Epistle of Ignatius to the Tarsians

And that He Himself is not God over all, and the Father, but His Son, He [shows when He] says, "I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God."[18]

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V

and on His rising again the third day, He said to Mary, who was the first to see and to worship Him, "Touch Me not, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to the disciples, and say unto them, I ascend unto My Father, and unto your Father."[266]

Tertullian Against Praxeas

), "and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God."[356]

Tertullian Against Praxeas

How blind, to be sure, is the man who fails to perceive that by the name of Christ some other God is implied, if he ascribes to the Father this name of Christ! For if Christ is God the Father, when He says, "I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God,"[402]

A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity

Or when he considers the passage: "I go to my Father, and your Father; to my God, and your God? "[203]

The Second Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity

Is He not a rule, such as may not be set aside, an example, and a pattern to all the tribes of men? And not only so; but also, when our Lord was risen from the place of the dead, and Mary came to the place of sepulture, she ran and fell at the feet of our Lord and worshipped Him, and would have taken hold of Him. But He said to her: "Touch Me not; for I am not yet ascended to My Father."[69]

Origen Commentary on John Book VI

required after His mighty deeds a purification which could only be given Him by His Father alone; and this is why He forbids Mary to touch Him, saying,[169]

Origen Commentary on John Book X

and it belongs to the resurrection when Jesus appears and says, "Touch Me not; for I am not yet ascended to My Father,"[115]

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