The Ante-Nicene Fathers: The Writings of the Fathers Down to A. D. 325, Volume VII Fathers of the Third and Fourth Century - Lactantius, Venantius, AstReverend Alexander Roberts Cosimo, Inc., 2007 M05 1 - 604 pages "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 VII of the 10-volume collected works of the Ante-Nicenes first published between 1885 and 1896, readers will find the writings of Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius Urbanus, Victorinus, and Dionysius. This volume also contains writing unattributed to any author, but nonetheless considered of great value. These writings include: The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, Constitutions of the Holy Apostles, The Second Epistle of Clement, The Nicene Creed, and Early Liturgies." |
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... ignorant of the truth do not think that these prophets are to be be- lieved ; for they say that those voices are not divine , but human . Forsooth , because they pro- claim one God , they were either madmen or deceivers . But truly we ...
... ignorant of the truth do not think that these prophets are to be be- lieved ; for they say that those voices are not divine , but human . Forsooth , because they pro- claim one God , they were either madmen or deceivers . But truly we ...
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... ignorant what that Spirit was which had so much power , he has declared it in another place , saying : " For the Deity pervades all lands , the tracts of sea and depth of heaven ; the flocks , the herds , and men , and all the race of ...
... ignorant what that Spirit was which had so much power , he has declared it in another place , saying : " For the Deity pervades all lands , the tracts of sea and depth of heaven ; the flocks , the herds , and men , and all the race of ...
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... ignorant , but impious , who disparages the excellency of the supreme power under the name of Jupiter . Wherefore , if both from his actions and character we have proved that Jupiter was a man , and reigned on earth , it only remains ...
... ignorant , but impious , who disparages the excellency of the supreme power under the name of Jupiter . Wherefore , if both from his actions and character we have proved that Jupiter was a man , and reigned on earth , it only remains ...
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... ignorant of these things , he gave another ture of the Gods . They held , he says , that the account of the matter ; how he might have ar- highest and ethereal nature of heaven , that is , gued , I have shown . Now I will say in what of ...
... ignorant of these things , he gave another ture of the Gods . They held , he says , that the account of the matter ; how he might have ar- highest and ethereal nature of heaven , that is , gued , I have shown . Now I will say in what of ...
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... ignorant and inexperienced , glide shall I say of those who worship a rude and into evil practices from their ignorance of those shapeless stone under the name of Terminus ? which are good . And yet it is plain that this This is he whom ...
... ignorant and inexperienced , glide shall I say of those who worship a rude and into evil practices from their ignorance of those shapeless stone under the name of Terminus ? which are good . And yet it is plain that this This is he whom ...
Contents
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ASTERIUS URBANUS EXTANT WRITINGS | 327 |
III | 335 |
THE HOMILY ASCRIBED TO CLEMENT | 518 |
EARLY LITURGIES THE LITURGY OF JAMES | 529 |
341 | 581 |
509 | 591 |
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Page 368 - And in this Trinity none is afore or after other; none is greater or less than another. But the whole three Persons are co-eternal together and co-equal.
Page 6 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 133 - Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Page 439 - He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.
Page 368 - So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Ghost is God; And yet they are not three Gods, but one God.
Page 445 - And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. (Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value, and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me...
Page 439 - Blessed are ye when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Page 110 - I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword ; and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 110 - And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory ; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.