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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 97

Chapter XXXIV.--Evarestus, the Fourth Bishop of the Church of Rome.

… 651-664. [910] That Ignatius was on his way from Syria to Rome, under condemnation for his testimony to Christ, and that he was expecting to be cast to the wild beasts upon reaching Rome

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 215

Chapter XIV.

… works of Basil of Cæsarea in Cappadocia, Gregory Nazianzan, that most eloquent man, the Recognitions of Clement of Rome, the Church history of Eusebius of Cæsarea in Palestine, the Sentences of Xystus, [2600] the Sentences …

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Fathers of the Second Century • SECTION 203

Chapter XXVIII.--The Fourfold Division of the Mosaic Law.

… See all Clement's citations, same volume, p. 345, et seqq.] [2142] Stromateus Elucidations. I. (Purpose of the Stromata [2143] ) The Alexandrian Gnostics were the pestilent outgrowth of pseudo-Platonism; and nobody could comprehend their …

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The Twelve Patriarchs, Apocrypha, Clementine Homilies & More • SECTION 130

Chapter XXVI.--Recapitulation.

… When Clement had given me this narrative, there came one to us, asking us to go to the neighbouring island of Aradus, to see vine-wood columns of wonderful size. I consented; and when we …

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 25

XXIII.

… Peter survived all his martyred associates, and left Clement in charge of the whole Church. This most probable theory squares with all known facts, and reconciles all difficulties. Clement, then, was first bishop of Rome

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Fathers of the Second Century • SECTION 338

ATHENAGORAS.

Clement of Rome, St., an apostle, 428. quoted, 308, 418, 428, 495. Clothing, Christian use of, 263. not to be dyed, 265. of women, 266. of the feet, 267. becoming for Christians, 284. Commandments, the …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 80

Chapter XVIII.--The Apostle John and the Apocalypse.

… For they recorded that in the fifteenth year of Domitian [717] Flavia Domitilla, daughter of a sister of Flavius Clement, who at that time was one of the consuls of Rome, [718] was exiled with …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 418

Julian, a Cappadocian martyr, [1652]354.

… Lucius (Verus), emperor of Rome, [1733]185, [1734]188. Lucius, a martyr, [1735]195, [1736]196. Lucius, bishop of Rome, [1737]293. Lucius, companion of Dionysius of Alexandria, [1738]301, [1739]313. Lucius Quintus, a …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 190

Chapter III.

… of Barnabas, or according to others, to be by Luke the Evangelist or Clement afterwards bishop of the church at Rome, who, they say, arranged and adorned the ideas of Paul in his own language …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 102

Book IV.

… of Eleutherus; but it is not authentic, as there was no monarchical episcopate in Rome at the time of Clement, nor even in the time of Hermas. For other churches the oldest lists date from …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 189

Chapter I.

… That Peter met Simon Magus in Rome is a post-apostolic legend. Compare the Clementine literature. [2341] Apocryphal. For literature on apocryphal works see Ante-Nic. Fath. ed. Coxe (N. Y. Chr. Lit. Co.,) vol …

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Fathers of the Second Century • SECTION 326

The Same, Book IV. On 2 Cor. v. 16.

… Yes, truly, the apostles were baptised, as Clement the Stromatist relates in the fifth book of the Hypotyposes. For, in explaining the apostolic statement, "I thank God that I baptised none of you," he says …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 291

[3415] The Church of Aquileia.

… Therefore, my friend who are as my own soul, I present to you Clement returning to Rome. I present him dressed in a Latin garb. Do not think it strange if the aspect which his …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 129

Chapter XXV.--Philip and Modestus.

… And Clement of Alexandria refers to this work in his own discourse On the Passover, [1298] which, he says, he wrote on occasion of Melito's work. 5. But in his book addressed to the …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 166

[1736] On Paul of Samosata, see below, Bk. VII. chap. 27, note 4.

… 14) to the heresy of Tatian. [1743] On Clement of Alexandria, see above, chap. 11, note 1. [1744] theologeitai ho christos. Our author is quite correct in making this statement. The apologists are agreed in …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 93

Chapter XXXI.--The Death of John and Philip.

… Of course it is not impossible that Philip the apostle also had daughters who were virgins and prophetesses, but it is far more probable that Polycrates (and possibly Clement too; see the previous chapter) confounded …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 201

Chapter LI.

… Afterwards appointed by Demetrius, bishop of this city, successor to the presbyter Clement, he flourished many years. When he had already reached middle life, on account of the churches of Achaia, which were torn with …

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Leo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 55

Letter CX.

… Leo, bishop of Rome, to Julian, bishop of Cos. I. After thanks for Julian's sympathy he complains of the deposition of Aetius from the archdeaconry. I acknowledge in your letter, beloved, the feelings of …

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Fathers of the Second Century • SECTION 268

Chapter XII.--God Cannot Be Embraced in Words or by the Mind.

Clement of Rome. See vol. i, p. 10. S.] [3086] Rom. xi. 33. [3087] Alluding to Gen. xviii. 6; the word used is enkruphiai, which Clement, following Philo, from its derivation, takes to signify occult …

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 48

Canon VII.

… Pope Symmachus. (In his Address to the Synod of Rome a.d. 504. Labbe and Cossart, Concilia, tom. iv., col. 1373.) In the canons framed by Apostolic authority [i.e., by the authority of the …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 144

Letter CXXVI. To Marcellinus and Anapsychia.

… I have given my opinion on the matter in my reply to the treatise which Rufinus presented to Anastasius, bishop of Rome, of holy memory. He strives in this by an evasive and crafty but …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 203

Chapter LXII.

… Cornelius, [2480] bishop of Rome, to whom eight letters of Cyprian are extant, wrote a letter to Fabius, [2481] bishop of the church at Antioch, On the Roman, Italian, and African councils, and another On …

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