Tatian

Tatian (Latin Tatian ) was a Christian apologist of the 2nd century († about 170 AD. ) East Syriac origin, therefore also called Tatian the Assyrian.

Life and work

Tatian was in Rome student Justin Martyr, who converted him to Christianity, but fell out with this and went back to his Syrian homeland. He rejected there every Hellenistic influence, founded a enkratitische community and gained a strictly ascetic followers, marriage, meat and wine enjoyment rejected. This earned him the accusation to have been Gnostics.

His most famous work among his many writings is the Diatessaron, in which he tells a unified life and action of Jesus taking into account all four canonical Gospels.

Receive is from him a written 176 Ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς Ἕλληνας ( Oratio ad Graecos / speech to the Greeks ), a passionate, intemperate polemic against Greek culture.

Under the title Tatian is an Old High German translation of the Diatessaron known, refer to the Old High German Tatian.

In contrast, several other writings, including a book of problems on difficult passages of the Old Testament, not delivered.

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