Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians But may the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ Himself, who is the Son of God, and our everlasting High Priest, build you up in faith and truth, and in all meekness, gentleness, patience, long-suffering, forbearance, and purity; and may... [ Continue Reading ]
Epistle of Ignatius to Hero, a Deacon of Antioch [1] Origen Against Celsus Book VI kind; since he who departs from such evils, and performs such virtuous actions, will, as one who desires the true life, come to the enjoyment of it; and as one loving to see "good days," in which the word of righte... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII leading from the beginning of knowledge to the end. But if one should suppose that another origin[165] Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics and how the epistle actually begins: "I marvel that ye are so soon removed from Him, who hath called you as H... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V the Creator, that they should seem to "be removed to another gospel," simply when they return again to the Creator. When he adds, too, the words, "which is not another,"[59] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V two gods; and the apostle made a great mistake when he... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I But it is my purpose, as I reckon, and not without reason, to live according to the Word, and to understand what is revealed;[110] Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics If, therefore, even "an angel from heaven should preach any other gospel" (than the... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On Idolatry tests me! The cursing of well-maintained Discipline is a blessing of the Name. "If," says he, "I wished to please men, I should not be Christ's servant."[103] Cyprian Epistle LIV Nor ought the reproaches of the lost to move us in any degree to depart from the right path and... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book V of this epistle, how that certain persons interposed, and said that men ought to be circumcised, and that the law of Moses was to be observed; and how the apostles, when consulted, determined, by the authority of the Holy Ghost, that "a yoke should not be put upon... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics : "It is first necessary that you shows us who this Paul was,-both what he was before he was an apostle, and how he became an apostle,"-so very great is the use which they make of him in respect of other questions also. It is true that he tells us himsel... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On Modesty so truly did he turn away from his early opinions: nor did he sin by becoming an emulator not of ancestral but of Christian traditions,[12]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V And that he, the apostle, was the very same person who had been born from the womb, that is, of the ancient substance of flesh, he does himself declare in the Epistle to the Galatians: "But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me b... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics having been converted from a persecutor to a preacher, he is introduced as one of the brethren to brethren, by brethren-to them, indeed, by men who had put on faith from the apostles' hands. Afterwards, as he himself narrates, he "went up to Jerusalem fo... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Against Celsus Book I Paul, a genuine disciple of Jesus, says that he regarded this James as a brother of the Lord, not so much on account of their relationship by blood, or of their being brought up together, as because of his virtue and doctrine.[78] Didache But concerning the apostles a... [ Continue Reading ]