NT References in the Ante-Nicene Fathers

1 John 1:5

Tertullian On Repentance

Draw whatever (veil of) darkness you please over your deeds, "God is light."[53]

Tertullian On Modesty

Nay, but this whole world is the one house of all; in which world it is more the heathen, who is found in darkness, whom the grace of God enlightens, than the Christian, who is already in God's light.[87]

Origen de Principiis Book I

Now, I should like to ask these persons what they have to say respecting that passage where it is declared that God is light; as John writes in his Epistle, "God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all."[3]

Origen de Principiis Book IV

Nor, seeing He is called the Son of (His) love, will it appear absurd if in this way He be called the Son of (His) will. Nay, John also indicates that "God is Light,"[19]

Origen Against Celsus Book II

hearing it declared in one passage, that "God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all; "[192]

Origen Against Celsus Book V

But even this rational light itself ought not to be worshipped by him who beholds and understands the true light, by sharing in which these also are enlightened; nor by him who beholds God, the Father of the true light,-of whom it has been said, "God is light, and in Him there is no darkness at all."[37]

Origen Commentary on John Book II "They knew not, they understood not, they walk in darkness." Consider, however, this passage,[75]

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1 John 1:5

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