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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... death itself entered into the world.' CHAP. IV. — MANY EVILS HAVE ALREADY FLOWED FROM THIS SOURCE IN ANCIENT TIMES. For thus it is written : " And it came to pass after certain days, that Cain brought of the fruits of the earth a ...
... death itself entered into the world.' CHAP. IV. — MANY EVILS HAVE ALREADY FLOWED FROM THIS SOURCE IN ANCIENT TIMES. For thus it is written : " And it came to pass after certain days, that Cain brought of the fruits of the earth a ...
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... death of the sinner, but rather his repentance ; " 4 adding, moreover, this gracious declaration, " Repent, O house of Israel, of your iniquity.5 Say to the children of My people, Though your sins reach from earth to heaven, and though ...
... death of the sinner, but rather his repentance ; " 4 adding, moreover, this gracious declaration, " Repent, O house of Israel, of your iniquity.5 Say to the children of My people, Though your sins reach from earth to heaven, and though ...
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... death. And I will give the wicked for His sepulchre, and the rich for His death,7 because He did no iniquity, neither was guile found in His mouth. And the Lord is pleased to purify Him by stripes.8 If ye make 9 an offering for sin ...
... death. And I will give the wicked for His sepulchre, and the rich for His death,7 because He did no iniquity, neither was guile found in His mouth. And the Lord is pleased to purify Him by stripes.8 If ye make 9 an offering for sin ...
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... death swallowed them up.* Pharaoh with his army and all the princes of Egypt, and the chariots with their riders, were sunk in the depths of the Red Sea, and perished,* for no other reason than that their foolish hearts were hardened ...
... death swallowed them up.* Pharaoh with his army and all the princes of Egypt, and the chariots with their riders, were sunk in the depths of the Red Sea, and perished,* for no other reason than that their foolish hearts were hardened ...
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... death."6 " For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth." ? "The righteous," saith it, "shall chasten me in mercy, and reprove me ; but let not the oil of sinners make fat my head."8 And again he ...
... death."6 " For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth." ? "The righteous," saith it, "shall chasten me in mercy, and reprove me ; but let not the oil of sinners make fat my head."8 And again he ...
Contents
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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.