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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... apostles to those of Tertullian, from the martyrs of the second persecution to those of the sixth. Those were times of heroism, not of words ; an age, not of writers, but of soldiers ; not of talkers, but of sufferers. Curiosity is ...
... apostles to those of Tertullian, from the martyrs of the second persecution to those of the sixth. Those were times of heroism, not of words ; an age, not of writers, but of soldiers ; not of talkers, but of sufferers. Curiosity is ...
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... apostle and to the saints. As this city was a Roman colony, we need not inquire how a Roman happened to be there. He was ... apostles, for the Roman imprisonment and martyrdom of St. Peter seem historical, Clement was the natural ...
... apostle and to the saints. As this city was a Roman colony, we need not inquire how a Roman happened to be there. He was ... apostles, for the Roman imprisonment and martyrdom of St. Peter seem historical, Clement was the natural ...
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... apostles have preached the Gospel to us from * the Lord Jesus Christ ; Jesus Christ [has done so] from 4 God. Christ therefore was sertt forth by Got!, and the apostles by Christ. Both these appointments,' then, were made in an orderly ...
... apostles have preached the Gospel to us from * the Lord Jesus Christ ; Jesus Christ [has done so] from 4 God. Christ therefore was sertt forth by Got!, and the apostles by Christ. Both these appointments,' then, were made in an orderly ...
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... APOSTLES, THAT THERE MIGHT BE NO CONTENTION RESPECTING THE PRIESTLY OFFICE. Our apostles also knew, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and there would be strife on account of the office ' of the episcopate. For this reason, therefore ...
... APOSTLES, THAT THERE MIGHT BE NO CONTENTION RESPECTING THE PRIESTLY OFFICE. Our apostles also knew, through our Lord Jesus Christ, and there would be strife on account of the office ' of the episcopate. For this reason, therefore ...
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... Apostle Paul. What did he write to you at the time when the Gospel first began to be preached ? 2 Truly, under the ... apostles, already of high reputation, and towards a man whom they had approved. But now reflect who those are that ...
... Apostle Paul. What did he write to you at the time when the Gospel first began to be preached ? 2 Truly, under the ... apostles, already of high reputation, and towards a man whom they had approved. But now reflect who those are that ...
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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