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Anicetus was pope from about 154 to about 167 (the Vatican's list cites 150 or 157 to 153 or 168. He was a Syrian from Emesa. According to Irenaeus, it was during his pontificate that the aged Polycarp, a disciple of Saint John the Divine, visited the Roman Church. Polycarp and Anicetus discussed the celebration Easter. Polycarp and his Church of Smyrna celebrated Easter on the fourteenth day of Nisan, which coincides with Pesach. The day of the week was not important in the East. On the other hand, the Roman Church celebrated Easter on Sunday—the weekday of JesusImages of Jesus in which a halo is used to represent divinity. 6 4 BCE to c. 29 33 CE) is the central figure in Christianity, in which context he is known as Jesus Christ (from the Hebrew Yehošua , and Greek Chi;ριστ&sigmaf Chris' resurrectionThis article is about the religious meaning of the word "Resurrection". For other meanings see Resurrection (disambiguation). Resurrection is the raising of a person from death back to life. Deities, too, are reborn: see Life-death-rebirth deity. Resurrec. The two did not agree on a common date, but Anicetus permitted Polycarp and the Smyrnan Church to retain the date to which they were accustomed. The controversy was to accelerate and grow heated in the course of the following centuries.The Christian historian HegesippusHegesippus ca 110 A. ca 180), was a Christian chronicler of the early Christian church and writer countering heresies. His works are lost, save some passages quoted by Eusebius, who tells us that he wrote Hypomnemata Memoirs in five books, in the simplest also visited Rome during Anicetus' pontificate. This visit is often cited as sign for the early importance of the Roman See.
Anicetus was the first pope to condemn heresyHeresy according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a "theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the ‘catholic’ or orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church by forbidding MontanismMontanism was a movement begun by Montanus in the second century A. shortly after Montanus' conversion to Christianity. He claimed to have received a series of direct revelations from the Holy Spirit or the paraclete, and was joined by two women, Prisca a. He also actively opposed the Gnostics and MarcionismMarcionism is a sect founded in A. 144 at Rome by Marcion of Sinope. It continued in the West for 300 years and in the East some centuries longer, especially outside the Byzantine Empire. They rejected the writings of the Old Testament and taught that Chr. According to Liber Pontificalis, Anicetus decreed that priests are not allowed to have long hair (perhaps because the Gnostics wore long hair.) Anicetus is reported to have suffered martyrdom. April 16, 17 and 20 are all cited as the date of his death, but April 17 is celebrated as his memorial or feast day. Details relating to the type of his martyrdom are unknown.
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