally a Jew. He enjoyed close relations with the royal house of Edessa and he went on a successful embassy from Emmaus to the Emp. Heliogabalus (218–22). His chief work was a ‘History of the World’ to AD 217, of which fragments are preserved in other writers. He held that the world would last for 6,000 years from the Creation and that the birth of Christ took place in the year 5500.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Julius Africanus, Sextus." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Julius Africanus, Sextus." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-JuliusAfricanusSextus.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Julius Africanus, Sextus." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-JuliusAfricanusSextus.html |
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Sextus Julius Africanus
Sextus Julius Africanus , c.160-c.240, Christian historian. He wrote Chronologia, a history of the world from the creation to 221. Tying together the events of the Old Testament, the Greek world, and Christianity, this history helped to place the new religion in a historical context. |
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"Sextus Julius Africanus." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Sextus Julius Africanus." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Africanu.html "Sextus Julius Africanus." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Africanu.html |
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Africanus, Sextus Julius
Africanus, Sextus Julius. See JULIUS AFRICANUS, SEXTUS.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Africanus, Sextus Julius." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Africanus, Sextus Julius." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-AfricanusSextusJulius.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Africanus, Sextus Julius." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-AfricanusSextusJulius.html |
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