Table Of ContentANF09. The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron
of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision
of Paul, The Apocalypse of the Virgin and
Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The
Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, The
Narrative of Zosimus, The Apology of
Aristides, The Epistles of Clement (complete
text), Origen’s Commentary on John, Books
1–10, and Commentary on Matthew, Books
1, 2, and 10–14.
by
Philip Schaff
Christian Classics Ethereal Library
About ANF09. The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse
of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of the Virgin and Sedrach, The
Testament of Abraham, The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, The Narrative
of Zosimus, The Apology of Aristides, The Epistles of Clement (complete text),
Origen’s Commentary on John, Books 1–10, and Commentary on Matthew,
Books 1, 2, and 10–14. by Philip Schaff
Title: ANF09. The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The
Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of the Virgin
and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts of Xanthippe and
Polyxena, The Narrative of Zosimus, The Apology of Aristides, The
Epistles of Clement (complete text), Origen’s Commentary on John,
Books 1–10, and Commentary on Matthew, Books 1, 2, and 10–14.
URL: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf09.html
Author(s): Schaff, Philip
Publisher: Grand Rapids,MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library
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brings together the work of early Christian thinkers. In particular, it
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inclusion of entire texts, and not simply fragments or excerpts from
these great writings. The translations are fairly literal, providing both
readers and scholars with a good approximation of the originals.
These writings were heavily influential on the early Church, and for
good reason, as they are inspirational and encouraging. These
volumes also come with many useful notes, providing the reader with
new levels of understanding. Overall, Ante-Nicene Fathers, or any
part of it, is a welcome addition to one's reading list.
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ANF09. The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Philip Schaff
Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of
the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts
Table of Contents
About This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. ii
Title Page.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 1
Preface.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 2
The Gospel of Peter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4
Introduction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4
The Gospel According to Peter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 8
Synoptical Table of the Four Canonical Gospels and The Gospel According
to Peter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 11
The Diatessaron of Tatian.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 28
Introduction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 28
Introductory Notes.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 38
The Diatessaron.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 40
Section I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 40
Section II.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 46
Section III.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 50
Section IV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 55
Section V.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 59
Section VI.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 63
Section VII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 68
Section VIII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 73
Section IX.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 78
Section X.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 82
Section XI.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 85
Section XII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 90
Section XIII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 93
Section XIV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 97
Section XV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 101
Section XVI.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 105
Section XVII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 109
Section XVIII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 113
Section XIX.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 117
Section XX.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 121
Section XXI.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 126
Section XXII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 129
Section XXIII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 133
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Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of
the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts
Section XXIV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 138
Section XXV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 142
Section XXVI.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 146
Section XXVII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 149
Section XXVIII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 153
Section XXIX.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 157
Section XXX.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 161
Section XXXI.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 165
Section XXXII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 169
Section XXXIII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 173
Section XXXIV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 177
Section XXXV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 181
Section XXXVI.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 186
Section XXXVII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 189
Section XXXVIII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 193
Section XXXIX.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 197
Section XL.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 201
Section XLI.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 206
Section XLII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 211
Section XLIII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 215
Section XLIV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 219
Section XLV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 223
Section XLVI.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 227
Section XLVII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 232
Section XLVIII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 236
Section XLIX.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 240
Section L.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 244
Section LI.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 248
Section LII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 253
Section LIII.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 258
Section LIV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 262
Section LV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 267
Subscriptions.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 268
The Apocalypse of Peter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 270
Introduction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 270
The Apocalypse of Peter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 274
Fragments of the Apocalypse of Peter.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 277
The Vision of Paul.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 278
Introduction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 278
The Vision of Paul.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 279
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Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of
the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts
The Apocalypse of the Virgin.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 302
Introduction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 302
The Apocalypse of the Holy Mother of God Concerning the
Chastisements.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 302
The Apocalypse of Sedrach.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 311
Introduction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 311
The Apocalypse of Sedrach.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 311
The Testament of Abraham.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 317
Title Page.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 317
Introduction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 317
The Testament of Abraham.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 319
Version I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 319
Version II.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 330
The Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 337
Introduction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 337
Life and Conduct of the Holy Women, Xanthippe, Polyxena, and
Rebecca.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 338
The Narrative of Zosimus.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 356
Introduction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 356
The Narrative of Zosimus Concerning the Life of the Blessed.. . . . . . . p. 357
The Epistles of Clement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 364
Title Page.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 364
Introductory Notice to 1st Clement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 364
Additional Introduction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 366
The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 366
The Salutation. Praise of the Corinthians Before the Breaking Forth of
Schism Among Them.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 366
Praise of the Corinthians Continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 367
The Sad State of the Corinthian Church After Sedition Arose in It from
Envy and Emulation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 368
Many Evils Have Already Flowed from This Source in Ancient
Times.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 369
No Less Evils Have Arisen from the Same Source in the Most Recent
Times. The Martyrdom of Peter and Paul.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 370
Continuation. Several Other Martyrs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 370
An Exhortation to Repentance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 371
Continuation Respecting Repentance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 371
Examples of the Saints.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 372
Continuation of the Above.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 372
Continuation. Lot.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 373
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Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of
the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts
The Rewards of Faith and Hospitality. Rahab.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 374
An Exhortation to Humility.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 374
We Should Obey God Rather Than the Authors of Sedition.. . . . . . . . p. 375
We Must Adhere to Those Who Cultivate Peace, Not to Those Who
Merely Pretend to Do So.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 375
Christ as an Example of Humility.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 376
The Saints as Examples of Humility.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 377
David as an Example of Humility.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 377
Imitating These Examples, Let Us Seek After Peace.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 378
The Peace and Harmony of the Universe.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 379
Let Us Obey God, and Not the Authors of Sedition.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 379
These Exhortations are Confirmed by the Christian Faith, Which Proclaims
the Misery of Sinful Conduct.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 380
Be Humble, and Believe that Christ Will Come Again.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 381
God Continually Shows Us in Nature that There Will Be a
Resurrection.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 381
The Phœnix an Emblem of Our Resurrection.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 382
We Shall Rise Again, Then, as the Scripture Also Testifies.. . . . . . . . p. 382
In the Hope of the Resurrection, Let Us Cleave to the Omnipotent and
Omniscient God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 383
God Sees All Things: Therefore Let Us Avoid Transgression.. . . . . . p. 383
Let Us Also Draw Near to God in Purity of Heart.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 384
Let Us Do Those Things that Please God, and Flee from Those He Hates,
that We May Be Blessed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 384
Let Us See by What Means We May Obtain the Divine Blessing.. . . . . p. 385
We are Justified Not by Our Own Works, But by Faith.. . . . . . . . . . . p. 386
But Let Us Not Give Up the Practice of Good Works and Love. God
Himself is an Example to Us of Good Works.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 386
Great is the Reward of Good Works with God. Joined Together in
Harmony, Let Us Implore that Reward from Him.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 387
Immense is This Reward. How Shall We Obtain It?. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 388
All Blessings are Given to Us Through Christ.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 389
Christ is Our Leader, and We His Soldiers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 390
Let the Members of the Church Submit Themselves, and No One Exalt
Himself Above Another.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 390
There is No Reason for Self-Conceit.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 391
Let Us Preserve in the Church the Order Appointed by God.. . . . . . . p. 391
Continuation of the Same Subject.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 392
The Order of Ministers in the Church.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 392
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the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts
Moses of Old Stilled the Contention Which Arose Concerning the Priestly
Dignity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 393
The Ordinances of the Apostles, that There Might Be No Contention
Respecting the Priestly Office.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 394
It is the Part of the Wicked to Vex the Righteous.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 394
Let Us Cleave to the Righteous: Your Strife is Pernicious.. . . . . . . . p. 395
Your Recent Discord is Worse Than the Former Which Took Place in the
Times of Paul.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 396
Let Us Return to the Practice of Brotherly Love.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 397
The Praise of Love.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 397
Let Us Pray to Be Thought Worthy of Love.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 398
Let the Partakers in Strife Acknowledge Their Sins.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 398
Such a Confession is Pleasing to God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 399
The Love of Moses Towards His People.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 399
He Who is Full of Love Will Incur Every Loss, that Peace May Be Restored
to the Church.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 400
Examples of Such Love.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 400
Let Us Admonish and Correct One Another.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 401
Let the Authors of Sedition Submit Themselves.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 402
Submission the Precursor of Salvation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 403
Warning Against Disobedience. Prayer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 403
Prayer Continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 404
Prayer Continued—For Rulers and Governors. Conclusion.. . . . . . . p. 405
Summary and Conclusory—Concerning Godliness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 405
Hortatory, Letter Sent by Special Messengers.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 405
Blessings Sought for All that Call Upon God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 406
The Corinthians are Exhorted Speedily to Send Back Word that Peace
Has Been Restored. The Benediction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 406
Introductory Notice to 2nd Clement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 407
The Second Epistle of Clement.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 408
We Ought to Think Highly of Christ.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 408
The Church, Formerly Barren, is Now Fruitful.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 408
The Duty of Confessing Christ.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 409
True Confession of Christ.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 410
This World Should Be Despised.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 410
The Present and Future Worlds are Enemies to Each Other.. . . . . . . p. 411
We Must Strive in Order to Be Crowned.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 412
The Necessity of Repentance While We are on Earth.. . . . . . . . . . . p. 412
We Shall Be Judged in the Flesh.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 413
Vice is to Be Forsaken, and Virtue Followed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 413
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ANF09. The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Philip Schaff
Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of
the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts
We Ought to Serve God, Trusting in His Promises.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 414
We are Constantly to Look for the Kingdom of God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 414
God's Name Not to Be Blasphemed.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 415
The Church Spiritual.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 415
He Who Saves and He Who is Saved.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 416
Preparation for the Day of Judgment.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 417
Same Subject Continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 417
The Author Sinful, Yet Pursuing.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 418
Reward of the Righteous, Although They May Suffer.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 418
Godliness, Not Gain, the True Riches.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 418
The Apology of Aristides the Philosopher.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 420
Title Page.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 420
Introduction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 420
The Apology of Aristides as it is preserved in the history of Barlaam and
Josaphat. Translated from the Greek.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 425
The Apology of Aristides the Philosopher. Translated from the
Syriac.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 433
The Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 446
Title Page.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 446
Introduction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 446
The Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 447
Epistle to Gregory and Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John.. . . . . p. 449
Introduction.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 449
Letter of Origen to Gregory.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 455
Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 457
Book I.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 457
How Christians are the Spiritual Israel.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 457
The 144,000 Sealed in the Apocalypse are Converts to Christ from the
Gentile World.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 458
In the Spiritual Israel the High-Priests are Those Who Devote
Themselves to the Study of Scripture.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 459
The Study of the Gospels is the First Fruits Offered by These Priests
of Christianity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 460
All Scripture is Gospel; But the Gospels are Distinguished Above Other
Scriptures.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 460
The Fourfold Gospel. John's the First Fruits of the Four. Qualifications
Necessary for Interpreting It.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 462
What Good Things are Announced in the Gospels.. . . . . . . . . . . . p. 463
How the Gospels Cause the Other Books of Scripture Also to Be
Gospel.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 464
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ANF09. The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Philip Schaff
Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of
the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts
The Somatic and the Spiritual Gospel.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 465
How Jesus Himself is the Gospel.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 466
Jesus is All Good Things; Hence the Gospel is Manifold.. . . . . . . . p. 467
The Gospel Contains the Ill Deeds Also Which Were Done to
Jesus.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 469
The Angels Also are Evangelists.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 470
The Old Testament, Typified by John, is the Beginning of the
Gospel.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 471
The Gospel is in the Old Testament, and Indeed in the Whole Universe.
Prayer for Aid to Understand the Mystical Sense of the Work in
Hand.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 472
Meaning of “Beginning.” (1) in Space.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 472
(2) in Time. The Beginning of Creation.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 473
(3) of Substance.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 474
(4) of Type and Copy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 475
(5) of Elements and What is Formed from Them.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 475
(6) of Design and Execution.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 476
The Word Was in the Beginning, I.e., in Wisdom, Which Contained All
Things in Idea, Before They Existed. Christ's Character as Wisdom is
Prior to His Other Characters.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 476
The Title “Word” Is to Be Interpreted by the Same Method as the Other
Titles of Christ. The Word of God is Not a Mere Attribute of God, But
a Separate Person. What is Meant When He is Called the Word.. . . . p. 478
Christ as Light; How He, and How His Disciples are the Light of the
World.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 482
Christ as the Resurrection.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 484
Christ as the Way.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 485
Christ as the Truth.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 485
Christ as Life.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 485
Christ as the Door and as the Shepherd.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 486
Christ as Anointed (Christ) and as King.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 486
Christ as Teacher and Master.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 487
Christ as Son.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 488
Christ the True Vine, and as Bread.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 488
Christ as the First and the Last; He is Also What Lies Between
These.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 489
Christ as the Living and the Dead.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 490
Christ as a Sword.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 491
Christ as a Servant, as the Lamb of God, and as the Man Whom John
Did Not Know.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 491
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ANF09. The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Philip Schaff
Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of
the Virgin and Sedrach, The Testament of Abraham, The Acts
Christ as Paraclete, as Propitiation, and as the Power of God.. . . . . p. 493
Christ as Wisdom and Sanctification and Redemption.. . . . . . . . . . p. 493
Christ as Righteousness; As the Demiurge, the Agent of the Good God,
and as High-Priest.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 494
Christ as the Rod, the Flower, the Stone.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 496
Of the Various Ways in Which Christ is the Logos.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 497
Book II.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 500
“And the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”. . . . . . . . . . p. 500
In What Way the Logos is God. Errors to Be Avoided on This
Question.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 502
Various Relations of the Logos to Men.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 503
That the Logos is One, Not Many. Of the Word, Faithful and True, and
of His White Horse.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 505
He (This One) Was in the Beginning with God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 509
How the Word is the Maker of All Things, and Even the Holy Spirit Was
Made Through Him.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 509
Of Things Not Made Through the Logos.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 513
Heracleon's View that the Logos is Not the Agent of Creation.. . . . . p. 514
That the Logos Present in Us is Not Responsible for Our Sins.. . . . . p. 515
“That Which Was Made Was Life in Him, and the Life Was the Light of
Men.” This Involves the Paradox that What Does Not Derive Life from
the Logos Does Not Live at All.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 517
How No One is Righteous or Can Truly Be Said to Live in Comparison
with God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 517
Is the Saviour All that He Is, to All?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 519
How the Life in the Logos Comes After the Beginning.. . . . . . . . . . p. 520
How the Natures of Men are Not So Fixed from the First, But that They
May Pass from Darkness to Light.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 520
Heracleon's View that the Lord Brought Life Only to the Spiritual.
Refutation of This.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 521
The Life May Be the Light of Others Besides.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 521
The Higher Powers are Men; And Christ is Their Light Also.. . . . . . p. 522
How God Also is Light, But in a Different Way; And How Life Came
Before Light.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 523
The Life Here Spoken of is the Higher Life, that of Reason.. . . . . . . p. 524
Different Kinds of Light; And of Darkness.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 525
Christ is Not, Like God, Quite Free from Darkness: Since He Bore Our
Sins.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 526
How the Darkness Failed to Overtake the Light.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 527
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