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The Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr & Irenaeus • SECTION 97

Chapter I.--Acknowledgment of her excellence and wisdom.

… Now it occurs to me to mention, that the report is true which I heard of thee whilst thou wast at Rome with the blessed father [1382] Linus, whom the deservedly-blessed Clement, a hearer …

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The Twelve Patriarchs, Apocrypha, Clementine Homilies & More • SECTION 464

The following is the Translator's Preface to these frauds:--

The following is the Translator's Preface to these frauds:-- In regard to these Decretals, Dean Milman says: "Up to this period the Decretals, the letters or edicts of the Bishops of Rome, according to …

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Theodoret, Jerome, Gennadius & Rufinus — Historical Writings • SECTION 262

[3014] Sungrapheus

… Look at what is said in the end of the letter which I received from Rome: [3020] "Clear yourself from the suspicions which men have imbibed against you, and convict your accuser of speaking falsely …

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Augustine — Confessions & Letters • SECTION 8

CHAPTER IV.--The Writings of St. Augustin.

… He appears first, in the works composed at Cassiciacum, Rome, and near Tagaste, as a Christian philosopher, after his ordination to the priesthood as a theologian. Yet even in his theological works he everywhere manifests …

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others • SECTION 244

[4737] Cf. p. 315, n. 2, supra.

… See Jesuits at Rome, by Hobart Seymour, p. 38, ed. New York, 1849.] [4747] Lit., "pass to human offices." [4748] Lit., "crimes and wickednesses." [4749] Lit., "go," vadere. [4750] Lit., "with their golden and to …

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The Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr & Irenaeus • SECTION 83

Chapter VI.

… And some have conceived that the writer who gave forth to the world the Apostolic Constitutions under the name of Clement, was probably the author of these letters falsely ascribed to Ignatius, as well as …

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 13

Canon V.

… 65f.) But even Clement of Rome presupposes it, when (in cc. 40-44) he draws a parallel between bishops and deacons and the Priests and Levites of the Old Testament, describing as the chief function …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 30

Chapter V.--The Time of his Appearance among Men.

… 9, §1, below), and he puts the birth of Christ therefore into the year 752 U.C. (2 b.c.), which agrees with Clement of Alexandria's Strom. I. (who gives the twenty-eighth year …

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Jerome — Principal Works • SECTION 89

Letter LXX. To Magnus an Orator of Rome.

… To Magnus an Orator of Rome. Jerome thanks Magnus, a Roman orator, for his services in bringing a young man named Sebesius to apologize to him for some fault that he had committed. He then …

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Ambrose — Selected Works and Letters • SECTION 288

Letter XL.

… Ambrose, Bishop, to the most clement prince, and blessed Emperor, Theodosius the Augustus. 1. I am continually harassed by almost incessant cares, most blessed Emperor, but I have never been in such anxiety as at …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 284

On Bk. III. chap. 36 § 13.

… During this period (while Zephyrinus was bishop of Rome, i.e. before 217) he made a brief visit to Rome (chap. 14), and later he was summoned to Arabia, to give instruction to the governor …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 94

Chapter XXXII.--Symeon, Bishop of Jerusalem, suffers Martyrdom.

… See the remarks of Lightfoot, in his edition of Clement of Rome, p. 46. [886] This part of the quotation has already been given in Eusebius' own words in chap. 20, §8. See note 5 …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 156

Chapter XIX.--Serapion on the Heresy of the Phrygians.

… We know no more about him than is told us there. [1648] Clement (Strom. VI. 5) records the same tradition, quoting it from the Preaching of Peter, upon which work, see Bk. III. chap. 3 …

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Leo the Great & Gregory the Great • SECTION 50

Letter XCIX.

… the self-same creed is held by people, priests, and princes, O most glorious son and most clement Augustus. II. Considering all the circumstances Anatolius might have been expected to show more modesty. But now …

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Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus & Others • SECTION 159

Concerning a Bad Woman.

… 19 [2537] [On the titlepage of the Edinburgh edition is subjoined: "by Clement, bishop and citizen of Rome."] constitutions of the holy apostles

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Cyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 5

Chapter II.--Catechetical Instruction.

… of the fourth century," is contained in the Seventh Book of the Apostolical Constitutions of Pseudo-Clement of Rome, chs. i.-xxxii. "Here the Didaché is embodied almost word for word, but with significant omissions …

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Cyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 84

[2241] Acts xvii. 32; xxvi. 24.

… Cyril borrows the story from Clement almost verbally, yet not without some variations, which will be noticed below. The legend with all its miraculous features is told by Ovid, Metamorph. xv. 392, by Claudian, Phoenix …

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