Early Church Figures - Profiles
- Athanasius
- Chrysostom
- Constantine
- Egeria
- Eusebius
- Helena
- Jesus (historical)
- Marcion
- Montanus
- Origen
- Pelagius
- St. Ambrose
- St. Anthony
- St. Augustine of Hippo
- Tertullian
Jesus
Jesus is the central figure of the Christian religion. Although our dating system refers to time before the birth of Jesus as B.C., for before Christ, it is thought that Jesus was born a few years before our era. He is thought to have died when about 33.
Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Alexandria was an ante-Nicene Christian theologian.
St. Irenaeus
St. Irenaeus was a theologian and bishop in what is now Lyons, France.
Isidore of Seville.
Isidore was a medieval scholar.
St. Jerome
St. Jerome is known as the scholar who created the Vulgate, the Latin translation of the Bible.
Mary Magdalene
According to Elizabeth Moltmann-Wendel in The Women Around Jesus, the confusion between Mary Magdalen and the unnamed prostitute comes from proximity -- the story of Mary Magdalen came immediately after: The earlier passage (the one with with a female sinner) is Luke 7: 36-50.
St. Patrick
Born in Britain, the patron saint of Ireland first lived in the Emerald Isle as a slave. A vision led Patrick to freedom and another led him back again to convert the heathen.
St. Paul
Paul, a Pharisee and tent-maker, was on his way to Damascus to continue his mission of stamping out converts to the new Jewish sect of Christians when he experienced a vision of Jesus, which he describes in Acts 9:1 – 9. From then on he became a missionary, spreading the message of Christianity.
Prudentius
Prudentius was a Christian poet from Northern Spain.
Tiridates III of Armenia
Even before the Emperor Constantine the Great, King Tiridates III (A.D. 238-314) of Armenia converted his country to Christianity.
Martha and Mary
Martha and Mary represent two of the earliest women Christian leaders.
John the Baptist
John the Baptist was a Jewish forerunner of Jesus who baptized believers in the imminent coming of Judgment Day.