Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians Wherefore it behoves us also to live according to the will of God in Christ, and to imitate Him as Paul did. For, says he, "Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ."[30] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II " And openly and expressly the apostle, i... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II In vain do you labour to seem adorned: in vain do you call in the aid of all the most skilful manufacturers of false hair. God bids you "be veiled."[66] Tertullian On Monogamy sy; nor is there any other cause whence they find themselves compelled to deny... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III Whom does he bless? Not the woman decked out, but another's hair, and through them another head. And if "the man is head of the woman, and God of the man,"[115] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV "For I would have you know," says the apostle, "that... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III We must conclude, moreover, that these men (the Montanists) can not admit the Apostle Paul either. For, in his Epistle to the Corinthians,[157] Tertullian On Prayer ."[125]... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III And she will never fall, who puts before her eyes modesty, and her shawl; nor will she invite another to fall into sin by uncovering her face. For this is the wish of the Word, since it is becoming for her to pray veiled.[151] Tertullian Against Marcio... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On the Veiling of Virgins ."[59]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On Idolatry Therefore, too, the Lord demanded that the money should be shown Him, and inquired about the image, whose it was; and when He had heard it was Cµsar's, said, "Render to Cµsar what are Cµsar's, and what are God's to God; "that is, the image of Cµsar, which is on the coin, to C... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V If it is because "she was created for the man,"[342]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I Again, the coming of the Saviour with His attendants to Achamoth is declared in like manner by him in the same Epistle, when he says, "A woman ought to have a veil upon her head, because of the angels."[99] Tertullian De Corona She has the burden of her own humili... [ Continue Reading ]
Epistle of Ignatius to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch It is right, therefore, that we should honour those who have had a part in giving us birth. "Neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man,"[19]... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III The Word prohibits us from doing violence to nature[101] Tertullian On Prayer by naming the sex generally, mingled "daughters" and species together in the genus. Again, while he says that "nature herself,"[133] Tertullian On the Veiling of Virgins ,... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On the Veiling of Virgins ? "If any," he says, "is contentious, we have not such a custom, nor (has) the Church of God."[33] Cyprian Epistle XXX Nor is it now but lately that this counsel has been considered by us, nor have these sudden appliances against the wicked but recently occurr... [ Continue Reading ]
A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop "Do I praise you? In this I praise you not; that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse."[51]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics For he shows us that it was owing to the prospect of the greater evil that he readily believed the existence of the lighter ones; and so far indeed was he from believing, in respect of evils (of such a kind), that heresies were good, that his object was... [ Continue Reading ]
Dialogue of Justin And, `There shall be schisms and heresies.'[89] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII Further, it is said that it is on account of "those that are approved that heresies exist."[154] Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics nor the fact that they subvert the faith of so... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II But always must we conduct ourselves as in the Lord's presence, lest He say to us, as the apostle in indignation said to the Corinthians, "When ye come together, this is not to eat the Lord's supper."[83] Didache 1. But after ye are filled,[94]... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II Have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? Or despise ye the church of God, and shame those who have not? "[35]... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III Such ought those who are consecrated to Christ appear, and frame themselves in their whole life, as they fashion themselves in the church[152]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V we have proved from the sacrament of the bread and the cup[348] Cyprian Epistle LXII For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye shall show forth the Lord's death until He come."[22] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VIII Being mindful, there... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul and that the taste of the wine was different from that which He consecrated in memory of His blood.[127]... [ Continue Reading ]
Cyprian Epistle LXII For Scripture says, "For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do show forth the Lord's death till He come."[40] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VII We also, our Father, thank Thee for the precious blood of Jesus Christ, which was shed for us and for Hi... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I "So that whosoever shall eat the bread and drink the cup of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup."[11] Cyprian Epistle IX till unfulfilled, w... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X But if any one, when he ought to listen to the precept, "But let each prove himself, and so let him eat of the bread," etc.,[176]... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X The Apostle indeed says, writing to the Corinthians who had diverse sicknesses, "For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep."[171]... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I "For there are certainly among us many weak and sickly, and many sleep. But if we judge ourselves, we shall not be judged."[23]... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I "Being judged by the Lord," says the apostle, "we are chastened, that we may not be condemned with the world."[319] Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book VI Now the image is the Spirit that is wafted over the water; and whosoever is not fashioned into a f... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II Necessarily, therefore, against those who have cast off shame and unsparingly abuse meals, the insatiable to whom nothing is sufficient, the apostle, in continuation, again breaks forth in a voice of displeasure: "So that, my brethren, when ye come toget... [ Continue Reading ]
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VII But if any one that is not initiated conceal himself, and partake of the same, "he eats eternal damnation; "[115]... [ Continue Reading ]