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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

Julian

emperor 361–363

Pagan emperor and critic

Attested. The reign and the treatise are certain. The treatise is fragmentary.

Julian, raised Christian, restored pagan cult and wrote Against the Galileans. He reigned less than two years and died on campaign in Persia. His critique is an insider's attack: he knew scripture and church practice. Christian writers from Gregory of Nazianzus onward answered him at length.

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