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Page 193
... Tertullian , A. D. 200 , Origen , A. D. 230 . The notes of time extant in the epiftle itself agree with its title , and with the testimonies concerning it , for it purports to have been written during the lifetime of Clement . VOL . I ...
... Tertullian , A. D. 200 , Origen , A. D. 230 . The notes of time extant in the epiftle itself agree with its title , and with the testimonies concerning it , for it purports to have been written during the lifetime of Clement . VOL . I ...
Page 218
... Tertullian joins on with Clement . The number of the gofpels then received , the names of the evangelifts , and their proper descriptions , are exhibited by this writer in one short sentence : - " Among the apostles , John and Matthew ...
... Tertullian joins on with Clement . The number of the gofpels then received , the names of the evangelifts , and their proper descriptions , are exhibited by this writer in one short sentence : - " Among the apostles , John and Matthew ...
Page 219
... Tertullian affirms , that the three other gofpels were in the hands of the churches from the beginning , as well as Luke's . This noble teftimony fixes the univerfality with which the gospels were received , and their antiquity ; that ...
... Tertullian affirms , that the three other gofpels were in the hands of the churches from the beginning , as well as Luke's . This noble teftimony fixes the univerfality with which the gospels were received , and their antiquity ; that ...
Page 220
... Tertullian quotes no Christian writing as of equal authority with the scriptures , and no fpurious book at all ; a broad line of dif → tinction , we may once more obferve , between our facred books and all others . * Lard . vol . ii ...
... Tertullian quotes no Christian writing as of equal authority with the scriptures , and no fpurious book at all ; a broad line of dif → tinction , we may once more obferve , between our facred books and all others . * Lard . vol . ii ...
Page 221
... Tertullian at Carthage , quoting the fame books of historical scriptures , and , I may fay , quoting these alone . XIII . An interval of only thirty years , and that occupied by no fmall number of Christian writers * , whose works only ...
... Tertullian at Carthage , quoting the fame books of historical scriptures , and , I may fay , quoting these alone . XIII . An interval of only thirty years , and that occupied by no fmall number of Christian writers * , whose works only ...
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