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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 71

Chapter II.--The System of Basilides Derived from Aristotle.

… and vii.; Tertullian, Præscript., xlvi.; Epiphanius, Hær., xxiv.; Theodoret, i. 4; Eusebius, Ecclesiast. Hist., iv. 7; and Philastrius, c. xxxii.). Abbe Cruice refers us to Basilidis philosophi Gnostici Sententiæ, by Jacobi (Berlin, 1852), and to …

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Tertullian — Latin Christianity • SECTION 260

[4981] Luke xx. 4.

… or, "they ran through it, by thus reading." [5006] We have adapted, rather than translated, Tertullian's words in this parenthesis. His words of course suit the order of the Latin, which differs from the …

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Tertullian — Latin Christianity • SECTION 443

Chapter XIII.--Of Bodily Patience.

… There is no authority for this statement of Tertullian's in Scripture. [It is his inference rather.]

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 42

Letter XL. To Marcella.

[811] 2 Cor. xii. 8, 9, 10. [812] Cf. Tertullian, Apol. 33. [813] Acts ix. 15. [814] Wisd. iv. 11, 14. [815] 2 Cor. v. 4. [816] 2 Cor. v. 6. [817] Ps. cxx. 5 …

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 176

Epistle IX. [2208]

… 27. [2215] [Compare Tertullian, Ad Martyras, vol. iii. p. 693.] [2216] [Note this persuasion of Cyprian, and compare St. Matt. xxi. 15, 16; Luke xix. 40.] [2217] [Celebrating the Lord's Supper; Rom. xv. 16 …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 43

Letter XLI. To Marcella.

… the second century, and founded a sect of prophetic enthusiasts and ascetics, which was afterward joined by Tertullian. [874] Joh. xiv. 28; xv. 26. [875] Acts ii. 14-18. [876] Matt. xvi. 18. [877] Acts …

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 178

Canon XCI.

… he is cut off. The reference is to canon lxxxj. of St. Basil's canons. Van Espen. Tertullian (De Idolatria, cap. xx.) supposes that to swear by the false gods of the Gentiles, contains in …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 188

Preface.

… the bishop. 46. Heraclitus. 47. Maximus. 48. Candidus. 49. Appion. 50. Sextus. 51. Arabianus. 52. Judas. 53. Tertullian the presbyter. 54. Origen, surnamed Adamantius. 55. Ammonius. 56. Ambrose the deacon. 57. Trypho the pupil of …

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Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius & Novatian • SECTION 90

Chapter XIII.--The Doctrines of the Encratites. [950]

… 1-5. [952] [This, Tertullian should have learned. How happily Keble, in his Christian Year, gives it in sacred verse:-- "We need not bid, for cloister'd cell, Our neighbour and our work farewell, Nor …

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Fathers of the Second Century • SECTION 337

TATIAN.

… Terence, 66. (See Theophilus.) Tertullian, reference to, 62. Theodoret, reference to, 61. Virgin, hymn of, 79. Wiclif, reference to, 62. Women, Christian, 78. heathen, 78, 79. Zeno, 66. Zodiac, 69. THEOPHILUS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. Abel …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 53

Chapter XV.--The Gospel according to Mark.

… 2), Tertullian (Adv. Marcionem, IV. 5), and Origen (quoted below, VI. 25) confirm the tradition, which is repeated over and over again by the Fathers. The question as to the real authorship of our second …

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Chrysostom — Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises & Homilies • SECTION 2

Chapter II.--Chrysostom's Youth and Training, a.d. 347-370.

… This was the argument which Tertullian in the second century urged against infant baptism, and this was the reason why many professing Christians put off their baptism till the latest hour; just as now so …

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Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins & John Cassian • SECTION 351

Chapter X.

… 4, 5. [1893] Instrumentum is a favourite word with Tertullian, who uses it more than once of the two Testaments, e.g., Apol. xix.; and, Against Marcion iv. where he speaks of the "Two Instruments …

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Tertullian — Latin Christianity • SECTION 345

Chapter XXIX.--Ezekiel's Vision of the Dry Bones Quoted.

… Chapter XXX.--This Vision Interpreted by Tertullian of the Resurrection of the Bodies of the Dead. A Chronological Error of Our Author, Who Supposes that Ezekiel in His Ch. XXXI. Prophesied Before the Captivity. I …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 79

Chapter IX.--Of the heresy of the Audiani.

… Paganism did not rise higher than the material view. Judaism, sometimes apparently anthropomorphic, taught a Spiritual God. Tertullian uses expressions which exposed him to the charge of anthropomorphism, and the Pseudo Clementines (xvii. 2) go …

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Tertullian, Minucius Felix, Commodian & Origen • SECTION 78

Chapter VIII.--Examples of a Similar Kind from the New.

… Chapter IX.--From Fasts Absolute Tertullian Comes to Partial Ones and Xerophagies. This principal species in the category of dietary restriction may already afford a prejudgment concerning the inferior operations of abstinence also, as being …

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