Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians

But may the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and Jesus Christ Himself, who is the Son of God, and our everlasting High Priest, build you up in faith and truth, and in all meekness, gentleness, patience, long-suffering, forbearance, and purity; and may He bestow on you a lot and portion among His saints, and on us with you, and on all that are under heaven, who shall believe in our Lord Jesus Christ, and in His Father, who "raised Him from the dead.[72]

Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians

I know, obtained the ministry which pertains to the common [weal], not of himself, neither by men,[5]

Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians

Having beheld your bishop, I know that he was not selected to undertake the ministry which pertains to the common [weal], either by himself or by men,[7]

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

Just, then, as" Paul [was] an apostle, not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father,"[228]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book V

He professes himself to be "an apostle"-to use his own, words-"not of men, nor by man, but by Jesus Christ."[20]

Tertullian Against Marcion Book V

at all events, have handed down to me this career of Paul, which you must not refuse to accept. Thence I demonstrate that from a persecutor he became "an apostle, not of men, neither by man; "[32]

Tertullian Against Praxeas

To the Galatians he declares himself to be "an apostle not of men, neither by man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father."[401]

Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments

And Jacob says, "Who shall rouse him up? "And that is just what David and Paul both refer to, as when Paul says, "and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead."[34]

A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity

writing in his epistles; and if the same apostle declares that he was ordained "an apostle not by men, nor of man, but by Jesus Christ; "[94]

Acts of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul

I have taught the churches of the believers to reverence one almighty, invisible, and incomprehensible God. And this teaching has been given me, not from men, nor through men, but through Jesus Christ,[33]

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