Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II Afterwards He went up, the second time, to observe the festival day of the passover[142] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III " Wherefore he again exclaims in his Epistle, "Every one that believeth that Jesus is the Christ, has been born of God; "[298] Tertullian A... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III For the love meant is the love of God. "And this is the love of God," says John, "that we keep His commandments; "[157] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV "This is the love of God, that we keep His commandments."[145]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II But they cannot maintain this; otherwise their primary and original Ogdoad will be included in the number of Aeons who suffered together. Moreover, there was also a certain other person[163] Methodius Oration on the Psalms They saw a paralytic, who had grown up,... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV , and calls them into his own kingdom? And why is his goodness, which does not save all [thus], defective? Also, why does he, indeed, seem to be good as respects men, but most unjust with regard to him who made men, inasmuch as he deprives him of his possessions? M... [ Continue Reading ]
Cyprian Treatise I On the Unity of the Church and again it is written of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, "And these three are one."[22]... [ Continue Reading ]
A Treatise on Re-Baptism by an Anonymous Writer Moreover, I think also that we have not unsuitably set in order the teaching of the Apostle John, who says that "three bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; and these three are one."[61] Origen Commentary on John Book VI "I have a b... [ Continue Reading ]
Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Ninth Accordingly, those also who fell asleep received the seal of the Son of God. For," he continued, "before a man bears the name of the Son of God[27]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Praxeas We believe not the testimony of God in which He testifies to us of His Son. "He that hath not the Son, hath not life."[437]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV This is in accordance with what the Lord said to the man who had been healed: "Behold, thou art made whole; sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee."[584] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V And thus also He healed by a word all the others who were in a weakl... [ Continue Reading ]
Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Sixth These have been perverted from the truth: among them there is the hope of repentance, by which it is possible to live. Corruption, then, has a hope of a kind of renewal,[7] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II For"there is a sin unto death: I do not say that... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I For what is the use of wisdom, if it makes not him who can hear it wise? For still the Saviour saves, "and always works, as He sees the Father."[29] Tertullian An Answer to the Jews and so on; which works not even you deny that Christ did, inasmuch as you wer... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On Repentance Chapter V.-Sin Never to Be Returned to After Repentance.[38]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Praxeas It was the Son, therefore, who was always seen, and the Son who always conversed with men, and the Son who has always worked by the authority and will of the Father; because "the Son can do nothing of Himself, but what He seeth the Father do"[191] Tertullian Against Prax... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian De Corona Even an earthly serpent sucks in men at some distance with its breath. Going still further, John says, "My little children, keep yourselves from idols,"[37] Tertullian Against Praxeas and, "As the Father quickeneth (the dead), so also doth the Son; "[335]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Praxeas "The Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment to the Son"[198] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Likewise according to John: "The Father judgeth nothing, but hath given all judgment to the Son, that all may honour the Son as t... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Against Celsus Book VIII " But if the same question is put to us in regard to the worship of Jesus, we will show that the right to be honoured was given to Him by God, "that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father."[17] Recognitions of Clement II But how could the Father be r... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book I "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My words, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath eternal life, and cometh not into condemnation, but hath passed from death to life."[53] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V And again: "He that believet... [ Continue Reading ]
Epistle of Ignatius to the Tarsians And that our bodies are to rise again, He shows when He says, "Verily I say unto you, that the hour cometh, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live."[30] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI... [ Continue Reading ]
A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity when man cannot do works like to the heavenly operations of God? If Christ is only man, how is it that "even as the Father hath life in Himself, so hath He given to the Son to have life in Himself,"[98]... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on John Book I That distinction may, I think, if carefully examined, be applied to the Father and the Son; the Son being righteousness, and having received power[177]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V the dead shall be raised, as He Himself declares: "The hour shall come, in which all the dead which are in the tombs shall hear the voice of the Son of man, and shall come forth; those that have done good to the resurrection of life, and those that have done evil to... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh the resurrection (for there is a resurrection of judgment[369] Lactantius Divine Institutes Book II And the force of this is not that it altogether annihilates[179]... [ Continue Reading ]
Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians As therefore the Lord does nothing without the Father, for says He, "I can of mine own self do nothing,"[43] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV For as we do direct our faith towards the Son, so also should we possess a firm and immoveable love towards the Fath... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics still this is not enough for any man who examines before he believes, since even the Lord Himself did not bear witness of Himself.[244] Origen Against Celsus Book I For it may be observed as a trait of the character of Jesus, that He on all occasions a... [ Continue Reading ]
Five Books in Reply to Marcion 145 August in life, and marked with praise sublime,[74]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II Perhaps some (woman) will say: "To me it is not necessary to be approved by men; for I do not require the testimony of men:[128]... [ Continue Reading ]
Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus For he did not burden his father, when the voice issued forth from silence; but as when not believed it rendered him tongue-tied, so did the voice sounding out clearly set his father free, to whom he had both been announced and born. Now the voice and th... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Praxeas Afterwards He goes on to say: "But I have greater witness than that of John; for the works which the Father hath given me to finish-those very works bear witness of me that the Father hath sent me. And the Father Himself, which hath sent me, hath also borne witness of me.... [ Continue Reading ]
Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book V This, says he, is what is spoken: "We have heard his voice, no doubt, but we have not seen his shape."[80]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV Wherefore also John does appropriately relate that the Lord said to the Jews: "Ye search the Scriptures, in which ye think ye have eternal life; these are they which testify of me. And ye are not willing to come unto Me, that ye may have life."[119] Tertullian The... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V The Lord also spoke as follows to those who did not believe in Him: "I have come in my Father's name, and ye have not received Me: when another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive,"[220] Tertullian An Answer to the Jews glory ye shall see,"-that is, Ch... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On the Veiling of Virgins And, of course, that ought to have been chosen which keeps virgins veiled, as being known to God alone; who (besides that glory must be sought from God, not from men[11]... [ Continue Reading ]
Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes For had ye believed Moses, ye would indeed have believed me: for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?[553]... [ Continue Reading ]
Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians If, then, those who were conversant with the ancient Scriptures came to newness of hope, expecting the coming of Christ, as the Lord teaches us when He says, "If ye had believed Moses, ye would have believed Me, for he wrote of Me; "[54] Irenaeus Against Heres... [ Continue Reading ]