Traditions also means "teachings". There were scribes and there were historians that "recorded" history by way of writing down. The Orthodox Church has history (that agrees with Catholicism as they were not divided yet):and can give us information that's helpful. The historical Eastern Orthodox Church is not OCA who mispoke in what you found. You say there "may" have been more than one Antipas. What are the odds of two and to pass being burned alive in a bronze bowl as martyrdom? In your research you found one link from Orthodox Church of America which is a new church compared to Eastern Orthodox that appears to have made an error and what they said every other link that you look for and research that you do shows and to pass being martyred in 92 ad, even the Wikipedia article from Orthodox Church of America that you point out says he was martyred during Nero but then the date they use is 92 ad when it says tt his death date. The teaching of the Church has been he was martyred when Domition was persecuting the Church. He reigned between 81-96.gcdonner wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 10:08 pmThose are not "histories", they are traditions passed down from one generation to another, and it may be that there were more than one Antipas. As I noted above, even the Orthodox Church in America which holds some sway over Valerie, states that he died in AD68. It is not a certainty, anymore than the being cooked in a huge brazen caldron is.
In David Bercots Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs, which covers topics written by early church fathers and their writings in the first three centuries of Christianity, every statement made about the Lord's return puts it at a future date. They were not concerned about Jesus statement of quickly because they know with the Lord a day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as a day. God's timetable is much different than our human reasoning. You brought up one of the bishops of the time of the Nicene Creed but The Bishop's unanimously wrote the Nicene Creed and that they would look to the coming of the Lord as in the future- it seems there's always been someone who got this wrong as in the one who troubled the Thessalonian Church.
Remember, that apostle Paul was dealing with someone that was "troubling" the Church of Thessalonia trying to convince them that the Lord had already returned. It seems there will always be somebody making that claim until he actually does return and there will be no debate about it at that time.