St Demetrius12 th Pope of Alexandria and some of the School of Alexandrias Scholars St Demetrius12 th Pope of Alexandria Outline Short Biography Gods purpose in Saints life ID: 215769
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Church History-2nd Century
St. Demetrius-12
th
Pope of Alexandria and some of the School of Alexandria's ScholarsSlide2
St. Demetrius-12
th
Pope of Alexandria
Outline
+Short Biography
+ God’s purpose in Saint’s life
+Achievements
+Main events during that periodSlide3
St. Demetrius-12
th
Pope of Alexandria
Biography
+ Departed AD 224 (105yrs old).
+ Before ordination was a simple vinedresser of little learning.
+ After ordination sought learning assiduously and diligently and became one of the most learned prelates.
+ Married young but both him and his wife stayed virgins by agreement without others’ knowledge.
+ Stayed on St. Mark’s throne ca. 43 years. Slide4
God’s Purpose in St. Demetrius’ Life
+ Story of the Grape Cluster and his ordination as Pope of Alexandria.
+ From man of little learning to one of great learning after ordination.
+ Story of disclosing their virginity.Slide5
St. Demetrius-12th
Pope of Alexandria
Some of St. Demetrius’ Achievements:
+ The Epact method of calculating Church’s Feasts and its ratification by 2 councils.
+ Strengthening the School of Alexandria with Scholars.
+ Faithfulness in shepherding the Church to the end.Slide6
Church History-2nd Century
Main Events during that Period
+ Persecutions by Emperor Severus.
+ Growth of Church after persecutions.
+ Famous Anti-Nicene Church Fathers
+ Attention to the Deans of Alexandria’s School.
+ Origen’s precocious emergence.Slide7
Church History-2nd Century
Anti-Nicene Fathers
St. Justin the Martyr
St.
Irenaeus
of Lyons
Hippolytus
of Rome
TertullianSlide8
Church History-2nd Century
The Catechetical School of Alexandria:
Some of the Deans of Alexandria’s School
+ St.
Pantaenus
+ St. Clement of Alexandria
+ The Scholar Origen