The Rise and Fall of the Antinysine Fathers

The Antinysine Fathers are the majority of proto-orthodox Christian writings prior to the First Council of Nicaea in 325. Justin Martyr, Tertullian and Origin even as they wrote about heretics had some compelling commonalities with those heretics. We call the ideology of Irenaeus and the next few generations of Christians proto-orthodox rather than just orthodox for a reason. They worked on things that ended up being demolished and cast aside.