Matthew 23:1
Tertullian On Monogamy But further, if Christ reproves the scribes and Pharisees, sitting in the official chair of Moses, but not doing what they taught,[68]... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On Monogamy But further, if Christ reproves the scribes and Pharisees, sitting in the official chair of Moses, but not doing what they taught,[68]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV For they bind heavy burdens, and lay them upon men's shoulders; but they themselves will not so much as move them with a finger."[144] Clementine Homily III But you have not inquired whose is the time of the kingdom, and whose is the seat of prophecy, though He H... [ Continue Reading ]
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book II But if any one be convicted as having done a wicked action, such a one not only hurts himself, but occasions the whole body of the Church and its doctrine to be blasphemed; as if we Christians did not practise those things that we declare to be good and ho... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI "[70]... [ Continue Reading ]
Shepherd of Hermas Vision Third and ye be shut out with all your goods beyond the gate of the tower. Wherefore I now say to you who preside over the Church and love the first seats,[40] Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews Also in the Gospel according to Matthew: "They... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI trains and perfects; whence it is rightly said, "Call no man your teacher on earth."[107] Tertullian On the Veiling of Virgins So, too, righteousness-for the God of righteousness and of creation is the same-was first in a rudimentary state, having a natural... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV Jesus, therefore, will be to them the author and teacher of such transgression, inasmuch as He commanded that one Being should be called Father,[10] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book II But not even he preserved the dignity suited to the efficient cause, descri... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Against Celsus Book III After this, not understanding how it has been said that "every one who exalted himself shall be abased; "[193] A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop Hast thou not read, "Whoso exalteth himself shall be humbled? "[43]... [ Continue Reading ]
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book X exposition of the Scriptures, but believe the bare letter, and, vindicate it, that they call themselves scribes. And so one will interpret the words, "Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites,"[66]... [ Continue Reading ]
Dialogue of Justin For Christ would have borne witness even to them; but now you are become twofold more the children of hell, as He said Himself.[471]... [ Continue Reading ]
Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book V For if our Master charged us not to swear by the true God, that our word might be firmer than an oath, nor by heaven itself, for that is a piece of heathen wickedness, nor by Jerusalem, nor by the sanctuary of God, nor the altar, nor the gift, nor the gildi... [ Continue Reading ]
Tertullian On Prayer , at all events, are ever unclean, eternally dyed with the blood of the prophets, and of the Lord Himself; and on that account, as being hereditary culprits from their privity to their fathers' crimes,[87]... [ Continue Reading ]
Pope Anterus The Epistle you these things in charge to hold them, lest, through the ignorance of some, that which is better and more profitable be avoided, and what is more profitless be taken up, even as we read in the holy Gospel: "Woe unto you, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, an... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III And that His disciples must suffer for His sake, He [implied when He] said to the Jews, "Behold, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify."[344] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV He shall also judge those who giv... [ Continue Reading ]
Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book III And again He says to the same people, "Woe unto you! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and platter, but within are full of uncleanness. Cleanse first the inside of the cup, that the outside may be clean also."[83] Tertullian On Prayer from idolatr... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV Now what else is it to "be at rest" than to forego purposed violence? And saying similar things to these men, He declares: "Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse that which is within the cup, that the outside may be clean also."[244] Tertullian On Repentance bathed[57]... [ Continue Reading ]
Dialogue of Justin s; and do so in a low and sordid manner, while they never venture either to speak of or to expound the points which are great and worthy of investigation, or command you to give no audience to us while we expound them, and to come not into conversation with us; will they not dese... [ Continue Reading ]
A Letter from Origen to Africanus " And what follows is of the same tenor: "O Jerusalem; Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not... [ Continue Reading ]
A Letter from Origen to Africanus For they who build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, condemning the crimes their fathers committed against the righteous and the prophets, say, "If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with th... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV And therefore did the Lord term those whom He knew to be the offspring of men "a generation of vipers; "[644]... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV And He called His disciples "scribes" and "teachers of the kingdom of heaven; "of whom also He elsewhere says to the Jews: "Behold, I send unto you wise men, and scribes, and teachers; and some of them ye shall kill, and persecute from city to city."[103] Origen A... [ Continue Reading ]
Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians I am one delivered over [to death], but the least of all those that have been cut off for the sake of Christ, "from the blood of righteous Abel"[90] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V " In like manner, too, did the Lord say to those who should afterwards shed His... [ Continue Reading ]
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV And, without using a parable, the Lord said to Jerusalem, `O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest those that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her chickens trader her wings, an... [ Continue Reading ]
Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments the temple made desolate? Was it on account of that ancient fabrication of the calf? Was it on account of the idolatry of the people? Was it for the blood of the prophets? Was it for the adultery and fornication of Israel? By no means, he says; for in... [ Continue Reading ]
A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity For in the manner that as man He is of Abraham, so also as God He is before Abraham himself. And in the same manner as He is as man the "Son of David,"[72]... [ Continue Reading ]