By Tertullian, Hermas, Justin, Ignatius, Polycarp, Irenaeus, Origen, Clement of Alexandria, Eberhard Arnold
In those firsthand accounts of the early church, the spirit of Pentecost burns with prophetic strength during the fog enveloping the fashionable church. a transparent and colourful religion lives on in those writings, supplying a consultant for Christians at the present time. Its stark simplicity and progressive fervor will stun these lulled by way of traditional Christianity.
The Early Christians is a topically prepared choice of fundamental resources. It comprises extra-biblical sayings of Jesus and excerpts from Origen, Tertullian, Polycarp, Clement of Alexandria, Justin, Irenaeus, Hermas, Ignatius, and others. both revealing fabric from pagan contemporaries – critics, detractors, and persecutors – is integrated in addition.
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E B E R H A R D A R N O L D . C O M 39 T H E 18 E A R L Y C H R I S T I A N S : T H E W I T N E S S O F T H E E A R LY C H U R C H A. Harnack, The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries, hereafter referred to as Harnack ET (English Translation), vol. I, pp. 401 ff. He emphasizes that according to the Old Testament “the poor” was a designation of distinction. ” 19 Here (To Donatus 4) Cyprian glorifies the freely flowing Spirit, which cannot be restrained by any barriers or limits, but flows perpetually in rich exuberance – as long as the heart thirsts and is open for it.
12. 80 Cyprian, To Donatus 5. 81 Tertullian, Apology 46. 82 Tertullian, Apology 27; Tatian, Address to the Greeks 16. 83 Cyprian, To Demetrianus 15; see also To Donatus 5. W W W . E B E R H A R D A R N O L D . 7. 7. 6. 8. B. Swete, 1882, pp. 121 ff. see Harnack ET, vol. 1. pp. 445–446. 89 Tertullian, On the Prescription of Heretics 20; On Modesty 21. Even the apostles recognized that their authority to forgive sins was dependent on the gift of the Holy Spirit. Compare Origen, On Prayer 28. D. 375 a Roman presbyter published Quaestiones Veteris et Novi Testamenti (93, ch.
Before that time, therefore, there was no church in the sense of a consecrated building. Tertullian, Hippolytus, Clement of Alexandria, Minucius Felix, Origen, and Cyprian were the first to mention rooms or buildings set aside for worship. 5; and Acts of Justin Martyr. See also p. 60-61 below. 92 See documentation in Wetter, Altchristliche Liturgien, notes 11 and 19 above. 22. 33) granted former soldiers “freedom and peace” if they chose to profess their religion rather than maintain their military rank.
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