Cyprian Epistle LXXII But if Christ's disciples are unwilling to learn from Christ what veneration and honour is due to the name of the Father, still let them learn from earthly and secular examples, and know that Christ has declared, not without the strongest rebuke, "The children of this world ar... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV may receive you into eternal tabernacles."[428] Clement of Alexandria Who is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved? an, through possessing a competency, both not himself to be in straits about money, and also to give assistance to those to whom it is requisite so to d... [ Continue Reading ]
Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book X But if thou art desirous of also becoming a god, obey Him that has created thee, and resist not now, in order that, being found faithful in that which is small, you may be enabled to have entrusted to you also that which is great.[50] 2 Clement For the... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II And, for this reason, the Lord declared to those who showed themselves ungrateful towards Him: "If ye have not been faithful in that which is little, who will give you that which is great? "[308] Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV Accordingly, this will throw lig... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV "In the unrighteous mammon," that is to say, in unrighteous riches, not in the Creator; for even Marcion allows Him to be righteous: "And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who will give to you that which is mine? "[1304]... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III Quae cum ita se habeant, vitii erat depulsio atque expurgatio, in medium apostolorum circumactio uxoris, cujus dicebatur laborare zelotypia: et continentia a voluptatibus, quae magno studio parari solent, docebat illud, "abuti carne," hoc est, exercere carnem... [ Continue Reading ]
Cyprian Treatise VIII On Works and Alms For when in the Gospel the Lord was discoursing concerning almsgiving, and faithfully and wholesomely warned us to make to ourselves friends of our earthly lucre by provident good works, who might afterwards receive us into eternal dwellings, the Scripture ad... [ Continue Reading ]
Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians "for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God."[86] Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV from the very thing which is in question. But when the Pharisees "justified themselves before men,"[1307] Tertullian Against Marcion Book... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV Since, then, the law originated with Moses, it terminated with John as a necessary consequence. Christ had come to fulfil it: wherefore "the law and the prophets were" with them "until John."[39] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V This, then, is the type of "t... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV "More easily, therefore, may heaven and earth pass away-as also the law and the prophets-than that one tittle of the Lord's words should fail."[1316]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV But Christ prohibits divorce, saying, "Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband, also committeth adultery."[1320] Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV His words are: "W... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II [in their separate state] as the body had to which they were adapted, and that they remember the deeds which they did in this state of existence, and from which they have now ceased,-in that narrative which is recorded respecting the rich man and that Lazarus who f... [ Continue Reading ]
Shepherd of Hermas Vision Second that your passage[12]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul In hell the soul of a certain man is in torment, punished in flames, suffering excruciating thirst, and imploring from the finger of a happier soul, for his tongue, the solace of a drop of water.[46] Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul Thus it happens that the rich... [ Continue Reading ]
Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments No sleep will give them rest; no night will soothe them; no death will deliver them from punishment; no voice of interceding friends will profit them.[205]... [ Continue Reading ]
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews And again: "Remember that thou hast received thy good things in this life. and likewise Lazarus evil things. But now he is besought, and thou grievest."[696]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul Moreover, the fact that Hades is not in any case opened for (the escape of) any soul, has been firmly established by the Lord in the person of Abraham, in His representation of the poor man at rest and the rich man in torment.[344] Passion of the Holy Martyrs Perp... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II The rich man in hell[192] Methodius From the Discourse on the Resurrection For the rich man says: "I have five brethren;... lest they also come into this place of torment, "[114]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV the end of both of them, the "torments" of Herod and the "comfort" of John, that even now Herod might hear that warning: "They have there Moses and the prophets, let them hear them."[1359]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV And again, the Lord Himself exhibits Abraham as having said to the rich man, with reference to all those who were still alive: "If they do not obey Moses and the prophets, neither, if any one were to rise from the dead and go to them, will they believe him."[18]... [ Continue Reading ]