Ammonius of Alexandria (Christian philosopher)

Ammonius of Alexandria (/əˈmoʊniəs/; Ancient Greek: Ἀμμώνιος) is assumed to be a Christian philosopher who lived in the 3rd century.

He is possibly Ammonius Saccas, the Neoplatonist philosopher, also from Alexandria.

He wrote that Ammonius produced several scholarly works, most notably The Harmony of Moses and Jesus.

[citation needed] Ammonius developed the forerunner of modern gospel harmony as the Ammonian Sections in which he started with the text of Matthew and copied along parallel events.

[3] However there are no extant copies of the harmony of Ammonius and it is only known from a single reference in the letter of Eusebius to Carpianus.

A portrait of St. Eusebius of Caesarea (left) and Ammonius of Alexandria (right), prefacing the letter Eusebius wrote to him in the Rabbula Gospels (6th cent. AD)