Tatiani Evangelium Epiphanius (Haeres. 46, 1; 47, 4) mentions a Gospel of Tatian as being used by the Encratites, and even among the Catholic Christians of Syria. Being compiled from the four gospels, it is also called εὐαγγελ. διὰ τεσσάρων (Theodoret. Haeret. Facbul. 1, 20; Coll. Ambros. Proam. in Luc; Euseb. Hist. Eccl. 4:20). Epiphanius erroneously identified it with the Evangelium sec. Hebraeos (see Fabric. 1, 377). See Semisch, Tatiani Diatessaron, Antiquissimum N.1. Evangeliorum in unum Digestorum Specimen (Breslau, 1856). Tatian is otherwise also censured as being a dangerous compilator and falsifier of Holy Writ (Fabric. 2, 538). The still extant gospel harmony (reprinted in Orthodoxogrraphis and Bibl. Patrum, s.v. Tatian), ascribed to Tatian by Victor Capuanus in Praefatio. ad Anonymi Harmoniam Evangelicam, does not belong to him. See Fabricius, Codex Apocryphus N.T. 1, 378; 2. 510. (B. P.)
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More