Hegesippus

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Hegesippus was a 2nd-century Christian chronicler known for his now-fragmentary writings on early Church history and traditions about figures such as James the Just.

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instanceOf 2nd-century writer
Christian chronicler
church historian
aimedTo show continuity of true doctrine from apostles
associatedWithFigure James the Just
relatives of Jesus
citedBy Eusebius of Caesarea
Eusebius’s Ecclesiastical History
surface form: Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History
concernedWith apostolic succession
orthodoxy of early Christian communities
ethnicOrCulturalBackground Jewish Christian
floruitCentury 2nd century
genre church history
memoirs
geographicalContext Palestine
Rome
historicalPeriod post-apostolic age
influenceOn later ecclesiastical historians
knownFor traditions about James the Just
writings on early Church history
language Greek
numberOfBooksWritten 5
occupation chronicler
historian
religion Christianity
reportedOn death of James the Just
genealogies of Jesus’ relatives
sourceFor information on early Jerusalem church
martyrdom traditions of James the Just
sourceType secondary source on apostolic age
testifiedTo unity of faith in early churches
travelledTo Corinth
Rome
usedSources oral traditions
written records of local churches
viewedAs bridge between Jewish and Gentile Christianity
worksLostExceptFor fragments quoted by later authors
worksPreservedThrough Eusebius of Caesarea
workStatus fragmentary
workTitle Hypomnemata
wroteAbout James the Just
Jewish-Christian relations
apostolic tradition
early Church history

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James the Just source Hegesippus