History of the Christian Church • VOLUME 2
Ante-Nicene Christianity, A.D. 100–325
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121§ 126. The School of Valentinus. Heracleon, Ptolemy, Marcos, Bardesanes, Harmonius.1,970 words122§ 127. Marcion and his School.1,925 words123§ 128. The Ophites. The Sethites. The Peratae. The Cainites1,274 words124§ 129. Saturninus (Satornilos).829 words125§ 131. Tatian and the Encratites.737 words126§ 132. Justin the Gnostic.920 words127§ 135. Mani and the Manichaeans.2,076 words128§ 136. The Manichaean System.1,797 words129CHAPTER XII:2,025 words130We need not wonder, then, that the ante-Nicene fathers held the gnostic heretics of their days in the greatest abhorrence, and called them servants of Satan, beasts in hu804 words131§ 138. The Holy Scriptures and the Canon.2,128 words132In bk. III. ch. 3, Eusebius speaks of "fourteen Epp." of Paul (tou de Paulou prodeloi kai sapheis hai dekatessares,) as commonly received, but adds that "some have reject1,557 words133§ 139. Catholic Tradition.1,266 words134§ 140. The Rule of Faith and the Apostles' Creed.2,063 words135§ 141. Variations of the Apostles' Creed.2,009 words136§ 142. God and the Creation.1,624 words137§ 143. Man and the Fall.937 words138§144. Christ and the Incarnation.1,776 words139§ 145. The Divinity of Christ.2,039 words140With equal energy Hippolytus combated Patripassianism, and insisted on the recognition of different hypostases with equal claim to divine worship. Yet he, too, is somewha1,079 words141§ 146. The Humanity of Christ.1,143 words142§ 147. The Relation of the Divine and the Human in Christ.2,050 words143§ 149. The Holy Trinity.2,216 words144§ 150. Antitrinitarians. First Class: The Alogi, Theodotus, Artemon, Paul of Samosata.2,025 words145§ 151. Second Class of Antitrinitarians: Praxeas, Noëtus, Callistus, Berryllus.1,842 words146§ 152. Sabellianism.920 words147§ 153. Redemption.1,898 words148§ 154. Other Doctrines.2,001 words1492. The Jewish doctrine is far in advance of heathen notions and conjectures, but presents different phases of development.1,811 words150§ 156. Between Death and Resurrection.2,083 words151§ 157. After Judgment. Future Punishment.2,301 words152[1139] Matt. 12:32 (the unpardonable sin); 26:24 (Judas had better never been born); 25:46 ("eternal punishment" contrasted with "eternal life"); Mark 9:48 ("Gehenna, whe1,404 words153§ 158. Chiliasm.2,064 words154[1164] Comp. Matt. 24:33, 36; Mark 13:32; Acts 1:7; 1 Thess. 5:1, 2; 2 Pet. 3:10; Rev. 1:3; 3:3.979 words155CHAPTER XIII:1,670 words156§ 160. A General Estimate of the Fathers.1,980 words157§ 161. The Apostolic Fathers.1,990 words158§ 162. Clement of Rome.2,181 words159Very beautifully also he draws from the harmony of the universe an incitement to concord, and incidentally expresses here the remarkable sentiment, perhaps suggested by t2,030 words160[1204] Funk gives a list of quotations and parallel passages, Patr. Apost. I. 566-570. From this it appears that 157 are from the O. T., including the Apocrypha and (appa1,119 words161§ 163. The Pseudo-Clementine Works.971 words162§ 164. Ignatius of Antioch.2,125 words163As he appears personally in his epistles, his most beautiful and venerable trait is his glowing love for Christ as God incarnate, and his enthusiasm for martyrdom. If gre1,771 words164§ 165. The Ignatian Controversy.1,800 words165§ 166. Polycarp of Smyrna.2,075 words1664. "But the love of money is a beginning [archeinstead of root, rize] of all kinds of evil, [1 Tim. 6:10]. Knowing, therefore, that as we brought nothing into the world, 896 words167§ 167. Barnabas.2,037 words168[1266] Ch. 2:ho kainos nomos tou Kuriou hemon I.Ch., aneu (ater) zugou anankes on1,059 words169§ 168. Hermas.2,154 words170"After these words of hers were ended, she said unto me: 'Dost thou wish to hear me read?' I said unto her: 'Yea, Lady, I do wish it.' She said unto me: 'Be thou a hearer2,142 words171Note.2,016 words172§ 169. Papias.2,030 words173§ 170. The Epistle to Diognetus.2,022 words174§ 171. Sixtus of Rome.2,060 words175§ 172. The Apologists. Quadratus and Aristides.1,087 words176§ 173. Justin the Philosopher and Martyr.2,020 words177(1) His chief works are apologetic, and still remain, namely, his two Apologies against the heathen, and his Dialogue with the Jew Trypho The First or larger Apology (68 2,045 words178Here comes in the practical or ethical side of this Christian philosophy. It is wisdom which emanates from God and leads to God. It is a new law and a new covenant, promi2,072 words179§ 174. The Other Greek Apologists. Tatian.2,066 words180§ 175. Athenagoras.892 words
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