Luke 11:1
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV When in a certain place he had been praying to that Father above,[1046]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV When in a certain place he had been praying to that Father above,[1046]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV of the prayer what God is addressed therein. To whom can I say, "Father? "[1051] Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes And to whom, then, did the Lord Jesus address Himself, when in these terms He taught men to pray: "When ye pray, say, Our... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV Whose kingdom shall I wish to come-his, of whom I never heard as the king of glory; or His, in whose hand are even the hearts of kings? Who shall give me my daily[1055] Tertullian On Fasting in our ordinary prayer likewise commanding us to request "bread,"[107]... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII He never remembers those who have sinned against him, but forgives them. Wherefore also he righteously prays, saying, "Forgive us; for we also forgive."[131] Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV Who shall forgive me my trespasses?[1058] Tertullian On Modesty... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics The neighbour was without bread, and therefore he knocked; but as soon as the door was opened to him, and he received the bread, he discontinued knocking.[136] Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV was able to proclaim these duties and rewards by Christ,... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV It is the Creator, who once shut the door to the Gentiles, which was then knocked at by the Jews, that both rises and gives, if not now to man as a friend, yet not as a stranger, but, as He says, "because of his importunity."[1071] Origen Commentary on Matthew Bo... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VIII But, on the contrary, the Barbarian philosophy, expelling all contention, said, "Seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you; ask, and it shall be given you."[2] Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics "For to every one that asketh,... [ Continue Reading ]
Cyprian Epistle VII Let us ask, and we shall receive; and if there be delay and tardiness in our receiving, since we have grievously offended, let us knock, because "to him that knocketh also it shall be opened,"[7] A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop Let us with all ou... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV For when they asked for bread, He gave them manna from heaven; and when they wanted flesh, He sent them abundance of quails-not a serpent for a fish, nor for an egg a scorpion.[1073] Tertullian On Prayer ? "[45]... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved? "And if we, being evil, know to give good gifts,"[78]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV is also the unholy spirit. When He cast out the "demon which was dumb"[1075]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV , by whom your sons? "-as if He would reproach them with having the power of Beelzebub,-you are met at once by the preceding sentence, that "Satan cannot be divided against himself."[1078]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV and having been charged with casting out demons by Beelzebub, He said, "If I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? "[1077]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV So that it was not by Beelzebub that even they were casting out demons, but (as we have said) by the power of the Creator; and that He might make this understood, He adds: "But if I with the finger of God cast out demons, is not the kingdom of God come near unto y... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV who was of the same substance as they were? How, too, could He have subdued[478] Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV with the parable of "the strong man armed," whom "a stronger man still overcame,"[1085]... [ Continue Reading ]
Recognitions of Clement II For if, as you say, he is more powerful than all, it can never be believed the weaker wrenched the spoils from the stronger.[68]... [ Continue Reading ]
Cyprian Epistle LXIX For what can be ratified and established by God which is done by them whom the Lord calls His enemies and adversaries? setting forth in His Gospel, "He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth."[19] Cyprian Epistle LXXIV And therefore C... [ Continue Reading ]
Methodius Oration Concerning Simeon and Anna And He who makes us free from the law, became subject to the law; and there is offered for Him, who hath sanctified us, a pair of clean birds,[27]... [ Continue Reading ]
Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Fifth But it does not turn away those who are full of faith, nor does it act on them, for the power of the Lord is with them. It is the thoughtless and doubting that it turns away.[8] Shepherd of Hermas Commandment Fifth Then, when he withdraws from the man in whom... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book III For a certain woman had exclaimed, "Blessed is the womb that bare Thee, and the paps which Thou hast sucked!"[146] Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV "A (certain) mother of the company exclaims, `Blessed is the womb that bare Thee, and the paps which Thou hast s... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV Behold how unequal, inconsistent, and capricious he is! Teaching one thing and doing another, he enjoins "giving to every one that seeks; "and yet he himself refuses to give to those "who seek a sign."[1095] A Strain of Jonah the Prophet 150 To be a sign hereaft... [ Continue Reading ]
Recognitions of Clement VI become of us if the examination that is to take place find us inferior and worse than them? Hear, therefore, how our true Prophet has taught us concerning these things; for, with respect to those who neglect to hear the words of wisdom, He speaks thus: `The queen of the s... [ Continue Reading ]
Recognitions of Clement VI But with respect to those who refused to repent of their evil deeds, He spoke thus: `The men of Nineve shall rise in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.'[15] Clem... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV For a vast age he hides his own light from men, and yet says that a candle must not be hidden, but affirms that it ought to be set upon a candlestick, that it may give light to all.[1096] Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book II if we do not shine in (the mids... [ Continue Reading ]
The Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs XII The good mind hath not two tongues, of blessing and of cursing, of insult and of honour, of sorrow and of joy, of quietness and of trouble, of hypocrisy and of truth, of poverty and of wealth; but it hath one disposition, pure and un-corrupt, concerning a... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV He therefore said: "You wash the outside of the cup," that is, the flesh, "but you do not cleanse your inside part,"[1103] Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes It is to them that Jesus addresses Himself when He says: "Woe unto you, scribes... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II If, then, the Son was not ashamed to ascribe the knowledge of that day to the Father only, but declared what was true regarding the matter, neither let us be ashamed to reserve for God those greater questions which may occur to us. For no man is superior to his mas... [ Continue Reading ]
Shepherd of Hermas Vision Third I answered and said to her, "When, then, will they be useful for the building, Lady? "When the riches that now seduce them have been circumscribed, then will they be of use to God.[25] Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV For He subjoins the command: "Give what ye po... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV and the love of God.[1110] Archelaus Acts of the Disputation with the Heresiarch Manes Now why did He speak of the cup and of the platter? Was He who uttered these words a glassworker, or a potter who made vessels of clay? Did He not speak most manifestly of the... [ Continue Reading ]
Shepherd of Hermas Vision Third and ye be shut out with all your goods beyond the gate of the tower. Wherefore I now say to you who preside over the Church and love the first seats,[40] Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III Further, He banishes utterly love of glory, saying, "Woe to you,... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI "[70] Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV He also inveighs against the doctors of the law themselves, because they were "lading men with burdens grievous to be borne, which they did not venture to touch with even a finger of their own; "[1120]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV But why is a "woe" pronounced against them for "building the sepulchres of the prophets whom their fathers had killed? "[1130]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On Prayer , at all events, are ever unclean, eternally dyed with the blood of the prophets, and of the Lord Himself; and on that account, as being hereditary culprits from their privity to their fathers' crimes,[87] Origen Against Celsus Book II And by your unbelief of Jesus ye show th... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V " In like manner, too, did the Lord say to those who should afterwards shed His blood, "All righteous blood shall be required which is shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias the son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the templ... [ Continue Reading ]
The Protevangelium of James And Zacharias was murdered about daybreak. And the sons of Israel did not know that he had been murdered.[53]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV of such a disposition as the Marcionites denounce, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children unto the fourth generation? What "key," indeed, was it which these lawyers had,[1132] Recognitions of Clement I The scribes also, and Pharisees, are led away in... [ Continue Reading ]