"the ante-Nicene period" . . . . . "ante-Nicene period" . "early Church" . "Ante-Nicene period" . "over 250 years" . "second-century" . "second century" . . "Christianity in the ante-Nicene period" . . "Christianity in
the ante-Nicene period" . "3rd century" . "in the ante-Nicene period" . "Christianity in the ante-Nicene period" .