Christian Historians: Whatever happened to the church of Diotrephes?

Question

I'm just wondering if there is any historical record of these people, and whether they had their own "offshoot" church. Did the church of Diotrephes continue?

I'm wondering if there is any historical evidence to clarify how the rejection of Jesus' Apostles, in early Christendom, may have affected the way Christianity is taught to us today...

See 3 John 1: 9 - http://scriptures.lds.org/en/3_jn/1/9#9

See also 2 Tim. 1: 15 - http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_tim/1/15#15

The Bible gives so much evidence of universal apostasy amongst the earliest Christians. The Apostles were fighting against rampant apostacy in the people of the church... and then the Apostles were all killed (before any of it was resolved).

How then can we rely upon Christian tradition to teach us of Jesus Christ? Wouldn't we need a restoration of truth (directly from Jesus) in order to really know what his doctrine was, since the early Church was so corrupted?

Answer 1

Most of the areas where the Apostles went still have ancient Christian communities living there (if they haven't been stamped out by Islamists). Not sure what happened to that one, but there are almost certainly still Christians there. There is a possibility that they later developed into a cult or apostacy, in which case they may have been 86'd by the Roman Church.

Answer 2

Diotrephes types are still a fundamental part of most churches. It's human ego to project your defects onto others. However, the "specialness" in being mistreated is as much of a psychological/spiritual problem as Diotrephes pride.

Answer 3

Isn't Christian Historian an oxymoron? As History looks at fact?

Answer 4

It died when Atrophy took over.