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The Church in North Africa
AD 50–300
A AD 50. The Christian church is
established in Alexandria, Egypt,
possibly by Mark, author of the
Gospel of Mark.
AD 50
A
B
AD 100
Gospel Writer Mark (A).
B AD 68. Mark, author of the
Gospel of Mark, is martyred in
Alexandria, Egypt.
C AD 165.* Valentinus dies. He
was an influential Gnostic leader
and theologian, who was born
in upper Egypt and trained in
Alexandria. Gnosticism is the first
St. Valentinus
AD 150
C
D E F
major movement to challenge
the Christian church. It teaches
that salvation comes through
possession of secret knowledge.
Gnostics reject the Crucifixion and
that Jesus is God in the flesh.
D AD 180. Speratus and eleven
other people—called the Scillitan
martyrs—are killed outside
Carthage in Tunisia for declaring
that Jesus is “the emperor of kings
and all nations,” not Caesar. This
is early evidence of Christianity in
Latin-speaking North Africa. The
account of their death is one of the
earliest documents of the church
in Africa.
E AD 180. Pantaenus becomes the
head of the School of Alexandria,
the first Christian institution of
higher learning. He leads the
school to become an influential
centre for theology and biblical
studies.
* approximately
St. Pantaenus
St. Clement
of Alexandria
Pope Victor 1
Pope Miltiades
Prominant Church Fathers Pope
in Africa
(C, E, F, G).
Galasius