Is Luke's label for Christianity - "the Way" - used in later Christian writings?
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I looked into Lampe (ed.)"A Patristic Greek Lexicon", Oxford University Press, 1961.
It makes four mentions for the use of hodos in this sense:
- Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History, Book 5, Chapter 1,48. (Migne 20.428A)
- Chrysostom, Homily 19 on the Acts of the Apostoles (Migne 60.152)
- Ammonius of Alexandria, On the Acts of the Apostoles 14:14 (Migne 85.1592C)
- Theodoret of Cyrus, On Romans 9:33 (Migne 82.163)
According to what we see in Chrysostom, it would seem that this title hasn't been used since. He explains that those of the way was what "the believers were called, probably because of their taking the direct way that leads to heaven" (Migne 60.152).
[I know that there are very good patristic concordances that would help you out, but I don't have access to them at this time. Haven't had time to look very well into the references but I did make sure they correspond. Hope this helps out a little.]
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