✝️ Acts 26:26 The king is familiar with these things, and I can speak freely to him. I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner. I have heard the theory of Christianity being some Roman invention around 300 AD, to argue against that, I created a list with 77 entries that list people, writings, art, and architecture that mention Jesus, or Christians, or Christianity before 300 AD. Please note that this list does not claim that all the sources are equal or independent, the purpose of this list is simply to provide evidence Christianity existed before the year 300 AD. This list does not attempt to prove that Christianity is true, the list simply exists for counter evidence against the claim that Christianity was a 300 AD invention. # Christians: * ## Clement of Rome * ## Ignatius of Antioch * ## Polycarp of Smyrna * ## Didache * ## Shepherd of Hermas * ## Quadratus of Athens * ## Aristides of Athens * ## Justin Martyr * ## Tatian * ## Athenagoras of Athens * ## Theophilus of Antioch * ## Irenaeus of Lyons * ## Clement of Alexandria * ## Tertullian * ## Origen * ## Hegesippus * ## Julius Africanus * ## Papias of Hierapolis * ## Epistle of Barnabas * ## Melito of Sardis * ## Serapion of Antioch * ## Hippolytus of Rome * ## Cyprian * ## Minucius Felix * ## Ichthys * ## Good Shepherd Fresco * ## Dionysius of Corinth * ## Dionysius of Alexandria * ## Novatian * ## Claudius Apollinaris * ## The Acts of the Scillitan Martyrs * ## The Martyrdom of Polycarp * ## Epistle to Diognetus * ## Inscription of Abercius * ## 2 Clement * ## Apelles * ## Rhodon * ## Theophilus of Caesarea * ## Fragments of Maximus of Jerusalem * ## Alexander of Jerusalem * ## Polycrates of Ephesus * ## Pantaenus * ## Caius * ## Commodianus * ## Anatolius of Laodicea * ## Firmilian of Caesarea * ## Gregory Thaumaturgus * ## Paul of Samosata * ## Perpetua * ## Methodius of Olympus * ## Novatus of Carthage * ## Dionysius of Rome * ## Malchion * ## Megiddo Church # Jewish: * ## Josephus # Greco-Romans: * ## Tacitus * ## Pliny the Younger * ## Suetonius * ## Lucian * ## Celsus * ## Porphyry * ## Galen * ## Marcus Aurelius * ## Fronto * ## Epictetus * ## Hadrian * ## Trajan * ## Antoninus Pius * ## Phlegon * ## Thallus * ## Alexamenos Graffito * ## Crescens # Gnostics: * ## Marcion of Sinope * ## Valentinus * ## Basilides * ## Heracleon # Syriac: * ## Mara bar-Serapion