Ephesians 3:14

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI

But the self-love of the Greeks proclaims certain men as their teachers. As, then, the whole family runs back to God the Creator;[108]

Tertullian On Repentance

. Who is that father to be understood by us to be? God, surely: no one is so truly a Father;[83]

Five Books in Reply to Marcion

Is every fatherhood[215]

Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book VI

This, he says, is what has been written in Scripture: "On this account I bend my knees to the God and Father and Lord of our Lord Jesus Christ, that God would grant you to have Christ dwelling in the inner man,"[91]

Methodius Discourse VIII. Thekla

by communication of the Spirit, the Church contributing here their clearness and transformation into the image of the Word. And Paul confirms this, teaching it plainly, where he says:[27]