1 Clement Ye mourned over the transgressions of your neighbours: their deficiencies you deemed your own. Ye never grudged any act of kindness, being "ready to every good work."[10] Martyrdom of Polycarp " But Polycarp said, "To thee I have thought it right to offer an account [of my faith]; for we... [ Continue Reading ]
Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews "To speak ill of no man, nor to be litigious."[798]... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen " Thus speaks the apostolic Scripture: "But after that the kindness and love of God our saviour to man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy, He saved us."[7] Origen Against Celsus Book I But after th... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On Modesty modesty which is being shaken to its foundation-(Christian modesty), which derives its all from heaven; its nature, "through the layer of regeneration; "[5] Cyprian Epistle LXXIII But what a thing it is, to assert and contend that they who are not born in the Church can be t... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian The Prescription Against Heretics and "unprofitable questions,"[75]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book I But as many as separate from the Church, and give heed to such old wives' fables as these, are truly self-condemned; and these men Paul commands us, "after a first and second admonition, to avoid."[217] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III " Such was the horror which... [ Continue Reading ]
Cyprian Epistle LXXIII But if everywhere heretics are called nothing else than adversaries and antichrists, if they are pronounced to be people to be avoided, and to be perverted and condemned of their own selves, wherefore is it that they should not be thought worthy of being condemned by us, sinc... [ Continue Reading ]