Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the saints of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus."[142] Methodius Discourse VIII. Thekla -Exhortation to the Cultivation of Virginity; A Pas... [ Continue Reading ]
Shepherd of Hermas Vision Fourth proceeded. But the size of that beast was about a hundred feet, and it had a head like an urn.[7]... [ Continue Reading ]
Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Eighth And the great and glorious angel Michael is he who has authority over this people, and governs them;[13] The First Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity If so be, then, that thou longest for all these things, conquer the body; conquer the appetites of the fl... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I They set forth, indeed, the name of Christ Jesus as a sort of lure, but in various ways they introduce the impieties of Simon; and thus they destroy multitudes, wickedly disseminating their own doctrines by the use of a good name, and, through means of its sweetness... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul Now the friendly understanding you will have to carry out must arise from your observance of the compact: you must never think of getting back any of the things which you have abjured, and have restored to him, lest he should summon you as a fraudulent man, and a t... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II But they are altogether full of deceit of every kind, apostate inspiration, demoniacal working, and the phantasms of idolatry, and are in reality the predecessors of that dragon[279]... [ Continue Reading ]
A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop , by the "violence of the flood which the serpent sent forth from his mouth after the woman."[50]... [ Continue Reading ]