Diotrephes

Pride, ambition, and worldly interest of church-pastors and church-rulers, as in Diotrephes and others, were the early working of the mystery of iniquity, which, by degrees, came to that prodigious height which has been visible in the church of Rome.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721

"moderate" Udall, after publishing a dialogue (in which an Anglican bishop called Diotrephes is represented, among other things, as planning measures against the Puritans in consort with a papist and an usurer), further composed a _Demonstration of Discipline_ in which, writing, according to

A History of Elizabethan Literature George Saintsbury 1889

Baur displayed more than even his {264} usual powers of invention by suggesting that Gaius was a Montanist of the latter part of the 2nd century, and "Diotrephes" a symbolical name for one of the Catholic bishops of Rome opposed to Montanism.

The Books of the New Testament Leighton Pullan 1902

The purpose of the letter is to encourage and strengthen Caius, and to warn him against the party headed by Diotrephes, who refuses to cooperate with the presbyteros who is writing.

1-line descriptions of the 73 books of the Bible (extracted from Wikipedia) Jonathan Aquino 2009

The purpose of the letter is to encourage and strengthen Caius, and to warn him against the party headed by Diotrephes, who refuses to cooperate with the presbyteros who is writing.

Archive 2009-04-01 Jonathan Aquino 2009

Diotrephes, a first-century church member, had his own routine about who was on first—he was.

Saints & Scoundrels of the Bible Linda Chaffee Taylor 2008

Sandwiched between these commendations was a huge criticism concerning the negative behavior of Diotrephes, one of the leaders in the congregation.

Saints & Scoundrels of the Bible Linda Chaffee Taylor 2008

Perhaps Diotrephes should have remembered the words of Jesus: “But many who are now first will be last” Matthew 19:30 CEV.

Saints & Scoundrels of the Bible Linda Chaffee Taylor 2008

Diotrephes refused to provide hospitality to the missionaries who visited his church and city.

Saints & Scoundrels of the Bible Linda Chaffee Taylor 2008

If anyone in his congregation hosted a missionary, Diotrephes kicked the host out of the church.

Saints & Scoundrels of the Bible Linda Chaffee Taylor 2008