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...
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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...