The Martyrdom of Ignatius CHAP. I.--DESIRE OF IGNATIUS FOR MARTYRDOM. WHEN Trajan, not long since,(1) succeeded to the empire of the Romans, Ignatius, the disciple of John the apostle, a man in all respects of an apostolic character, governed the Church of the...
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Early Church Fathers
Miscellaneous Church Father Quotes
Satan will be saved: Gregory of Nyssa ( 330-394) said Satan will be saved, "A certain deception was indeed practised upon the Evil one, by concealing the Divine nature within the human; but for the latter, as himself a deceiver, it was only a just recompense that he...
Early Church Fathers’ Quotes on Scripture Alone is final Authority
The Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox both assert that the Early Church Fathers were unanimous in their teachings about tradition and scripture being, basically, equal in authority. They further assert that the ECF did not teach Sola Scriptura (Scripture alone) as...
Early Church Fathers’ Quotes on Purgatory
Purgatory supported Tertullian (155-220), "We offer sacrifices for the dead on their birthday anniversaries [the date of death—birth into eternal life]" (Tertullian, The Crown 3:3). Chrysostom (349-407), "Let us help and commemorate them. If Job’s sons were purified...
Salvation by faith and/or works
Salvation by faith and works Origen (185-254), “Whoever dies in his sins, even if he profess to believe in Christ, does not truly believe in him; and even if that which exists without works be called faith, such faith is dead in itself, as we read in the epistle...
Early Church Fathers on Baptism and Salvation
Baptism is Necessary for salvation Irenaeus (120?-200), “'And dipped himself,' says [the Scripture], 'seven times in Jordan.' It was not for nothing that Naaman of old, when suffering from leprosy, was purified upon his being baptized, but it served as an indication...
Augustine on Baptism Against the Donatists, Book 7
BOOK 7 IN WHICH THE REMAINING JUDGMENTS OF THE COUNCIL OF CARTHAGE ARE EXAMINED. CHAPTER 1 1. Let us not be considered troublesome to our readers, if we discuss the same question often and from different points of view. For although the Holy Catholic Church throughout...
Augustine on Baptism Against the Donatists, Book 6
BOOK 6 IN WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE COUNCIL, OF CARTHAGE, HELD UNDER THE AUTHORITY AND PRESIDENCY OF CYPRIAN, TO DETERMINE THE QUESTION OF THE BAPTISM OF HERETICS. CHAPTER 1 1. It might perhaps have been sufficient, that after the reasons have been so often repeated,...
Augustine on Baptism Against the Donatists, Book 5
BOOK 5 HE EXAMINES THE LAST PART OF THE EPISTLE OF CYPRIAN TO JUBAIANUS, TOGETHER WITH HIS EPISTLE TO QUINTUS, THE LETTER OF THE AFRICAN SYNOD TO THE NUMIDIAN BISHOPS, AND CYPRIAN'S EPISTLE TO POMPEIUS. CHAPTER 1 1. We have the testimony of the blessed Cyprian, that...
Augustine on Baptism Against the Donatists, Book 4
BOOK 4 IN WHICH HE TREATS OF WHAT FOLLOWS IN THE SAME EPISTLE OF CYPRIAN TO JUBAIANUS. CHAPTER 1 1. The comparison of the Church with Paradise(1) shows us that men may indeed receive her baptism outside her pale, but that no one outside can either receive or retain...