Revelation 22:1
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews "because these two evils hath My People done; Me," He says, "they have quite forsaken, the fount of water of life,[285]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian An Answer to the Jews "because these two evils hath My People done; Me," He says, "they have quite forsaken, the fount of water of life,[285]... [ 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] Acts and Martyrdom of St. Matthew the Apostle and Andrew founded; and as soon as thou hast planted it, it shall be a tree, great and lofty and with many branches, and... [ Continue Reading ]
Dionysius Extant Fragments Part I saw and heard these things."[14] Dionysius Extant Fragments Part I saw these things and heard them."[20]... [ Continue Reading ]
Cyprian Treatise IX On the Advantage of Patience and says: "See thou do it not; for I am thy fellow-servant, and of thy brethren. Worship Jesus the Lord."[57]... [ Continue Reading ]
Cyprian Treatise IX On the Advantage of Patience rave patience the day of future vengeance; and He also speaks in the Apocalypse, saying, "Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for now the time is at hand for them that persevere in injuring to injure, and for him that is filthy to be f... [ Continue Reading ]
The Letter of the Churches of Vienna and Lugdunum For they felt no shame that they had been overcome, for they were not possessed of human reason; but their defeat only the more inflamed their rage, and governor and people, like a wild beast, showed a like unjust hatred of us, that the Scripture mi... [ Continue Reading ]
1 Clement And thus He forewarns us: "Behold, the Lord [cometh], and His reward is before His face, to render to every man according to his work."[139] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book IV For it is said, "Behold the Lord, and His reward is before His face, to give to every one according to his... [ Continue Reading ]
Pseudo-Tertullian Against All Heresies For they affirm that without those letters truth cannot be found; nay more, that in those letters the whole plenitude and perfection of truth is comprised; for this was why Christ said, "I am the Alpha and the Omega."[64] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of T... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book II " Inserting thus the particle of present time, "And now," He shows that He had made for a time, and at present, a prolongation of man's life. Therefore He did not actually[341] Tertullian On Modesty " Thus, too, again "Blessed they who act according to the precept... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Marcion Book II Now then, ye dogs, whom the apostle puts outside,[70]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III Since therefore we have such proofs, it is not necessary to seek the truth among others which it is easy to obtain from the Church; since the apostles, like a rich man [depositing his money] in a bank, lodged in her hands most copiously all things pertaining to th... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Against Hermogenes .[220] The History of Joseph the Carpenter And Thou hast ordered us to go into all the world and preach the holy Gospel; and Thou hast said: Relate to them the death of my father Joseph, and celebrate to him with annual solemnity a festival and sacred day. And whosoe... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V Now, in the first place, it is loss to wander from the truth, and to imagine that as being the case which is not; then again, as there shall be no light punishment [inflicted] upon him who either adds or subtracts anything from the Scripture,[254]... [ Continue Reading ]
Didache Maran atha.[100]... [ Continue Reading ]