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Research atlas for early Christianity. Claims are tagged attested, traditional, or disputed. Copyrighted full texts, including CCEL editions, are not included.

Person

Athenagoras

later second century

Christian apologist

Tradition. The Plea is genuine. The Athenian biography is traditional.

A Plea for Christians, addressed to Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, argues that Christians are not atheists or cannibals. A treatise on the resurrection is also transmitted under his name. He is traditionally placed at Athens. That setting is plausible and not proven.

Places

Councils

No council in this list names them as a participant.

Sources

No separate modern citation is attached to this biography. The confidence note is the atlas summary of the evidence.

Catalog editions

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DeChurched Atlas — Early Christianity as history, from every source