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Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 217

Chapter XXII.

… heresies, compares the monks, and especially those in Egypt, to bees, because of their diligence. So S. Jerome, writing to Rusticus (Ep. cxxv.), says that no one is received in a monastery in Egypt unless …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 219

Chapter XXXV.

… other frivolous things which are necessarily mentioned in a catalogue of heretics. [To him also the blessed Jerome the presbyter responded.] [2633] [2632] At Jerusalem 394, heretic about 404. [2633] to him...responded A Her …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 92

Chapter XXX.--The Apostles that were Married.

… Tertullian, Hilary, Epiphanius, Jerome, &c. The authority of these later Fathers is of course of little account. But Clement's conclusion is based solely upon exegetical grounds, and therefore is no argument for the truth …

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Basil — Letters and Select Works • SECTION 14

On Matt. xx. 23. Is not Mine to give, save for whom it is prepared.

… Amphilochius, to whom it was addressed, was the author of a work which Jerome describes (De Vir. Ill., cxxxiii.) as arguing that He is God Almighty, and to be worshipped. The Ancoratus of Epiphanius was …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 140

Letter CXXV. To Rusticus.

… Rusticus, a young monk of Toulouse, (to be carefully distinguished from the recipient of Letter CXXII.) is advised by Jerome not to become an anchorite but to continue in a community. Rules are suggested for …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 173

Chapter IX.--The Miracles of Narcissus.

… 12, note 2. [1820] Eusebius and Epiphanius give Tordios, and Jerome, Gordius; but the Armenian has Gordianus, and Syncellus, Sardianos. What became of Gordius when Narcissus reappeared we do not know. He must have died …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 89

Letter LXX. To Magnus an Orator of Rome.

… Joh. ii. 1, 11). [2076] Joh. iv. 13, 14. [2077] Joh. iii. 5. [2078] Joh. xix. 34: Jerome here follows Tertullian and Cyril of Jerusalem. [2079] Matt. xxviii. 19. [2080] Acts ii. 38. [2081] Isa …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 116

Letter CVIII. To Eustochium.

… This, one of the longest of Jerome's letters, was written to console Eustochium for the loss of her mother who had recently died. Jerome relates the story of Paula in detail; speaking first of …

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Augustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 231

Letter LXXIII.

… 404.) To Jerome, My Venerable and Most Esteemed Brother and Fellow-Presbyter Augustin Sends Greeting in the Lord. Chap. I. 1. Although I suppose that, before this reaches you, you have received through our son …

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Augustine — City of God & Christian Doctrine • SECTION 1

A SELECT LIBRARY

… Augustin On Christian Doctrine. [3] It is the first and best patristic work on biblical Hermeneutics, and continued for a thousand years, together with the Prefaces of Jerome, to be the chief exegetical guide. Although …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 87

[783] See chap. 3, note 1.

… Barnabas, but without expressing any judgment as to its authenticity, and without defining its author more closely. Jerome (de vir. ill. 6) evidently did not doubt its authenticity, but placed it nevertheless among the Apocrypha …

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 69

[1265] [See Introductory Note, p. 143, supra; also p. 99, note 8, supra.]

… Fabricius holds the opposite opinion.--Tr. [1269] See Eusebius as above, Jerome in the preface to Hosea, Photius, cod. 118, 119; Epiphanius, 69, 2; Lardner, part ii. book i. chap. 24; &c. I.--A Fragment …

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Cyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 1

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… We have already learned from Jerome that Cyril was admitted to the Priesthood by Maximus. There is no evidence of the exact date of his ordination: but we may safely assume that he was a …

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Augustine — Trinity, Doctrinal & Moral Treatises • SECTION 1

A SELECT LIBRARY

… His teacher, Ambrose, and his older contemporary, Jerome, went still further in the enthusiastic praise of single life. We must admire their power of self-denial and undivided consecration, though we may dissent from their …

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Augustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 328

Letter CLXVI.

… 415.) A Treatise on the Origin of the Human Soul, Addressed to Jerome. [2713] Chap. I. 1. Unto our God, who hath called us unto His kingdom and glory, [2714] I have prayed, and pray …

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Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 232

Chapter XXXI.

… adds the version of "those copies which express the Hebrew accurately," and thus shows his acquaintance with Jerome's new translation which he quotes. He does the same thing again in the Conferences, XXIII. viii …

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