Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics neither ought their existence to surprise us, for it was foretold that they should come to pass;[3] Dubious Hippolytus Fragments And there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies."[32] Lactantius Divine Institut... [ Continue Reading ]
Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book X fire of judgment, and the rayless scenery of gloomy Tartarus,[67] Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments Wherefore, in order to teach us this, he uses the examples of Sheol (Hades), and the love of women, and hell[106] Lactantius Divine Institutes Book II o... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Clement Let us turn to every age that has passed, and learn that, from generation to generation, the Lord has granted a place of repentance to all such as would be converted unto Him. Noah preached repentance, and as many as listened to him were saved.[35] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Clement On account of his hospitality and godliness, Lot was saved out of Sodore when all the country round was punished by means of fire and brimstone, the Lord thus making it manifest that He does not forsake those that hope in Him, but gives up such as depart from Him to punishment and torture... [ Continue Reading ]
2 Clement For if we renounce these indulgences and conquer the soul by not fulfilling its wicked desires, we shall be partakers of the mercy of Jesus. Know ye that the day[76]... [ Continue Reading ]
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Of this same thing in the Epistle of Peter: "As strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; but having a good conversation among the Gentiles, that while they detract from you as if from evildoers,... [ Continue Reading ]
Cyprian Treatise XI Exhortation to Martyrdom Addressed to Fortunatus Nor is it difficult for God to open the mouth of a man devoted to Himself, and to inspire constancy and confidence in speech to His confessor; since in the book of Numbers He made even a she-ass to speak against the prophet Balaam... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV 4. For as the serpent beguiled Eve, by promising her what he had not himself,[5]... [ Continue Reading ]
Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book IX for a short period, but after a little, wallow once again in the same mire.[12] Lactantius Divine Institutes Book III The Cyrenaics say that virtue itself is to be praised on this account, because it is productive of pleasure. True, says the filthy do... [ Continue Reading ]