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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 65

[544] ekklesiastikos anher.

… According to Pseudo-Tertullian (Adv. omnes Hær. chap. 7) he was a leader of one division of the Montanists, the other division being composed of followers of Æschines. He is probably to be identified with …

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Tertullian, Minucius Felix, Commodian & Origen • SECTION 30

Chapter V.--Of the Love of Offspring as a Plea for Marriage.

… By the "blindness," Tertullian may refer to Gen. xix. 11. [401] Or, "short" (Eng. ver.); 1 Cor. vii. 29. ho kairos sunestalmenos, "in collecto." [402] "Matrimonia," neut. pl. again for the fem., the abstract for …

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The Seven Ecumenical Councils • SECTION 69

Canon XVIII.

… Soon vigils were kept for all the martyr commemorations; and by the time of Tertullian, if not before, Wednesdays and Fridays had their vigils. With the growth of monasticism they became daily. This Mr. Battifol …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 151

Chapter XIV.--The False Prophets of the Phrygians.

… The works of the Montanists themselves (except those of Tertullian) have entirely perished, but a few "Oracles," or prophetic utterances, of Montanus, Priscilla, and Maximilla, have been preserved by Tertullian and other writers, and are …

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Cyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 52

[1244] eis prokopen huiothesias. Cf. § 2, note 4.

… 7 is found in many Fathers, as for example in Tertullian (adv. Prax. vii. xi.), and Methodius (Conviv. Virg. VIII. cap. ix.): "He says Thou art,' and not Thou hast become,' shewing that He had …

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Tertullian, Minucius Felix, Commodian & Origen • SECTION 48

Chapter VII.--From Patriarchal, Tertullian Comes to Legal, Precedents.

Chapter VII.--From Patriarchal, Tertullian Comes to Legal, Precedents. After the ancient examples of the patriarchs, let us equally pass on to the ancient documents of the legal Scriptures, that we may treat in order …

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Eusebius — Church History, Constantine & Oration • SECTION 157

Chapter XX.--The Writings of Irenæus against the Schismatics at Rome.

… Florinus is not mentioned in Irenæus' great work against heresies, nor by Tertullian, Pseudo-Tertullian, Hippolytus, or Epiphanius. It is probable, therefore, that he was not named in Hippolytus' earlier work, nor in the lectures …

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Chrysostom — John and Hebrews • SECTION 159

Introduction.

… At the close of the second century Tertullian speaks positively and unhesitatingly of the Epistle to the Hebrews as written by Barnabas, the early and long-continued companion of St. Paul. [2649] But there happened …

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Tertullian — Latin Christianity • SECTION 275

[5679] 1 Cor. viii. 5.

… 48, Origen, Tertullian (v. 11, contra Marcion)], Chrysostom, OEcumenius, Theodoret, Theophylact, all repudiate, in their zeal against the Manichæans, the grammatical rendering, and take ton apiston tou aionos toutou together" (Greek Testament, in loc.). [I …

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Cyril of Jerusalem & Gregory Nazianzen • SECTION 8

Chapter IV.--Ceremonies of Baptism and Chrism.

… This, as described by Tertullian, was done first in the Church "under the hand of the Bishop," and again immediately before entering the water [166] . Cyril speaks of the latter occasion only. "First ye entered …

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