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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... king of Egypt, when he heard these wortls from his fellow-countryman, " Who made thee a judge or a ruler over us? wilt thou kill me, as thou didst kill the Egyptian yesterday ? " ? On account of envy, Aaron and Miriam had to make their ...
... king of Egypt, when he heard these wortls from his fellow-countryman, " Who made thee a judge or a ruler over us? wilt thou kill me, as thou didst kill the Egyptian yesterday ? " ? On account of envy, Aaron and Miriam had to make their ...
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... king arrived and said, " There came men unto thee who are to spy out our land ; bring them forth, for so the king commands," she answered them, "The two men whom ye seek came unto me, but quickly departed again and are gone," thus not ...
... king arrived and said, " There came men unto thee who are to spy out our land ; bring them forth, for so the king commands," she answered them, "The two men whom ye seek came unto me, but quickly departed again and are gone," thus not ...
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... king sends his son, who is also a king, so sent He Him ; as God '? He sent Him ; as to men He sent Him ; as a Saviour He sent Him, and as seeking to persuade, not to compel us ; for violence has no place in the character of God. As ...
... king sends his son, who is also a king, so sent He Him ; as God '? He sent Him ; as to men He sent Him ; as a Saviour He sent Him, and as seeking to persuade, not to compel us ; for violence has no place in the character of God. As ...
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... King and my Saviour? " CHAP. X. — POLYCARP CONFESSES HIMSELF A CHRISTIAN. And when the proconsul yet again pressed him, and said, " Swear by the fortune of Caesar," he answered, " Since thou art vainly urgent that, as thou sayest, I ...
... King and my Saviour? " CHAP. X. — POLYCARP CONFESSES HIMSELF A CHRISTIAN. And when the proconsul yet again pressed him, and said, " Swear by the fortune of Caesar," he answered, " Since thou art vainly urgent that, as thou sayest, I ...
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... King and Master, of whom may we also be made companions3 and fellow-disciples ! CHAP. XVM!. — THE BODY" OF POLYCARP IS BURNED. The centurion then, seeing the strife excited by the Jews, placed the body* in the midst of the fire, and ...
... King and Master, of whom may we also be made companions3 and fellow-disciples ! CHAP. XVM!. — THE BODY" OF POLYCARP IS BURNED. The centurion then, seeing the strife excited by the Jews, placed the body* in the midst of the fire, and ...
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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