The Ante-Nicene Fathers: The Writings of the Fathers Down to A. D. 325 Volume I - the Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and IrenaeusAlexander Roberts "One of the first great events in Christian history was the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, convened to organize Christian sects and beliefs into a unified doctrine. The great Christian clergymen who wrote before this famous event are referred to as the Ante-Nicenes and the Apostolic Fathers, and their writings are collected here in a ten-volume set. The Ante-Nicenes lived so close to the time of Christ that their interpretations of the New Testament are considered more authentic than modern voices. But they are also real and flawed men, who are more like their fellow Christians than they are like the Apostles, making their words echo in the ears of spiritual seekers. In Volume I of the 10-volume collected works of the Ante-Nicenes first published between 1885 and 1896, readers will find the writings of: Clement of Rome, the fourth pope, who was supposedly martyred by being tied to an anchor and tossed overboard Mathetes, an anonymous writer considered the first Christian apologist Polycarp, a Christian bishop who was stabbed to death after he failed to burn at the stake Ignatius, a student of John the Apostle, who was Bishop of Antioch before he was killed Barnabas, an anonymous writer given the name of Saint Barnabas Papias, author of Interpretations of the Sayings of the Lord, a textbook on quotes from Jesus Justin Martyr, a Christian apologist and accomplished philosopher, and Irenaeus, disciple of Polycarp, apologist, and bishop of Lugdunum." |
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... John, no doubt, was still surviving at Palmes or in Ephesus ; but the Philippians, whose intercourse with Rome is attested by the visit of Epaphroditus, looked naturally to the surviving friends of their great founder ; nor was the aged ...
... John, no doubt, was still surviving at Palmes or in Ephesus ; but the Philippians, whose intercourse with Rome is attested by the visit of Epaphroditus, looked naturally to the surviving friends of their great founder ; nor was the aged ...
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... John xvii, 11, 14, 16. Comp. 1 Pel ii. it. UtenHv "iSrramSii^' the more in number." God has assigned them this illustrious position, which it were unlawful for |bem to forsake. CHAP. VII. — THE MANIFESTATION OF CHRIST. For, as I said ...
... John xvii, 11, 14, 16. Comp. 1 Pel ii. it. UtenHv "iSrramSii^' the more in number." God has assigned them this illustrious position, which it were unlawful for |bem to forsake. CHAP. VII. — THE MANIFESTATION OF CHRIST. For, as I said ...
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... John ; and there is nothing improbable in the conjecture of Usher, that he was the " angel of the church in Smyrna," to whom the Master says, " Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." His pupil Irenaeus gives ...
... John ; and there is nothing improbable in the conjecture of Usher, that he was the " angel of the church in Smyrna," to whom the Master says, " Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life." His pupil Irenaeus gives ...
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... John, is a tradition by no means inconsistent with anything in the Epistles of either. His subsequent history is sufficiently indicated in the Epistles which follow. Had not the plan of this series been so exclusively that of a mere ...
... John, is a tradition by no means inconsistent with anything in the Epistles of either. His subsequent history is sufficiently indicated in the Epistles which follow. Had not the plan of this series been so exclusively that of a mere ...
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... John i, 14. Literally, " mi the." « r Tim, iv. 10. s John xvu. 4, 6. <• John xvi. tt. John. 52. EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE EPHESIANS.
... John i, 14. Literally, " mi the." « r Tim, iv. 10. s John xvu. 4, 6. <• John xvi. tt. John. 52. EPISTLE OF IGNATIUS TO THE EPHESIANS.
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BARNABAS Epistle | 133 |
PAPIAS Fragments | 151 |
JUSTIN MARTYR The First Apology | 159 |
IRENiEUS Against Heresies | 309 |
Fragments | 568 |
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Page 442 - Then opened h'e their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures ; and said unto them ; Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day, and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Page 422 - And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Page 200 - Incline your ear, and come unto me : hear, and your soul shall live ; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Page 430 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. And on my servants and on my handmaidens, I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.
Page 266 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Page 442 - Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.
Page 207 - I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, And will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, And give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles...
Page 110 - The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Page 211 - Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Page 476 - Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.