Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III Peter, together with John, preached to them this plain message of glad tidings, that the promise which God made to the fathers had been fulfilled by Jesus; not certainly proclaiming another god, but the Son of God, who also was made man, and suffered; thus leading... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV For this reason, too, did the apostles, collecting the sheep which had perished of the house of Israel, and discoursing to them from the Scriptures, prove that this crucified Jesus was the Christ, the Son of the living God; and they persuaded a great multitude, who... [ Continue Reading ]
Cyprian Epistle V Let a more earnest care, moreover, be bestowed upon the glorious confessors. And although I know that very many of those have been maintained by the vow[2] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V And if any one who accompanies with them is caught, and falls into misfortune, he... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III [Neither is there salvation in any other: for] there is none other name under heaven, which is given to men, whereby we must be saved: "[177] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews This is the stone which was despised by you builders, w... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on John Book I Whosoever falls on this stone shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust." And Luke writes in Acts:[118]... [ Continue Reading ]
Shepherd of Hermas Vision Fourth and opened your heart to the Lord, believing that you can be saved by no other than by His great and glorious name.[14] A Treatise on Re-Baptism by an Anonymous Writer Nor, as I think, was it for any other reason that the apostles had charged those whom they addre... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X but to this is opposed what is said in the Acts of the Apostles thus, "Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled, and they took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus."[64... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III They were confounded, therefore, both by this instance of healing ("for the man was above forty years old on whom this miracle of healing took place"[178]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III against Thy holy Son Jesus, whom Thou hast anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, to do whatsoever Thy hand and Thy counsel determined before to be done."[181]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book III By thus departing from Judaism itself, when they exchanged the obligations and burdens of the law for the liberty of the gospel, they were fulfilling the psalm, "Let us burst their bonds asunder, and cast away their yoke from us; "and this indeed (they did) after... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Praxeas were gathered together."[396] Tertullian On Baptism against Thy Holy Son whom Thou hast anointed."[56]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III For it is said, "The place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness"[182]... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Against Celsus Book VIII And if any should from these words be afraid of our going over to the side of those who deny that the Father and the Son are two persons, let him weigh that passage, "And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul,"[23] Cyprian Epistle VII... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III "And with great power," it is added, "gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus,"[184]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian De Fuga in Persecutione If we cannot serve God and mammon, can we be redeemed both by God and by mammon? For who will serve mammon more than the man whom mammon has ransomed? Finally, of what example do you avail yourself to warrant your averting by money the giving of you up? When did t... [ Continue Reading ]
Hippolytus Exegetical Fragments the curse against Levi, or, rather converts it into a blessing, on account of the subsequent zeal of the tribe, and of Phinehas in particular, in behalf of God. But that against Simeon he did not recall. Wherefore it also was fulfilled in deed.[16]... [ Continue Reading ]