Tertullian, To Scapula, Translated by the Rev. S. Thelwall CHAP. I. WE are not in any great perturbation or alarm about the persecutions we suffer from the ignorance of men;…
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Tertullian, A Treatise on the Soul Chapters 1 to 28
Tertullian, A Treatise on the Soul Chapters 1 to 28 CHAP. I.–IT IS NOT TO THE PHILOSOPHERS THAT WE RESORT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOUL BUT TO GOD.(2) HAVING discussed…
Tertullian, The Prescription Against Heretics
The Prescription Against Heretics by Tertullian CHAP. I.–INTRODUCTORY. HERESIES MUST EXIST, AND EVEN ABOUND; THEY ARE A PROBATION TO FAITH. THE character of the times in which we live is…
Who are the Samaritans?
The Samaritans were a people group who resided in a portion of ancient Israel towards the end of the Old Testament period and who, like the Jews, worshiped Yahweh. They…
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 19 – 34
PSALM 19 TO THE END, A PSALM OF DAVID HIMSELF. It is a well-known title; nor does the Lord Jesus Christ say what follows, but it is said of Him….
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 72 – 75
Augustine on Psalms 72-75 PSALM 72 “For Salomon” indeed this Psalm’s title is fore-noted: but things are spoken of therein which could not apply to that Salomon king of Israel…
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 93 – 98
Augustine on Psalms 93-98 PSALM 93 … It is entitled, “The Song of praise of David himself, on the day before the Sabbath, when the earth was rounded.” Remembering then…
Augustine on the Psalms. Psalms 132 – 138
PSALM 132 It was right indeed, most beloved, that we should rather hear our Brother,(6) my colleague, when present before all of us. And just now he refused not, but…
Augustine’s City of God, Book 18
The City of God: Book 18, by Augustine of Hippo BOOK 18 ARGUMENT. AUGUSTIN TRACES THE PARALLEL COURSES OF THE EARTHLY AND HEAVENLY CITIES FROM THE TIME OF ABRAHAM TO…