Ante-Nicene Fathers • VOLUME 6
Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others
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[718] In Eusebius, Præpar. Evangel., book vii. ch. 19.
[718] In Eusebius, Præpar. Evangel., book vii. ch. 19. [719] Eusebius introduces this extract thus: "And I shall adduce the words of those who have most thoroughly examined the dogma before us, and first of all Dionysius indeed, who, in the first book of his Exercitations against Sabellius, writes in these terms on the subject …
2,214 wordsSECTION 42Canon I.
[740] Ps. xlv. 1. [741] Emanant. [P. 49, supra, and vol. iii. p. 299, this series.] [742] Sermonem. [So Tertullian, Sermo, vol. iii. p. 299, note 19.] About the Middle of the Treatise. 15. If, from the fact that there are three hypostases, they say that they are divided, there are three whether they like it or no, or else le…
2,084 wordsSECTION 43Canon II.
Canon II. The question touching women in the time of their separation, whether it is proper for them when in such a condition to enter the house of God, I consider a superfluous inquiry. For I do not think that, if they are believing and pious women, they will themselves be rash enough in such a condition either to approach the…
1,574 wordsSECTION 44Epistle II.--To Novatus. [784]
Epistle II.--To Novatus. [784] ------------------------ Dionysius to Novatus [785] his brother, greeting. If you were carried on against your will, as you say, you will show that such has been the case by your voluntary retirement. For it would have been but dutiful to have suffered any kind of ill, so as to avoid rending the …
2,204 wordsSECTION 459. Moreover, others in large numbers were torn asunder by the heathen throughout the cities and villages. Of one of these I shall give some
9. Moreover, others in large numbers were torn asunder by the heathen throughout the cities and villages. Of one of these I shall give some account, as an example. Ischyrion served one of the rulers in the capacity of steward for stated wages. His employer ordered this man to offer sacrifice; and on his refusal to do so, he abus…
2,223 wordsSECTION 46Epistle IV.--To Cornelius the Roman Bishop. [830]
[822] The words kai ton Theon paroxunomen, "and provoke God," are sometimes added here; but they are wanting in Codices Maz., Med., Fuk., Savil., and in Georgius Syncellus. [823] Eusebius introduces this in words to the following effect: "Writing to this same Fabius, who seemed to incline somewhat to this schism, Dionysius of A…
1,573 wordsSECTION 47Epistle VI.--To Sixtus, Bishop. [840]
Epistle VI.--To Sixtus, Bishop. [840] ------------------------ 1. Previously, indeed, (Stephen) had written letters about Helanus and Firmilianus, and about all who were established throughout Cilicia and Cappadocia, and all the neighbouring provinces, giving them to understand that for that same reason he would depart from th…
845 wordsSECTION 48Epistle VIII.--To Dionysius. [847]
Epistle VIII.--To Dionysius. [847] ------------------------ For we rightly repulse Novatian, who has rent the Church, and has drawn away some of the brethren to impiety and blasphemies; who has brought into the world a most impious doctrine concerning God, and calumniates our most merciful Lord Jesus Christ as if He were unmer…
2,266 wordsSECTION 497. Now when I received the command to depart to Cephro, I had no idea of the situation of the place, and had scarcely even heard its name be
7. Now when I received the command to depart to Cephro, I had no idea of the situation of the place, and had scarcely even heard its name before; yet for all that, I went away courageously and calmly. But when word was brought me that I had to remove to the parts of Colluthion, [869] those present know how I was affected; for he…
1,391 wordsSECTION 50Epistle XI.--To Hermammon. [875]
Epistle XI.--To Hermammon. [875] ------------------------ 1. But Gallus did not understand the wickedness of Decius, nor did he note beforehand what it was that wrought his ruin. But he stumbled at the very stone which was lying before his eyes; for when his sovereignty was in a prosperous position, and when affairs were turni…
2,117 wordsSECTION 51Epistle XII.--To the Alexandrians. [905]
Epistle XII.--To the Alexandrians. [905] ------------------------ 1. To other men, indeed, the present state of matters would not appear to offer a fit season for a festival: and this certainly is no festal time to them; nor, in sooth, is any other that to them. And I say this, not only of occasions manifestly sorrowful, [906]…
1,236 wordsSECTION 52Epistle XIII.--To Hierax, a Bishop in Egypt. [917]
Epistle XIII.--To Hierax, a Bishop in Egypt. [917] ------------------------ 1. But what wonder should there be if I find it difficult to communicate by letter with those who are settled in remote districts, when it seems beyond my power even to reason with myself, and to take counsel with [918] my own soul? For surely epistola…
835 wordsSECTION 53Epistle XIV.--From His Fourth Festival Epistle. [926]
Epistle XIV.--From His Fourth Festival Epistle. [926] ------------------------ Love is altogether and for ever on the alert, and casts about to do some good even to one who is unwilling to receive it. And many a time the man who shrinks from it under a feeling of shame, and who declines to accept services of kindness on the gr…
1,009 wordsSECTION 54Chapter II.
Chapter II. Ver. 1. "I said in mine heart, Go to now, make trial as in mirth, and behold in good. And this, too, is vanity." For it was for the sake of trial, and in accordance with what comes by the loftier and the severe life, that he entered into pleasure. And he makes mention of the mirth, which men call so. And he says, "…
2,179 wordsSECTION 55Chapter III.
Chapter III. Ver. 3. "There is a time to kill, and a time to heal." To "kill," in the case of him who perpetrates unpardonable transgression; and to "heal," in the case of him who can show a wound that will bear remedy. 4. "A time to weep, and a time to laugh." A time to weep, when it is the time of suffering; as when the Lo…
2,310 wordsSECTION 5647. "And while He yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus
47. "And while He yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus, and kissed Him. 48. But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? How wonderful this endurance of evil by the Lord, who even kissed the traitor, and spake wo…
2,658 wordsSECTION 57[1002] Another fragment from the Vatican Codex, 1611, fol. 291. See also Mai, Bibliotheca Nova, vi. 1. 165. This is given here in a longer a
[1002] Another fragment from the Vatican Codex, 1611, fol. 291. See also Mai, Bibliotheca Nova, vi. 1. 165. This is given here in a longer and fuller form than in the Greek of Gallandi in his Bibliotheca, xiv., Appendix, p. 115, as we have had it presented above, and than in the Latin of Corderius in his Catena on Luke xxii. 42,…
2,248 wordsSECTION 58It does not clearly appear, from the Edinburgh edition, who the translator is; but here follows the
It does not clearly appear, from the Edinburgh edition, who the translator is; but here follows the Translator's Introductory Notice. The principal facts known to us in the life of Africanus are derived from himself and the Chronicon of Eusebius. He says of himself that he went to Alexandria on account of the fame of Heraclas.…
2,323 wordsSECTION 59[1048] The word "priest" is used here perhaps improperly for "servant of the temple," i.e., hiereus for hierodoulos.
[1048] The word "priest" is used here perhaps improperly for "servant of the temple," i.e., hiereus for hierodoulos. [1049] So Josephus styles him "procurator of Judea, and viceroy" (epimeletes tes 'Ioudaias, and epitropos). [1050] This whole story about Antipater is fictitious. Antipater's father was not Herod, a servant in t…
2,392 wordsSECTION 60The king then, without delay, sent some of the Magi under his dominion with gifts, the star showing them the way. And when they returned, th
The king then, without delay, sent some of the Magi under his dominion with gifts, the star showing them the way. And when they returned, they narrated to the men of that time those same things which were also written on the plates of gold, and which were to the following effect:-- When we came to Jerusalem, the sign, together …
2,209 wordsSECTION 61[1084] In Georgius Syncellus, Chron., p. 21, al. 17.
[1084] In Georgius Syncellus, Chron., p. 21, al. 17. [1085] That is, in Armenia. [1086] For there was a hill Ararat in Phrygia, from which the Marsyas issued, and the ark was declared to have rested there by the Sibylline oracles. [But see vol. v. p. 149.] V. [1087] Noe was 600 years old when the flood came on. From Adam, th…
2,381 wordsSECTION 627. It should be observed, further, that all the legendary accounts which are deemed specially remarkable by the Greeks by reason of their an
7. It should be observed, further, that all the legendary accounts which are deemed specially remarkable by the Greeks by reason of their antiquity, are found to belong to a period posterior to Moses; such as their floods and conflagrations, Prometheus, Io, Europa, the Sparti, the abduction of Proserpine, their mysteries, their …
2,263 wordsSECTION 63XVIII. [1125]
It was now the 189th Olympiad, which (Olympiad) in the year that had the bissextile day, the 6th day before the Calends of March,--i.e., the 24th of February,--corresponded with the 24th year of the era of Antioch, whereby the year was determined in its proper limits. [1124] [1116] In Syncellus, p. 307, al. 244. [1117] The sen…
2,404 wordsSECTION 642. The Emperor Adrian said to the holy Symphorosa: "Either sacrifice thou along with thy sons to the omnipotent gods, or else I shall cause
2. The Emperor Adrian said to the holy Symphorosa: "Either sacrifice thou along with thy sons to the omnipotent gods, or else I shall cause thee to be sacrificed thyself, together with thy sons." The blessed Symphorosa answered: "And whence is this great good to me, that I should be deemed worthy along with my sons to be offered…
2,384 wordsSECTION 65[1155] First edited from ancient manuscript by Ægidius Bucherius, of the Society of Jesus.
[1155] First edited from ancient manuscript by Ægidius Bucherius, of the Society of Jesus. [1156] Circulos. [Note the reference to Hippolytus.] [1157] Gressus. Vol. v. p. 3; also Bunsen, i. pp. 13, 281.] [1158] [It seems probable that the hegemony which Alexandria had established in all matters of learning led to that full re…
2,206 wordsSECTION 66[1177] But the text gives 12th.
[1177] But the text gives 12th. IX. But what wonder is it that they should have erred in the matter of the 21st day of the moon who have added three days before the equinox, in which they hold that the Passover may be celebrated? An assertion which certainly must be considered altogether absurd, since, by the best-known histor…
2,277 wordsSECTION 67[1189] In quo autumnalis novissima pars vincitur.
[1189] In quo autumnalis novissima pars vincitur. [1190] Lunæ orsibus. XVI. Furthermore, as to the proposal subjoined to your epistle, that I should attempt to introduce into this little book some notice of the ascent and descent of the sun, which is made out in the distribution of days and nights. The matter proceeds thus: I…
2,203 wordsSECTION 68Alexander of Cappadocia
Alexander of Cappadocia Alexander of Cappadocia. ------------------------ Translator's Biographical Notice. [a.d. 170-233-251.] Alexander was at first bishop of a church in Cappadocia, but on his visiting Jerusalem he was appointed to the bishopric of the church there, while the previous bishop Narcissus was alive, in conseq…
2,210 wordsSECTION 69[1265] [See Introductory Note, p. 143, supra; also p. 99, note 8, supra.]
[1265] [See Introductory Note, p. 143, supra; also p. 99, note 8, supra.] [1266] Hist. Eccl., vii. 32. [1267] Perhaps only speculatively (see Frag. II. infra), not dogmatically. Compare Wordsworth's Platonic Ode on Immortality.] [1268] Lardner (part ii. book i. chap. xxiv.) does not think that there was a commentary written b…
2,285 wordsSECTION 70[1297] [A most important hint to the clergy in their accounts with the Church.]
[1297] [A most important hint to the clergy in their accounts with the Church.] [1298] Matt. xxiv. 45, 47. V. Nor will the diligence and care of that servant be less who has the custody of the robes and imperial ornaments. All these he should enter in a most exact catalogue, and he should keep a note of what they are and of w…
2,289 wordsSECTION 71[1313] In Eusebius, Hist. Eccles., viii. 10.
[1313] In Eusebius, Hist. Eccles., viii. 10. [1314] Phil. ii. 6-8. [1315] christophoroi. So Ignatius of Antioch was called theophoros, God-bearer. [Vol. i. pp. 45, 49, this series.] [1316] 1 John iv. 18. II. And to narrate their virtue and their manly endurance under every torment, what language would suffice? For as every …
2,328 wordsSECTION 72------------------------
------------------------ [1340] Cupiditatem. [1341] Ut cogniscatur concupiscentia Meletii. [1342] The text is--Commendans ei occasionem Meletius, separavit eos, &c.; on which see especially Neander, iii. p. 311 (Bohn). [1343] This epistle is given elsewhere. [This volume, infra.] pamphilus exposition anf06 pamphilus-exposit…
2,245 wordsSECTION 73CC. Of the circuit of Paul, in which also we have the account of the death of Eutychus and his restoration by prayer in Troas; also Paul's o
CC. Of the circuit of Paul, in which also we have the account of the death of Eutychus and his restoration by prayer in Troas; also Paul's own pastoral exhortations [1382] to the presbyters at Ephesus; also Paul's voyage from Ephesus to Cæsareia in Palestine. DD. The prophecy of Agabus as to what should befall Paul in Jerusalem…
2,299 wordsSECTION 744. And on account of these things all are groaning and lamenting with themselves; yet they have such a dread of his tyranny and power that t
4. And on account of these things all are groaning and lamenting with themselves; yet they have such a dread of his tyranny and power that they cannot venture on accusing him. And of these things, as we have said already, one might take account in the case of a man who held Catholic sentiments and belonged to our own number; but…
2,333 wordsSECTION 75The precise designation of the seat of the bishopric of Archelaus has been the subject of considerable diversity of opinion. Socrates [1436]
The precise designation of the seat of the bishopric of Archelaus has been the subject of considerable diversity of opinion. Socrates [1436] and Epiphanius [1437] record that Archelaus was bishop of Caschar, or Caschara. [1438] Epiphanius, however, does not keep consistently by that scription. [1439] In the opening sentence of t…
2,638 wordsSECTION 76[1460] [The similar institution of the Rogation fasts in the West is referred to the fifth century. Pellicia, p. 372; Hooker, book v. cap. x
[1460] [The similar institution of the Rogation fasts in the West is referred to the fifth century. Pellicia, p. 372; Hooker, book v. cap. xli. 2.] [1461] Reading cervicibus degravatis et laxis, demisso capite, frontem genibus elidit. The text gives demerso. 3. When Marcellus, the man of consummate piety, had heard this recita…
2,350 wordsSECTION 77If you are desirous of being instructed in the faith of Manes by me, attend to me for a short space. That man worships two deities, unorigin
If you are desirous of being instructed in the faith of Manes by me, attend to me for a short space. That man worships two deities, unoriginated, self-existent, eternal, opposed the one to the other. Of these he represents the one as good, and the other as evil, and assigns the name of Light to the former, and that of Darkness t…
2,542 wordsSECTION 78[1503] pos metangizetai he psuche eis pente somata. But the Codex Bobiensis reads transferuntur; and the Latin version gives "quomodo et ani
[1503] pos metangizetai he psuche eis pente somata. But the Codex Bobiensis reads transferuntur; and the Latin version gives "quomodo et animæ in alia quoque corpora transfunduntur" = how the souls are also transfused into other bodies. [1504] The text gives kelephon, which is spoken of in Migne as an unknown animal, though kel…
2,288 wordsSECTION 79[1543] The text is secretius factum, etc. Routh suggests secretius factus, etc.
[1543] The text is secretius factum, etc. Routh suggests secretius factus, etc. [1544] The Codex Bobiensis reads "Ægidius." [1545] Epiphanius gives Kleoboulos. [1546] Codex Casinensis reads rectores, governors. And Epiphanius, num. 10, makes the first a professor of Gentile philosophy, the second a physician, the third a gram…
2,540 wordsSECTION 80[1570] Or, standard.
[1570] Or, standard. [1571] Titulo. [1572] Ergastula. [1573] Or, in the wicked one. 1 John v. 19. [1574] The text gives "extra eum." Routh suggests Deum, outside of God. [1575] Vas. [1576] The text gives simply "quod Dei substantia," etc. We may perhaps adopt, with Routh, "quod si Dei," etc. [1577] Sedes. ["Thrones," as i…
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