Peter of Alexandria Canonical Epistle For after that they had been very burdensome to them for his name, and had troubled the people and the rulers of the city, "having taken security," he says, "of Jason, and of the others, they let them go. And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by... [ Continue Reading ]
Dialogue of Justin And Trypho said, "Prove this; for, as you see, the day advances, and we are not prepared for such perilous replies; since never yet have we heard any man investigating, or searching into, or proving these matters; nor would we have tolerated your conversation, had you not referre... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I branding not all philosophy, but the Epicurean, which Paul mentions in the Acts of the Apostles,[124] Lactantius A Treatise on the Anger of God Therefore the opinion of those is vain and false, who, when they attribute the one to God, take away the other, not... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul city,[22] Acts of Saint Philip the Apostle When He Went to Upper Hellas And having done so, they came together to the same place, and say to Philip: We have doctrines of our fathers in which we are pleased, seeking after knowledge; but if thou hast anything new,... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I eeded anything, seeing He giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; and hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; that they should s... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian Ad Nationes Book II such folly as the Athenians did; for at Athens there was an altar with this inscription: "To The Unknown Gods."[152] Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book VII And (Cerinthus alleges) that, after the baptism (of our Lord), Christ in form of a dove came down upon... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III Therefore God, winking at the times of ignorance, does now command all men everywhere to turn to Him with repentance; because He hath appointed a day, on which the world shall be judged in righteousness by the man Jesus; whereof He hath given assurance by raising,... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen de Principiis Book II To the same effect also are the words of Paul, in his address to the Athenians, when he says, "In Him we live, and move, and have our being."[8] Origen Against Celsus Book IV Nor does he see that, according to the doctrine of Christianity, we all "in Him live, and mov... [ Continue Reading ]
Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus As long then as the former time[46] Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Fifth "And if any one, sir," I said, "has been hitherto ignorant, before he heard these words, how can suchman be saved who has defiled his flesh? "Respecting former sins[25] Acts of the Holy Apostl... [ Continue Reading ]
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians in heaven and on earth are subject. Him every spirit serves. He comes as the Judge of the living and the dead.[12]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh He declared it then to be of such a character as the Pharisees had admitted it, and such as the Lord had Himself maintained it, and such too as the Sadducees refused to believe it-such refusal leading them indeed to an absolute rejection of the whole veri... [ Continue Reading ]