Antioch on the Orontes, capital of the Roman province of Syria and one of the largest cities of the empire. Acts says the disciples were first called Christians here, and it was the base of Paul and Barnabas’ early missions and the scene of Paul’s clash with Peter.
Ignatius was its bishop around 110. Many scholars suggest that Matthew’s Gospel was written in or near Antioch, and the Didache somewhere in Syria, though both are scholarly guesses rather than established facts. Later it became one of the great patriarchal sees of the Church.
Where to start
Every mention
14 writings- AD 52Paul’s Letter to the GalatiansThe New Testament1×
- AD 85The Acts of the ApostlesThe New Testament16×
- AD 93Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, Book 18: the Testimonium Flavianum and John the BaptistWitnesses Outside the Church1×
- AD 100The Second Letter to TimothyThe New Testament1×
- AD 110Ignatius of Antioch, Letter to the SmyrnaeansThe Early Church3×
- AD 116Tacitus, Annals 15.38–44: the Great Fire and Nero’s punishment of the ChristiansWitnesses Outside the Church1×
- AD 150The Gospel of Peter (Akhmim Fragment)The Other Gospels1×
- AD 153Justin Martyr, First ApologyThe Early Church1×
- AD 180Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, Book IThe Early Church1×
- AD 320Eusebius, Church History, Book IThe Early Church1×
- AD 320Eusebius, Church History, Book IIIThe Early Church4×
- 1907G. R. S. Mead, The Gnostic Crucifixion (1907)The Other Gospels1×
- 2026Registry of Gospels and Their Canonical StatusThe Other Gospels1×
- 2026The documentary record of Jesus and the movements that interpreted himThe Dossier2×