John 1:9

Epistle of Ignatius to the Tarsians

And of what man could it be said, "He was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world: He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not? "[26]

Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II

He is so lovely, as to be alone loved by us, whose hearts are set on the true beauty, for "He was the true light."[44]

Tertullian Against Praxeas

Immediately there appears the Word, "that true light, which lighteth man on his coming into the world,"[132]

Tertullian On Baptism

, which is in man's power.[100]

Tertullian On Modesty

For see yet again: "If we say," he says, "that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us."[244]

Origen Against Celsus Book VI

termed "world," as in the passage, "He was the true Light, which lighteneth every man that cometh into the `world; '"[302]

Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book V

But if any one, he says, is blind from birth, and has never beheld the true light, "which lighteneth every man that cometh into the world,"[134]

Hippolytus Refutation of All Heresies Book VII " And this, he says, is that which has been stated in the Gospels: "He was the true light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world."[28]

Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus Fourth Homily

Thou who art the true light that lighteneth every man that cometh into the world;[13]

Other Fragments of Methodius

But Methodius: The Holy Spirit, who of God is given to all men, and of whom Solomon said, "For Thine incorruptible Spirit is in all things,"[9]

Lactantius Divine Institutes Book III

The fountain of God, most abundant and most full, is open to all; and this heavenly light rises for all,[113]

Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V

For ye are translated from your former vain and tedious mode of life and have contemned the lifeless idols, and despised the demons, which are in darkness, and have run to the "true light,"[133]

Origen Commentary on John Book I

it says, "was life in Him, and the life was the light of men; and the light shines in darkness, and the darkness did not overtake it." A little further on, in the same passage, He is called the true light:[121]