Luke 9:1
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV He sends forth His disciples to preach the kingdom of God.[775]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV He sends forth His disciples to preach the kingdom of God.[775]... [ Continue Reading ]
Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments "This is my beloved Son"-He who is hungry, and yet maintains myriads; who is weary, and yet gives rest to the weary; who has not where to lay His head,[403]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV by Christ, was dearly attested by the opinion of all men, because some maintained to Herod that Jesus was the Christ; others, that He was John; some, that He was Elias; and others, that He was one of the old prophetess.[781] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X i... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X It may be said that something of this kind was the thought of those who said that Elijah had appeared in Jesus, or that one of the old prophets had risen.[146]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV Now, whosoever of all these He might have been, He certainly was not raised up for the purpose of announcing another god after His resurrection. He feeds the multitude in the desert place;[782]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II (love), too, consists of five letters; and our Lord, after[187] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI Such is the contribution we have been able to give to the exposition of the word about the five loaves and the two fishes; and probably those, who are better able... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI but Luke, "And He said unto His disciples, Make them sit down in companies about fifty each."[27] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI And there He commands the multitudes to sit down or lie upon the grass; for Luke also wrote, "Make them sit down,"[203]... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XI Again, there, the three Evangelists say in the very same words that "He took the five loaves and the two fishes and looking up to heaven He blessed; "[206]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV to say, "Thou art the Christ,"[1371]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV This conclusion He even Himself confirms by thus far bearing with it, nay, even enjoining silence respecting it.[795] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII and Luke, "He charged them and commanded them to tell this to no man."[113]... [ Continue Reading ]
Dialogue of Justin For He exclaimed before His crucifixion: `The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the Scribes and Pharisees, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.'[293] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III Now this is He who was born of Mary; for He says: "The Son... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On Idolatry If you wish to be the Lord's disciple, it is necessary you "take your cross, and follow the Lord: "[85]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV "Whosoever," says He, "will save his life, shall lose it; and whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it."[801] Cyprian Treatise XI Exhortation to Martyrdom Addressed to Fortunatus And once more: "Whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, t... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI " But plainly, unrighteous gain is pleasure and pain, toil and fear; and, to speak comprehensively, the passions of the soul, the present of which is delightful, the future vexatious. "For what is the profit," it is said, "if you gain the world and lose the sou... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On Idolatry But "whosoever shall be ashamed of Me in the presence of men, of him will I too be ashamed," says He, "in the presence of my Father who is in the heavens."[100] Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV It is, however, a jealous God whom He here presents to me one who returns evil... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII But since here it is written in the three Evangelists, "They shall not taste of death,"[220]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV You ought to be very much ashamed of yourself on this account too, for permitting him to appear on the retired mountain in the company of Moses and Elias,[837] Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV And this is just the way of the Creator. "In the mouth of three wit... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII re careful about the diction which they consider to be bright and pure, so that even their base thoughts and false dogmas seem to be beautified by their fulling, so to speak; but He who shows His own garments glistering to those who have ascended and brighter t... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On Baptism among the disciples, and the hope of the advent of the Lord indirectly pointed to, in that, at that time, when He had been received back into the heavens, the angels[200] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VI For Moses himself, who was at once the lawgiver, and the high... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Against Celsus Book VI What has he to say of the Gospel, in the narratives of which Jesus ascended up into a high mountain, and was transfigured before the disciples, and was seen in glory, when both Moses: and Elias, "being seen in glory, spake of the decease which He was about to accomplis... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII But let such an one attend more exactly to the statements about Peter and the rest of the Apostles, how even they made requests as if they were yet alien from Him who was to redeem them from the enemy and purchase them with His own precious blood; or let them a... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV of the New? Well therefore does Peter, when recognizing the companions of his Christ in their indissoluble connection with Him, suggest an expedient: "It is good for us to be here" (good: that evidently means to be where Moses and Elias are); "and let us make thre... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV was what he wished to be understood as the meaning of that voice from heaven: "This is my beloved Son, hear Him"[839] Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV .[1369] Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus Fourth Homily ture the Father of the Only-begotten, He who alone knowet... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? "[895]... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIII " According to Luke, however, the reasoning did not arise spontaneously in the disciples, but was suggested to them by the question, "which of them should be greatest."[119]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV infants, and teaches how all ought to be like them, if they ever wish to be greater.[906] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIII nings of hearts,-seeing the reasoning of their heart,-without being questioned, according to Luke, "took the little child and set him... [ Continue Reading ]
Cyprian Epistle VI let those who follow the Lord humbly and peacefully and silently tread in His steps, since the lower one is, the more exalted be may become; as says the Lord, "He that is least among you, the same shall be great."[15] Cyprian Treatise X On Jealousy and Envy And therefore, belov... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV a like visitation on that obscure village of the Samaritans.[920] Tertullian Of Patience No one's table or roof did He despise: indeed, Himself ministered to the washing of the disciples' feet; not sinners, not publicans, did He repel; not with that city even wh... [ Continue Reading ]
Fragments of Clement Found in the Oxford Edition Hence the Lord also says to the apostles, who said that He should punish with fire those who would not receive Him, after the manner of Elias: "Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of."[20]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On the Flesh of Christ not the soul. And again, "I am come to save the soul." He did not say, "to explain"[180]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I , when He said to him that asked Him, "Shall I follow Thee? "[104] Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV Well, but why does this most humane and merciful God reject the man who offers himself to Him as an inseparable companion?[924]... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I This, I think, is signified by the utterance of the Saviour, "The foxes have holes, but the Son of man hath not where to lay His head."[44] Tertullian On Idolatry That Lord walked in humility and obscurity, with no definite home: for "the Son of man," said He... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On Idolatry while even burying a father was too tardy a business for faith.[90] Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV When, however, He answers the man, who alleged as an excuse his father's burial, "Let the dead bury their dead, but go thou and preach the kingdom of God,"[926] Tertullia... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I , again, when He said, "Let the dead bury their dead, but go thou and preach the kingdom of God,"[106] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III Quod si usurpent vocem Domini, qui dicit Philippo: "Sine mortuos sepelire mortuos suos, tu autem sequere me: "[17]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I , when He said to him that declared, "I will follow Thee, but suffer me first to bid them farewell that are in my house," "No man, putting his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of heaven"[105]... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII "For he that loveth father or mother more than Me," the Father and Teacher of the truth, who regenerates and creates anew, and nourishes the elect soul, "is not worthy of Me"-He means, to be a son of God and a disciple of God, and at the same time also to be a... [ Continue Reading ]