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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... Scriptures, supplies a succinct autobiography of the Spouse of Christ for the first two centuries. No Christian ... Scripture, or to authors of general repute, as might lend additional aid to students, without clogging or overlaying ...
... Scriptures, supplies a succinct autobiography of the Spouse of Christ for the first two centuries. No Christian ... Scripture, or to authors of general repute, as might lend additional aid to students, without clogging or overlaying ...
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... Scripture, you owe it largely to these primitive witnesses to its Canon and its spirit. By their testimony we detect ... Scriptures were rare and costly, these citations were " words fitly spoken, — apples of gold in pictures of silver ...
... Scripture, you owe it largely to these primitive witnesses to its Canon and its spirit. By their testimony we detect ... Scriptures were rare and costly, these citations were " words fitly spoken, — apples of gold in pictures of silver ...
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... Scriptures (known and generally referred to as'Codex A) was presented in i6a8 by Cyril, Patriarch of Constantinople, to ... Scripture as having been an associate of the great apostle. The date of this Epistle has been the subject of ...
... Scriptures (known and generally referred to as'Codex A) was presented in i6a8 by Cyril, Patriarch of Constantinople, to ... Scripture as having been an associate of the great apostle. The date of this Epistle has been the subject of ...
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... Scripture] saith, "God brought forth Abram, and spake unto him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars if thou be able to number them j so shall thy seed be. And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness." '4 ...
... Scripture] saith, "God brought forth Abram, and spake unto him, Look up now to heaven, and count the stars if thou be able to number them j so shall thy seed be. And Abram believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness." '4 ...
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... Scripture] saith in a certain place, *' This people honoureth Me with their lips, but their heart ! is far from Me."' And again: "They bless with their mouth, but curse with their heart." J ; And again it saith, " They loved Him with ...
... Scripture] saith in a certain place, *' This people honoureth Me with their lips, but their heart ! is far from Me."' And again: "They bless with their mouth, but curse with their heart." J ; And again it saith, " They loved Him with ...
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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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