Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III -indicating that sin, which was set up and spread out against man, and which rendered him subject to death, should be deprived of its power, along with death, which rules [over men]; and that the lion, that is, antichrist, rampant against mankind in the latter day... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Hermogenes -having been first "cast into the bottomless pit; "[110]... [ Continue Reading ]
Dialogue of Justin And further, there was a certain man with us, whose name was John, one of the apostles of Christ, who prophesied, by a revelation that was made to him, that those who believed in our Christ would dwell[325] Cyprian Treatise XI Exhortation to Martyrdom Addressed to Fortunatus " A... [ Continue Reading ]
Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus but is trusted as a virgin; and salvation is manifested, and the Apostles are filled with understanding, and the Passover[71] Didache in heaven; then the sign of the sound of the trumpet; and the third, the resurrection of the dead; 7. yet not of all, but as it is... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V Again John also says the very same in the Apocalypse: "Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection."[307] Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments And John says, "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh If sorrow, and mourning, and sighing, and death itself, assail us from the afflictions both of soul and body, how shall they be removed, except by the cessation of their causes, that is to say, the afflictions of flesh and soul? where will you find advers... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V For after the times of the kingdom, he says, "I saw a great white throne, and Him who sat upon it, from whose face the earth fled away, and the heavens; and there was no more place for them."[326] Tertullian Against Hermogenes "and there was found no place for them... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V Moreover," he says, "the book of life was opened, and the dead were judged out of those things that were written in the books, according to their works; and death and hell were sent into the lake of fire, the second death."[327]... [ Continue Reading ]
Methodius From the Discourse on the Resurrection Consider, he says, whether too the blessed John, when he says, "And the sea gave up the dead which were in it: and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them,"[105]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V "And if any one," it is said, "was not found written in the book of life, he was sent into the lake of fire."[329] Shepherd of Hermas Vision First Cease not therefore to admonish your sons; for I know that, if they will repent with all their heart, they will be enr... [ Continue Reading ]