Ante-Nicene Fathers • VOLUME 2
Fathers of the Second Century
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Chapter VII.--On the Causes of Doubt or Assent.
Chapter VII.--On the Causes of Doubt or Assent. The causes productive of scepticism are two things principally. One is the changefulness and instability of the human mind, whose nature it is to generate dissent, either that of one with another, or that of people with themselves. And the second is the discrepancy which is in thi…
821 wordsSECTION 322Chapter IX.--On the Different Kinds of Cause.
Chapter IX.--On the Different Kinds of Cause. Of Causes, some are Procatarctic and some Synectic, some Co-operating, some Causes sine quâ non. Those that afford the occasion of the origin of anything first, are Procatarctic; as beauty is the cause of love to the licentious; for when seen by them, it alone produces the amorous …
2,211 wordsSECTION 323The Synectic is also called by the synonymous expression "perfect in itself." Since it is of itself sufficient to produce the effect.
The Synectic is also called by the synonymous expression "perfect in itself." Since it is of itself sufficient to produce the effect. And if the cause manifests an operation sufficient in itself, the co-operating cause indicates assistance and service along with the other. If, accordingly, it effects nothing, it will not be cal…
2,404 wordsSECTION 324"When Michael, the archangel, [3762] disputing with the devil, debated about the body of Moses." Here he confirms the assumption of Moses. H
"When Michael, the archangel, [3762] disputing with the devil, debated about the body of Moses." Here he confirms the assumption of Moses. He is here called Michael, who through an angel near to us debated with the devil. "But these," he says, [3763] "speak evil of those things which they know not; but what they know naturally,…
2,220 wordsSECTION 325Ver. 23. "He who denies the Son," by ignoring Him, "has not the Father, nor does he know Him." But he who knoweth the Son and the Father, kn
Ver. 23. "He who denies the Son," by ignoring Him, "has not the Father, nor does he know Him." But he who knoweth the Son and the Father, knows according to knowledge, and when the Lord shall be manifested at His second advent, shall have confidence and not be confounded. Which confusion is heavy punishment. Ver. 29. "Every one…
2,219 wordsSECTION 326The Same, Book IV. On 2 Cor. v. 16.
The Same, Book IV. On 2 Cor. v. 16. "And if we have known Christ after the flesh." As "after the flesh" in our case is being in the midst of sins, and being out of them is "not after the flesh;" so also "after the flesh" in the case of Christ was His subjection to natural affections, and His not being subject to them is to be "…
2,250 wordsSECTION 327XI.--Fragments Found in Greek Only in the Oxford Edition.
XI.--Fragments Found in Greek Only in the Oxford Edition. From the Last Work on the Passover. (Quoted in the Paschal Chronicle.) Accordingly, in the years gone by, Jesus went to eat the passover sacrificed by the Jews, keeping the feast. But when he had preached He who was the Passover, the Lamb of God, led as a sheep to the s…
2,347 wordsSECTION 328Macarius Chrysocephalus: Oration VIII. On Matt. viii., and Book VII. On Luke xiii.
Macarius Chrysocephalus: Oration VIII. On Matt. viii., and Book VII. On Luke xiii. Therefore God does not here take the semblance of man, but of a dove, because He wished to show the simplicity and gentleness of the new manifestation of the Spirit by the likeness of the dove. For the law was stern, and punished with the sword; …
2,301 wordsSECTION 329[3713] Comments, i.e., Adumbrationes. Cassiodorus says that he had in his translation corrected what he considered erroneous in the original
[3713] Comments, i.e., Adumbrationes. Cassiodorus says that he had in his translation corrected what he considered erroneous in the original. So Fell states: and he is also inclined to believe that these fragments are from Clement's lost work, the Hupotuposeis, of which he believes The Adumbrationes of Cassiodorus to be a transl…
2,580 wordsSECTION 330V. These things are written in the Gospel according to Mark; and in all the rest correspondingly; although perchance the expressions vary sl
V. These things are written in the Gospel according to Mark; and in all the rest correspondingly; although perchance the expressions vary slightly in each, yet all show identical agreement in meaning. But well knowing that the Saviour teaches nothing in a merely human way, but teaches all things to His own with divine and mysti…
2,389 wordsSECTION 331XV. I would then say this. Since some things are within and some without the soul, and if the soul make a good use of them, they also are re
XV. I would then say this. Since some things are within and some without the soul, and if the soul make a good use of them, they also are reputed good, but if a bad, bad;--whether does He who commands us to alienate our possessions repudiate those things, after the removal of which the passions still remain, or those rather, on …
2,353 wordsSECTION 332XXIII. Suppose the matter to be a law-suit. Let your father be imagined to present himself to you and say, "I begot and reared thee. Follow
XXIII. Suppose the matter to be a law-suit. Let your father be imagined to present himself to you and say, "I begot and reared thee. Follow me, and join with me in wickedness, and obey not the law of Christ;" and whatever a man who is a blasphemer and dead by nature would say. But on the other side hear the Saviour: "I regenera…
2,373 wordsSECTION 333See then, first, that He has not commanded you to be solicited or to wait to be importuned, but yourself to seek those who are to be benefit
See then, first, that He has not commanded you to be solicited or to wait to be importuned, but yourself to seek those who are to be benefited and are worthy disciples of the Saviour. Excellent, accordingly, also is the apostle's saying, "For the Lord loveth a cheerful giver;" [3889] who delights in giving, and spares not, sowin…
2,300 wordsSECTION 334XLI. Wherefore it is by all means necessary for thee, who art pompous, and powerful, and rich, to set over thyself some man of God as a trai
XLI. Wherefore it is by all means necessary for thee, who art pompous, and powerful, and rich, to set over thyself some man of God as a trainer and governor. Reverence, though it be but one man; fear, though it be but one man. Give yourself to hearing, though it be but one speaking freely, using harshness, and at the same time h…
2,307 wordsSECTION 335III.
III. (Willing Souls, cap. xxi. [139]p. 597.) On the subject of free-will, so profusely illustrated by Clement, I have foreborne to add any comments. But Segaar's Excursus (iv. p. 410) is worthy of being consulted. On Clement's ideas of Hades and the intermediate state, I have made no comment; but Segaar's endeavour to state ju…
954 wordsSECTION 336HERMAS.
HERMAS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. Abiding city, 31. Alms, 16, 20, 54. Anchorites, 14. Ancyra, 58. Angels, the two, 24. Anger, 49. Antonines, the, 5. Apostates, 50. Apostles, 14, 49, 51. Arcadia, 43. Athanasius, 25, 28, 36, 57. Backbiting, 49. Beast, the, 18. Bishops, 14, 52. Bishop's Cathedra, 12. Blasphemers, 50. Boy…
707 wordsSECTION 337TATIAN.
TATIAN. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. Albigenses, 62. Alexander, flattered by his preceptor, Aristotle, 65. Alphabet, 65. Anitus and Miletus, 66. Anaxagoras, 73. Apion, the grammarian, 80. Apollo and Daphne, 73. Argives, their kings, 80. Aristippus, 65. Aristotle, 65. Astronomy, 65, 68. Baptism, the renunciation of, 73. Beaus…
1,278 wordsSECTION 338ATHENAGORAS.
ATHENAGORAS. INDEX OF SUBJECTS. Angels, 141. the fallen, 142. Atheists, Christians not such, 130. charge retorted on heathen, 131. absurdity of this charge, 134. Athenagoras, his place among primitive apologists, 125. a trophy of St. Paul's preaching, 125. Paris edition of, 126. his writings harmonized with Justin Mart…
2,203 wordsSECTION 339divine, teacher of philosophy, 367.
divine, teacher of philosophy, 367. Lord's day, illustrated by Greek authors, 469. day of Christ's resurrection, 545. Love, Christian, how fulfils the law, 414. extent of, 426, 430. represses sensual passion, 430. of man, rewards of, 601-602. Luxury, household, forbidden to Christians, 247. in dress and person, 272-277. …
2,200 wordsSECTION 340Isaiah
Isaiah [832]1:2 [833]1:2-3 [834]1:3 [835]1:3 [836]1:3 [837]1:4 [838]1:4 [839]1:11 [840]1:11 [841]1:11-14 [842]1:16 [843]1:16-17 [844]1:16-18 [845]1:18 [846]1:19 [847]1:19 [848]1:19-20 [849]1:20 [850]1:22 [851]1:23 [852]2:3 [853]3:16-17 [854]3:19 [855]4:4 [856]4:4 [857]5:1 [858]5:5 [859]5:20-21 [860]5:21 [861]7:9 [862]7:9 [863]7…
2,200 wordsSECTION 3411 Corinthians
1 Corinthians [2960]11:10 2 Corinthians [2961]5:16 [2962]5:16 [2963]6:11 [2964]6:11 Galatians [2965]5:24 1 Timothy [2966]2:2 [2967]2:6 [2968]3:16 [2969]5:8 [2970]5:10 [2971]5:21 [2972]6:13 Hebrews [2973]1:1 1 Peter [2974]1:3 [2975]1:10 [2976]1:12 [2977]1:19 [2978]1:20 [2979]1:23 [2980]1:25 [2981]2:5 [2982]2:9 [2983]2:…
3,671 wordsSECTION 342Index of Hebrew Words and Phrases
Index of Hebrew Words and Phrases * yhvykyn: [4101]1 * yhvyqym: [4102]1 * nvl: [4103]1 * tyvvch': [4104]1 * t?vh: [4105]1 Index of Latin Words and Phrases * eructavit cor meum bonum Verbum: [4106]1 * naturâ duce, sub lege Logi: [4107]1 Index of French Words and Phrases * Emollit Mores: [4108]1 * Histoire du Manichéisme: [41…
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