Shepherd of Hermas Vision Third Hear, then, the parables of the tower; for I will reveal all to you, and give me no more trouble in regard to revelation: for these revelations have an end, for they have been completed. But you will not cease praying for revelations, for you are shameless.[12] Five... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II For that there are spiritual creatures in the heavens, all the Scriptures loudly proclaim; and Paul expressly testifies that there are spiritual things when he declares that he was caught up into the third heaven,[265] Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul It, too, h... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II If they do maintain that they are more excellent than he, let them prove themselves so by their works, for they have never pretended to anything like [what he describes as occurring to himself]. And for this reason he added, "Whether in the body, or whether out of... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V Wherefore also the elders who were disciples of the apostles tell us that those who were translated were transferred to that place (for paradise has been prepared for righteous men, such as have the Spirit; in which place also Paul the apostle, when he was caught up... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book I -thereby teaching us that greatness has its proofs in lowliness, just as (according to the apostle)there is power even in infirmity[170]... [ Continue Reading ]
Epistle of Barnabas But there is a great difference between these two ways. For over one are stationed the light-bringing angels of God, but over the other the angels[242] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V But he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for strength is made perfect in weakne... [ Continue Reading ]
Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes he says: "For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for strength is made perfect in weakness."[339]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III Long-suffering therefore was God, when man became a defaulter, as foreseeing that victory which should be granted to him through the Word. For, when strength was made perfect in weakness,[375] Tertullian Against Marcion Book I All proof of abstinence is lost whe... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Scorpiace And if these severities will seem to be more grievous than martyrdoms, yet once more he says: "Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake."[98] Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II ; but (it... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian To His Wife Book II the Gentiles to the exercise of some eminent heavenly virtue, is, by the visible proofs of some marked (divine) regard, a terror to her Gentile husband, so as to make him less ready to annoy her, less active in laying snares for her, less diligent in playing the spy o... [ Continue Reading ]
The First Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity quarrelsomeness, injustice,[70]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On Modesty For in saying, toward the end of the Epistle, "Lest, when I shall have come, God humble me, and I bewail many of those who have formerly sinned, and have not repented of the impurity which they have committed, the fornication, and the vileness,"[161] Cyprian Epistle LI And y... [ Continue Reading ]