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And Philo is pre-Valentinus. This is another of Orthodox crox.

No more. You don't want to discuss Early Church History.

There are myths surrounding Paul. Are you saying Ben Franklin wasn't a Christian?

I don't see the name in the rest of the New Testament. What is interesting is that names are nouns in Greek, and Hebrew. They shall call his/its? name, Immanuel. Did they all name him Immanuel? no they named their event; God is with us. What kills this is that the article before his name is...

It wasn't a name.

"God is with him" would have a better meaning.

No one gave him that name.

The word ὀνομάζω is not used, but καλέω is and is very similar to ἐκκλησία root wise. Thus, he was addressed as Immanuel with his name Jesus. Is that too complicated for you?

Because it is a slogan. If I named you, God is great; you would question it as a personal name.

ONOMA means name and/or noun per Aristotle [for the Greek language].

Polycarp's theology was trinitarian, and Ignatius was a Valentinian.

In Acts, the Romans did not charge him with anything. Yet, the early church fathers agree with Ebionite document that calls him Simon. the psuedo-clementines. He survived like Jonah.

It isn't a typical name or noun. It is something a crowd would chant. It was more like a call, then a reputation.

No, Polycarp thought he could pretend to be a student of John the Apostle.

GodsGrace said: Why do you think he learned from Polycarp? Because he wrote to him and then contacted him.

Peter died of old age in Babylon, and Jesus hints at it being so. Peter went to the real Babylon with son, Marcus the gospel writer.

It means God is with us.

The quotes prove otherwise. And many works have plagiaristic variants or are plagiarisms themselves. It is true that he became more unitarian as talked to Polycarp. Thus there is variation, at least, in his theology.

Here I don't agree. There is too much speculation is Early Church History. The only which can be proven is that Polycarp said himself to have known John and Cerinthus. We know certainly that he had a gospel of John and he knew who Valentinus was.