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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 78

Chapter XVI.--The System of Saturnilus.

… iii., this series, p. 649]; Tertullian, Præscript. xlvi.; Epiphanius, Hær., xxiii.; Theodoret, Hær. Fab., i. 3; St. Augustine, Hær., iii. Eusebius styles this heretic Saturninus. [855] Epiphanius makes Basilides and Saturnilus belong to the same …

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 139

[312] Hefele. Hist. Councils, Vol. IV., p. 230, note.

… He adds, that one ought not to be ashamed to retract, when one recognises the truth, and brings forward the example of Augustine. He says, that, after having better examined the matter of the Three …

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Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus & Others • SECTION 75

[1170] Beneficii foeneratio.

… opposition to the force and system of nature. [1192] Lapsos. [All this shows the need of an Augustine.] [1193] Temporariæ. [Admirable so far as our author goes.] [1194] Contrahetur. Chap. XV.--Of the Affections, and …

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Athanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 110

[879] Herm. Mand. 1. vid. ad Afr. 5.

… neither the immateriality of God nor ingenerateness, present to us His essence.' Orat. 28. 9. And S. Augustine, arguing on the word ingenitus, says, that not every thing which is said to be in God …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 21

Jerome on the first chapter of Matthew.

… into Latin the Ecclesiastical History, which the very learned Eusebius of Cæsarea wrote in the Greek tongue." Augustine, in his Book on Heresies (chap. 83). "When I had searched through the History of Eusebius, to …

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The Twelve Patriarchs, Apocrypha, Clementine Homilies & More • SECTION 357

[1727] Comp. Job. iii.

… the fathers placed the purgatorial fires, as the Greek Church does now, at the day of judgment. Augustine was the first who brought forward the supposition that the purification took place in Hades before the …

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 21

Canon XIV.

… 21)....It is only necessary to notice here that the Sacramentum Catechumenorum of which Augustine speaks (De Peccat. Merit. ii. 26) as given apparently at or about the time of their first admission by imposition …

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Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus & Others • SECTION 24

[288] i.e., man.

… But Chrysostom, Jerome, Augustine, and most commentators, regard it rather as a sign of God's patience and long-suffering, in giving them that space for repentance. And this appears to be confirmed by the …

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Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus & Others • SECTION 6

"O harmony of the world, bearing light, all-wise demon."

… observe the influence of Justin and Clement on the reasoning of the later fathers, not excepting St. Augustine.] [46] Debellatricem. Chap. X.--Of the life and actions of Æsculapius, apollo, neptune, mars, castor and pollux …

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Hilary of Poitiers & John of Damascus • SECTION 20

Chapter II.--The Theology of St. Hilary of Poitiers.

… of the letter [161] . His confidence in their work, which is not exceeded by that of St. Augustine, encourages him to draw lessons from the differences between the Hebrew and the Septuagint titles of the …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 76

Chapter X.--The Manner in which Josephus mentions the Divine Books.

… thus we see them gradually acquiring canonical authority and used as a part of the canon by Augustine and later Fathers. Jerome was the only one in the West to utter a protest against such …

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 4

Chapter I.--Thales; His Physics and Theology; Founder of Greek Astronomy.

… heresies are: Irenæus, of the second century; Hippolytus, his pupil, of the third; Philastrius, Epiphanius, and St. Augustine, of the fourth century. The learned need scarcely be reminded of the comprehensive digest furnished by Ittigius …

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Augustine — City of God & Christian Doctrine • SECTION 1

A SELECT LIBRARY

Title: NPNF1-02. St. Augustine's City of God and Christian Doctrine Creator(s): Schaff, Philip (1819-1893) (Editor) Print Basis: New York: The Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1890 Rights: Public Domain CCEL Subjects: Proofed …

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Athanasius — Select Works and Letters • SECTION 64

[342] e.g. Iamblichus, &c., cf. Introd. to c. Gent.

… it is, they despise even death and become martyrs of Christ. [344] Isa. ii. 4. [345] St. Augustine, Civ. D. IV. xvi. commenting on the fact that the temple of Repose' (Quies) at Rome was …

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