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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... righteousness and peace are now far departed from you, inasmuch as every one abandons the fear of God, and is become ... righteous pillars [of the Church] have been persecuted and put to death." Let us set before our eyes the illustrious ...
... righteousness and peace are now far departed from you, inasmuch as every one abandons the fear of God, and is become ... righteous pillars [of the Church] have been persecuted and put to death." Let us set before our eyes the illustrious ...
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... righteous in obedience, was translated, and death was never known to happen to him.'0 Noah, being found faithful ... righteousness." '4 On account of his faith and hospitality, a son was given him in his old age ; and in. 'Father." i.j i ...
... righteous in obedience, was translated, and death was never known to happen to him.'0 Noah, being found faithful ... righteousness." '4 On account of his faith and hospitality, a son was given him in his old age ; and in. 'Father." i.j i ...
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... righteous man, and blameless, truthful, God-fearing, and one that kept himself from all evil." ,s But bringing an accu- • Pa, xxxi. 18. ' □ These words within brackets to not found in the MS., but haw DSeri inserted Sroffi the » Ps ...
... righteous man, and blameless, truthful, God-fearing, and one that kept himself from all evil." ,s But bringing an accu- • Pa, xxxi. 18. ' □ These words within brackets to not found in the MS., but haw DSeri inserted Sroffi the » Ps ...
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... righteous, and His ears are [open] unto their prayers. The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord heard him, and delivered him out of all his ...
... righteous, and His ears are [open] unto their prayers. The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cried, and the Lord heard him, and delivered him out of all his ...
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... righteous? Blessed is he that is born of woman, who liveth but a short time : be not given to much speaking." 5 Let our praise be in God, and not of ourselves ; for God hateth those that commend themselves. Let testimony to our good ...
... righteous? Blessed is he that is born of woman, who liveth but a short time : be not given to much speaking." 5 Let our praise be in God, and not of ourselves ; for God hateth those that commend themselves. Let testimony to our good ...
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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