{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/002/index.htm","path":"chr/ecf/002/index.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/002/index.htm","text":"Sacred Texts\u00a0\n Christianity\u00a0\n Early Church Fathers\u00a0\n \n \n Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. II\n Fathers of the Second Century: Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, and Clement of Alexandria\n \n \n \n Title Page\n Title Page\n \n \n THE PASTOR OF HERMAS\n THE PASTOR OF HERMAS\n Introductory Note\n Book First.\u2014Visions\n Vision First. Against Filthy and Proud Thoughts, and the Carelessness of Hermas in Chastising His Sons.\n Vision Second. Again, of His Neglect in Chastising His Talkative Wife and His Lustful Sons, and of His Character.\n Vision Third. Concerning the Building of the Triumphant Church, and the Various Classes of Reprobate Men.\n Vision Fourth. Concerning the Trial and Tribulation that are to Come Upon Men.\n Vision Fifth. Concerning the Commandments.\n Book Second.\u2014Commandments\n Commandment First. On Faith in God.\n Commandment Second. On Avoiding Evil-Speaking, and on Giving Alms in Simplicity.\n Commandment Third. On Avoiding Falsehood, and on the Repentance of Hermas for His Dissimulation.\n Commandment Fourth. On Putting One\u2019s Wife Away for Adultery.\n Commandment Fifth. Of Sadness of Heart, and of Patience.\n Commandment Sixth. How to Recognise the Two Spirits Attendant on Each Man, and How to Distinguish the Suggestions of the One from Those of the Other.\n Commandment Seventh. On Fearing God, and Not Fearing the Devil.\n Commandment Eighth. We Ought to Shun that Which is Evil, and Do that Which is Good.\n Commandment Ninth. Prayer Must Be Made to God Without Ceasing, and with Unwavering Confidence.\n Commandment Tenth. Of Grief, and Not Grieving the Spirit of God Which is in Us.\n Commandment Eleventh. The Spirit and Prophets to Be Tried by Their Works; Also of the Two Kinds of Spirit.\n Commandment Twelfth. On the Twofold Desire. The Commandments of God Can Be Kept, and Believers Ought Not to Fear the Devil.\n Book Third.\u2014Similitudes\n Similitude First. As in This World We Have No Abiding City, We Ought to Seek One to Come.\n Similitude Second. As the Vine is Supported by the Elm, So is the Rich Man Helped by the Prayer of the Poor.\n Similitude Third. As in Winter Green Trees Cannot Be Distinguished from Withered, So in This World Neither Can the Just from the Unjust.\n Similitude Fourth. As in Summer Living Trees are Distinguished from Withered by Fruit and Living Leaves, So in the World to Come the Just Differ from the Unjust in Happiness.\n Similitude Fifth. Of True Fasting and Its Reward: Also of Purity of Body.\n Similitude Sixth. Of the Two Classes of Voluptuous Men, and of Their Death, Falling Away, and the Duration of Their Punishment.\n Similitude Seventh. They Who Repent Must Bring Forth Fruits Worthy of Repentance.\n Similitude Eighth. The Sins of the Elect and of the Penitent are of Many Kinds, But All Will Be Rewarded According to the Measure of Their Repentance and Good Works.\n Similitude Ninth. The Great Mysteries in the Building of the Militant and Triumphant Church.\n Similitude Tenth. Concerning Repentance and Alms-Giving.\n Elucidations\n \n \n TATIAN\n TATIAN\n Introductory Note\n Address to the Greeks\n Chapter I. The Greeks Claim, Without Reason, the Invention of the Arts.\n Chapter II. The Vices and Errors of the Philosophers.\n Chapter III. Ridicule of the Philosophers.\n Chapter IV. The Christians Worship God Alone.\n Chapter V. The Doctrine of the Christians as to the Creation of the World.\n Chapter VI. Christians\u2019 Belief in the Resurrection.\n Chapter VII. Concerning the Fall of Man.\n Chapter VIII. The Demons Sin Among Mankind.\n Chapter IX. They Give Rise to Superstitions.\n Chapter X. Ridicule of the Heathen Divinities.\n Chapter XI. The Sin of Men Due Not to Fate, But to Free-Will.\n Chapter XII. The Two Kinds of Spirits.\n Chapter XIII. Theory of the Soul\u2019s Immortality.\n Chapter XIV. The Demons Shall Be Punished More Severely Than Men.\n Chapter XV. Necessity of a Union with the Holy Spirit.\n Chapter XVI. Vain Display of Power by the Demons.\n Chapter XVII. They Falsely Promise Health to Their Votaries.\n Chapter XVIII. They Deceive, Instead of Healing.\n Chapter XIX. Depravity Lies at the Bottom of Demon-Worship.\n Chapter XX. Thanks are Ever Due to God.\n Chapter XXI. Doctrines of the Christians and Greeks Respecting God Compared.\n Chapter XXII. Ridicule of the Solemnities of the Greeks.\n Chapter XXIII. Of the Pugilists and Gladiators.\n Chapter XXIV. Of the Other Public Amusements.\n Chapter XXV. Boastings and Quarrels of the Philosophers.\n Chapter XXVI. Ridicule of the Studies of the Greeks.\n Chapter XXVII. The Christians are Hated Unjustly.\n Chapter XXVIII. Condemnation of the Greek Legislation.\n Chapter XXIX. Account of Tatian\u2019s Conversion.\n Chapter XXX. How He Resolved to Resist the Devil.\n Chapter XXXI. The Philosophy of the Christians More Ancient Than that of the Greeks.\n Chapter XXXII. The Doctrine of the Christians, is Opposed to Dissensions, and Fitted for All.\n Chapter XXXIII. Vindication of Christian Women.\n Chapter XXXIV. Ridicule of the Statues Erected by the Greeks.\n Chapter XXXV. Tatian Speaks as an Eye-Witness.\n Chapter XXXVI. Testimony of the Chaldeans to the Antiquity of Moses.\n Chapter XXXVII. Testimony of the Ph\u0153nicians.\n Chapter XXXVIII. The Egyptians Place Moses in the Reign of Inachus.\n Chapter XXXIX. Catalogue of the Argive Kings.\n Chapter XL. Moses More Ancient and Credible Than the Heathen Heroes.\n Chapter XLI.\n Chapter XLII. Concluding Statement as to the Author.\n Fragments\n \n \n THEOPHILUS\n THEOPHILUS\n Introductory Note\n Theophilus to Autolycus\n Book I\n Chapter I.\u2014Autolycus an Idolater and Scorner of Christians.\n Chapter II.\u2014That the Eyes of the Soul Must Be Purged Ere God Can Be Seen.\n Chapter III.\u2014Nature of God.\n Chapter IV.\u2014Attributes of God.\n Chapter V.\u2014The Invisible God Perceived Through His Works.\n Chapter VI.\u2014God is Known by His Works.\n Chapter VII.\u2014We Shall See God When We Put on Immortality.\n Chapter VIII.\u2014Faith Required in All Matters.\n Chapter IX.\u2014Immoralities of the Gods.\n Chapter X.\u2014Absurdities of Idolatry.\n Chapter XI.\u2014The King to Be Honoured, God to Be Worshipped.\n Chapter XII.\u2014Meaning of the Name Christian.\n Chapter XIII.\u2014The Resurrection Proved by Examples.\n Chapter XIV.\u2014Theophilus an Example of Conversion.\n Book II\n Chapter I.\u2014Occasion of Writing This Book.\n Chapter II.\u2014The Gods are Despised When They are Made; But Become Valuable When Bought.\n Chapter III.\u2014What Has Become of the Gods?\n Chapter IV.\u2014Absurd Opinions of the Philosophers Concerning God.\n Chapter V.\u2014Opinions of Homer and Hesiod Concerning the Gods.\n Chapter VI.\u2014Hesiod on the Origin of the World.\n Chapter VII.\u2014Fabulous Heathen Genealogies.\n Chapter VIII.\u2014 Opinions Concerning Providence.\n Chapter IX.\u2014The Prophets Inspired by the Holy Ghost.\n Chapter X.\u2014The World Created by God Through the Word.\n Chapter XI.\u2014The Six Days\u2019 Work Described.\n Chapter XII.\u2014The Glory of the Six Days\u2019 Work.\n Chapter XIII.\u2014Remarks on the Creation of the World.\n Chapter XIV.\u2014The World Compared to the Sea.\n Chapter XV.\u2014Of the Fourth Day.\n Chapter XVI.\u2014Of the Fifth Day.\n Chapter XVII.\u2014Of the Sixth Day.\n Chapter XVIII.\u2014The Creation of Man.\n Chapter XIX.\u2014Man is Placed in Paradise.\n Chapter XX.\u2014The Scriptural Account of Paradise.\n Chapter XXI.\u2014Of the Fall of Man.\n Chapter XXII.\u2014Why God is Said to Have Walked.\n Chapter XXIII.\u2014The Truth of the Account in Genesis.\n Chapter XXIV.\u2014The Beauty of Paradise.\n Chapter XXV.\u2014God Was Justified in Forbidding Man to Eat of the Tree of Knowledge.\n Chapter XXVI.\u2014God\u2019s Goodness in Expelling Man from Paradise.\n Chapter XXVII.\u2014The Nature of Man.\n Chapter XXVIII.\u2014Why Eve Was Formed of Adam\u2019s Rib.\n Chapter XXIX.\u2014Cain\u2019s Crime.\n Chapter XXX.\u2014Cain\u2019s Family and Their Inventions.\n Chapter XXXI.\u2014The History After the Flood.\n Chapter XXXII.\u2014How the Human Race Was Dispersed.\n Chapter XXXIII.\u2014Profane History Gives No Account of These Matters.\n Chapter XXXIV.\u2014The Prophets Enjoined Holiness of Life.\n Chapter XXXV.\u2014Precepts from the Prophetic Books.\n Chapter XXXVI.\u2014Prophecies of the Sibyl.\n Chapter XXXVII.\u2014The Testimonies of the Poets.\n Chapter XXXVIII.\u2014The Teachings of the Greek Poets and Philosophers Confirmatory of Those of the Hebrew Prophets.\n Book III\n Chapter I.\u2014Autolycus Not Yet Convinced.\n Chapter II.\u2014Profane Authors Had No Means of Knowing the Truth.\n Chapter III.\u2014Their Contradictions.\n Chapter IV.\u2014How Autolycus Had Been Misled by False Accusations Against the Christians.\n Chapter V.\u2014Philosophers Inculcate Cannibalism.\n Chapter VI.\u2014Other Opinions of the Philosophers.\n Chapter VII.\u2014Varying Doctrine Concerning the Gods.\n Chapter VIII.\u2014Wickedness Attributed to the Gods by Heathen Writers.\n Chapter IX.\u2014Christian Doctrine of God and His Law.\n Chapter X.\u2014Of Humanity to Strangers.\n Chapter XI.\u2014Of Repentance.\n Chapter XII.\u2014Of Righteousness.\n Chapter XIII.\u2014Of Chastity.\n Chapter XIV.\u2014Of Loving Our Enemies.\n Chapter XV.\u2014The Innocence of the Christians Defended.\n Chapter XVI.\u2014Uncertain Conjectures of the Philosophers.\n Chapter XVII.\u2014Accurate Information of the Christians.\n Chapter XVIII.\u2014Errors of the Greeks About the Deluge.\n Chapter XIX.\u2014Accurate Account of the Deluge.\n Chapter XX.\u2014Antiquity of Moses.\n Chapter XXI.\u2014Of Manetho\u2019s Inaccuracy.\n Chapter XXII.\u2014Antiquity of the Temple.\n Chapter XXIII.\u2014Prophets More Ancient Than Greek Writers.\n Chapter XXIV.\u2014Chronology from Adam.\n Chapter XXV.\u2014From Saul to the Captivity.\n Chapter XXVI.\u2014Contrast Between Hebrew and Greek Writings.\n Chapter XXVII.\u2014Roman Chronology to the Death of M. Aurelius.\n Chapter XXVIII.\u2014Leading Chronological Epochs.\n Chapter XXIX.\u2014Antiquity of Christianity.\n Chapter XXX.\u2014Why the Greeks Did Not Mention Our Histories.\n \n \n ATHENAGORAS\n ATHENAGORAS\n Introductory Note\n A Plea for the Christians\n Chapter I.\u2014Injustice Shown Towards the Christians.\n Chapter II.\u2014Claim to Be Treated as Others are When Accused.\n Chapter III.\u2014Charges Brought Against the Christians.\n Chapter IV.\u2014The Christians are Not Atheists, But Acknowledge One Only God.\n Chapter V.\u2014Testimony of the Poets to the Unity of God.\n Chapter VI.\u2014Opinions of the Philosophers as to the One God.\n Chapter VII.\u2014Superiority of the Christian Doctrine Respecting God.\n Chapter VIII.\u2014Absurdities of Polytheism.\n Chapter IX.\u2014The Testimony of the Prophets.\n Chapter X.\u2014The Christians Worship the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.\n Chapter XI.\u2014The Moral Teaching of the Christians Repels the Charge Brought Against Them.\n Chapter XII.\u2014Consequent Absurdity of the Charge of Atheism.\n Chapter XIII.\u2014Why the Christians Do Not Offer Sacrifices.\n Chapter XIV.\u2014Inconsistency of Those Who Accuse the Christians.\n Chapter XV.\u2014The Christians Distinguish God from Matter.\n Chapter XVI.\u2014The Christians Do Not Worship the Universe.\n Chapter XVII.\u2014The Names of the Gods and Their Images are But of Recent Date.\n Chapter XVIII.\u2014The Gods Themselves Have Been Created, as the Poets Confess.\n Chapter XIX.\u2014The Philosophers Agree with the Poets Respecting the Gods.\n Chapter XX.\u2014Absurd Representations of the Gods.\n Chapter XXI.\u2014Impure Loves Ascribed to the Gods.\n Chapter XXII.\u2014Pretended Symbolical Explanations.\n Chapter XXIII.\u2014Opinions of Thales and Plato.\n Chapter XXIV.\u2014Concerning the Angels and Giants.\n Chapter XXV.\u2014The Poets and Philosophers Have Denied a Divine Providence.\n Chapter XXVI.\u2014The Demons Allure Men to the Worship of Images.\n Chapter XXVII.\u2014Artifices of the Demons.\n Chapter XXVIII.\u2014The Heathen Gods Were Simply Men.\n Chapter XXIX.\u2014Proof of the Same from the Poets.\n Chapter XXX.\u2014Reasons Why Divinity Has Been Ascribed to Men.\n Chapter XXXI.\u2014Confutation of the Other Charges Brought Against the Christians.\n Chapter XXXII.\u2014Elevated Morality of the Christians.\n Chapter XXXIII.\u2014Chastity of the Christians with Respect to Marriage.\n Chapter XXXIV.\u2014The Vast Difference in Morals Between the Christians and Their Accusers.\n Chapter XXXV.\u2014The Christians Condemn and Detest All Cruelty.\n Chapter XXXVI.\u2014Bearing of the Doctrine of the Resurrection on the Practices of the Christians.\n Chapter XXXVII.\u2014Entreaty to Be Fairly Judged.\n The Resurrection of the Dead\n Chapter I.\u2014Defence of the Truth Should Precede Discussions Regarding It.\n Chapter II.\u2014A Resurrection is Not Impossible.\n Chapter III.\u2014He Who Could Create, Can Also Raise Up the Dead.\n Chapter IV.\u2014Objection from the Fact that Some Human Bodies Have Become Part of Others.\n Chapter V.\u2014Reference to the Processes of Digestion and Nutrition.\n Chapter VI.\u2014Everything that is Useless or Hurtful is Rejected.\n Chapter VII.\u2014The Resurrection-Body Different from the Present.\n Chapter VIII.\u2014Human Flesh Not the Proper or Natural Food of Men.\n Chapter IX.\u2014Absurdity of Arguing from Man\u2019s Impotency.\n Chapter X.\u2014It Cannot Be Shown that God Does Not Will a Resurrection.\n Chapter XI.\u2014Recapitulation.\n Chapter XII.\u2014Argument for the Resurrection /rom the Purpose Contemplated in Man\u2019s Creation.\n Chapter XIII.\u2014Continuation of the Argument.\n Chapter XIV.\u2014The Resurrection Does Not Rest Solely on the Fact of a Future Judgment.\n Chapter XV.\u2014Argument for the Resurrection from the Nature of Man.\n Chapter XVI\u2014Analogy of Death and Sleep, and Consequent Argument for the Resurrection.\n Chapter XVII.\u2014The Series of Changes We Can Now Trace in Man Renders a Resurrection Probable.\n Chapter XVIII.\u2014Judgment Must Have Reference Both to Soul and Body: There Will Therefore Be a Resurrection.\n Chapter XIX.\u2014Man Would Be More Unfavourably Situated Than the Beasts If There Were No Resurrection.\n Chapter XX.\u2014Man Must Be Possessed Both of a Body and Soul Hereafter, that the Judgment Passed Upon Him May Be Just.\n Chapter XXI.\u2014Continuation of the Argument.\n Chapter XXII.\u2014Continuation of the Argument.\n Chapter XXIII.\u2014Continuation of the Argument.\n Chapter XXIV.\u2014Argument for the Resurrection from the Chief End of Man.\n Chapter XXV.\u2014Argument Continued and Concluded.\n \n \n CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA\n CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA\n Introductory Note\n Exhortation to the Heathen\n Chapter I.\u2014Exhortation to Abandon the Impious Mysteries of Idolatry for the Adoration of the Divine Word and God the Father.\n Chapter II.\u2014The Absurdity and Impiety of the Heathen Mysteries and Fables About the Birth and Death of Their Gods.\n Chapter III.\u2014The Cruelty of the Sacrifices to the Gods.\n Chapter IV.\u2014The Absurdity and Shamefulness of the Images by Which the Gods are Worshipped.\n Chapter V.\u2014The Opinions of the Philosophers Respecting God.\n Chapter VI.\u2014By Divine Inspiration Philosophers Sometimes Hit on the Truth.\n Chapter VII.\u2014The Poets Also Bear Testimony to the Truth.\n Chapter VIII.\u2014The True Doctrine is to Be Sought in the Prophets.\n Chapter IX.\u2014\u201cThat Those Grievously Sin Who Despise or Neglect God\u2019s Gracious Calling.\u201d\n Chapter X.\u2014Answer to the Objection of the Heathen, that It Was Not Right to Abandon the Customs of Their Fathers.\n Chapter XI.\u2014How Great are the Benefits Conferred on Man Through the Advent of Christ.\n Chapter XII.\u2014Exhortation to Abandon Their Old Errors and Listen to the Instructions of Christ.\n The Instructor\n Book I\n Chapter I. The Office of the Instructor.\n Chapter II.\u2014Our Instructor\u2019s Treatment of Our Sins.\n Chapter III.\u2014The Philanthropy of the Instructor.\n Chapter IV.\u2014Men and Women Alike Under the Instructor\u2019s Charge.\n Chapter V.\u2014All Who Walk According to Truth are Children of God.\n Chapter VI.\u2014The Name Children Does Not Imply Instruction in Elementary Principles.\n Chapter VII.\u2014Who the Instructor Is, and Respecting His Instruction.\n Chapter VIII.\u2014Against Those Who Think that What is Just is Not Good.\n Chapter IX.\u2014That It is the Prerogative of the Same Power to Be Beneficent and to Punish Justly. Also the Manner of the Instruction of the Logos.\n Chapter X.\u2014That the Same God, by the Same Word, Restrains from Sin by Threatening, and Saves Humanity by Exhorting.\n Chapter XI.\u2014That the Word Instructed by the Law and the Prophets.\n Chapter XII.\u2014The Instructor Characterized by the Severity and Benignity of Paternal Affection.\n Chapter XIII.\u2014Virtue Rational, Sin Irrational.\n Book II\n Chap. I.\u2014On Eating.\n Chapter II.\u2014On Drinking.\n Chapter III.\u2014On Costly Vessels.\n Chapter IV.\u2014How to Conduct Ourselves at Feasts.\n Chapter V.\u2014On Laughter.\n Chapter VI.\u2014On Filthy Speaking.\n Chapter VII.\u2014Directions for Those Who Live Together.\n Chapter VIII.\u2014On the Use of Ointments and Crowns.\n Chap. IX.\u2014On Sleep.\n Chapter X.\n Chapter XI.\u2014On Clothes.\n Chap. XII.\u2014On Shoes.\n Chapter XIII\u2014Against Excessive Fondness for Jewels and Gold Ornaments.\n Book III\n Chapter I.\u2014On the True Beauty.\n Chapter II.\u2014Against Embellishing the Body.\n Chapter III.\u2014Against Men Who Embellish Themselves.\n Chapter IV.\u2014With Whom We are to Associate.\n Chapter V.\u2014Behaviour in the Baths.\n Chapter VI.\u2014The Christian Alone Rich.\n Chapter VII.\u2014Frugality a Good Provision for the Christian.\n Chapter VIII.\u2014Similitudes and Examples a Most Important Part of Right Instruction.\n Chapter IX.\u2014Why We are to Use the Bath.\n Chapter X.\u2014The Exercises Suited to a Good Life.\n Chapter XI.\u2014A Compendious View of the Christian Life.\n Chapter XII.\u2014Continuation: with Texts from Scripture.\n Elucidations\n The Stromata, or Miscellanies\n Book I\n Chapter I.\u2014Preface\u2014The Author\u2019s Object\u2014The Utility of Written Compositions.\n Chapter II.\u2014Objection to the Number of Extracts from Philosophical Writings in These Books Anticipated and Answered.\n Chapter III.\u2014Against the Sophists.\n Chapter IV.\u2014Human Arts as Well as Divine Knowledge Proceed from God.\n Chapter V.\u2014Philosophy the Handmaid of Theology.\n Chapter VI.\u2014The Benefit of Culture.\n Chapter VII.\u2014The Eclectic Philosophy Paves the Way for Divine Virtue.\n Chapter VIII.\u2014The Sophistical Arts Useless.\n Chapter IX.\u2014Human Knowledge Necessary for the Understanding of the Scriptures.\n Chapter X.\u2014To Act Well of Greater Consequence Than to Speak Well.\n Chapter XI.\u2014What is the Philosophy Which the Apostle Bids Us Shun?\n Chapter XII.\u2014The Mysteries of the Faith Not to Be Divulged to All.\n Chapter XIII.\u2014All Sects of Philosophy Contain a Germ of Truth.\n Chapter XIV.\u2014Succession of Philosophers in Greece.\n Chapter XV.\u2014The Greek Philosophy in Great Part Derived from the Barbarians.\n Chapter XVI.\u2014That the Inventors of Other Arts Were Mostly Barbarians.\n Chapter XVII.\u2014On the Saying of the Saviour, \u201cAll that Came Before Me Were Thieves and Robbers.\u201d\n Chapter XVIII.\u2014He Illustrates the Apostle\u2019s Saying, \u201cI Will Destroy the Wisdom of the Wise.\u201d\n Chapter XIX.\u2014That the Philosophers Have Attained to Some Portion of Truth.\n Chapter XX.\u2014In What Respect Philosophy Contributes to the Comprehension of Divine Truth.\n Chapter XXI.\u2014The Jewish Institutions and Laws of Far Higher Antiquity Than the Philosophy of the Greeks.\n Chapter XXII.\u2014On the Greek Translation of the Old Testament.\n Chapter XXIII.\u2014The Age, Birth, and Life of Moses.\n Chapter XXIV.\u2014How Moses Discharged the Part of a Military Leader.\n Chapter XXV.\u2014Plato an Imitator of Moses in Framing Laws.\n Chapter XXVI.\u2014Moses Rightly Called a Divine Legislator, And, Though Inferior to Christ, Far Superior to the Great Legislators of the Greeks, Minos and Lycurgus.\n Chapter XXVII.\u2014The Law, Even in Correcting and Punishing, Aims at the Good of Men.\n Chapter XXVIII.\u2014The Fourfold Division of the Mosaic Law.\n Chapter XXIX.\u2014The Greeks But Children Compared with the Hebrews.\n Elucidations\n Book II\n Chapter I.\u2014Introductory.\n Chapter II.\u2014The Knowledge of God Can Be Attained Only Through Faith.\n Chapter III.\u2014Faith Not a Product of Nature.\n Chapter IV.\u2014Faith the Foundation of All Knowledge.\n Chapter V.\u2014He Proves by Several Examples that the Greeks Drew from the Sacred Writers.\n Chapter VI.\u2014The Excellence and Utility of Faith.\n Chapter VII.\u2014The Utility of Fear. Objections Answered.\n Chapter VIII.\u2014The Vagaries of Basilides and Valentinus as to Fear Being the Cause of Things.\n Chapter IX.\u2014The Connection of the Christian Virtues.\n Chapter X.\u2014To What the Philosopher Applies Himself.\n Chapter XI.\u2014The Knowledge Which Comes Through Faith the Surest of All.\n Chapter XII.\u2014Twofold Faith.\n Chapter XIII.\u2014On First and Second Repentance.\n Chapter XIV.\u2014How a Thing May Be Involuntary.\n Chapter XV.\u2014On the Different Kinds of Voluntary Actions, and the Sins Thence Proceeding.\n Chapter XVI.\u2014How We are to Explain the Passages of Scripture Which Ascribe to God Human Affections.\n Chapter XVII.\u2014On the Various Kinds of Knowledge.\n Chapter XVIII.\u2014The Mosaic Law the Fountain of All Ethics, and the Source from Which the Greeks Drew Theirs.\n Chapter XIX.\u2014The True Gnostic is an Imitator of God, Especially in Beneficence.\n Chapter XX.\u2014The True Gnostic Exercises Patience and Self-Restraint.\n Chapter XXI.\u2014Opinions of Various Philosophers on the Chief Good.\n Chapter XXII.\u2014Plato\u2019s Opinion, that the Chief Good Consists in Assimilation to God, and Its Agreement with Scripture.\n Chapter XXIII.\u2014On Marriage.\n Elucidations\n Book III\n Elucidations\n Book IV.\n Chapter I.\u2014Order of Contents.\n Chapter II.\u2014The Meaning of the Name Stromata or Miscellanies.\n Chapter III.\u2014The True Excellence of Man.\n Chapter IV.\u2014The Praises of Martyrdom.\n Chapter V.\u2014On Contempt for Pain, Poverty, and Other External Things.\n Chapter VII.\u2014The Blessedness of the Martyr.\n Chapter VIII.\u2014Women as Well as Men, Slaves as Well as Freemen, Candidates for the Martyr\u2019s Crown.\n Chapter IX.\u2014Christ\u2019s Sayings Respecting Martyrdom.\n Chapter X.\u2014Those Who Offered Themselves for Martyrdom Reproved.\n Chapter XI.\u2014The Objection, Why Do You Suffer If God Cares for You, Answered.\n Chapter XII.\u2014Basilides\u2019 Idea of Martyrdom Refuted.\n Chapter XIII.\u2014Valentinian\u2019s Vagaries About the Abolition of Death Refuted.\n Chapter XIV.\u2014The Love of All, Even of Our Enemies.\n Chapter XV.\u2014On Avoiding Offence.\n Chapter XVI.\u2014Passages of Scripture Respecting the Constancy, Patience, and Love of the Martyrs.\n Chapter XVII.\u2014Passages from Clement\u2019s Epistle to the Corinthians on Martyrdom.\n Chapter XVIII.\u2014On Love, and the Repressing of Our Desires.\n Chap. XIX.\u2014Women as well as Men Capable of Perfection.\n Chapter XX.\u2014A Good Wife.\n Chapter XXI.\u2014Description of the Perfect Man, or Gnostic.\n Chapter XXIII.\u2014The Same Subject Continued.\n Elucidations\n Book V\n Chap. I.\u2014On Faith.\n Chap. II.\u2014On Hope.\n Chapter III.\u2014The Objects of Faith and Hope Perceived by the Mind Alone.\n Chapter IV.\u2014Divine Things Wrapped Up in Figures Both in the Sacred and in Heathen Writers.\n Chapter V.\u2014On the Symbols of Pythagoras.\n Chapter VI.\u2014The Mystic Meaning of the Tabernacle and Its Furniture.\n Chapter VII.\u2014The Egyptian Symbols and Enigmas of Sacred Things.\n Chapter VIII.\u2014The Use of the Symbolic Style by Poets and Philosophers.\n Chapter IX.\u2014Reasons for Veiling the Truth in Symbols.\n Chapter X.\u2014The Opinion of the Apostles on Veiling the Mysteries of the Faith.\n Chapter XI.\u2014Abstraction from Material Things Necessary in Order to Attain to the True Knowledge of God.\n Chapter XII.\u2014God Cannot Be Embraced in Words or by the Mind.\n Chapter XIII.\u2014The Knowledge of God a Divine Gift, According to the Philosophers.\n Chapter XIV.\u2014Greek Plagiarism from the Hebrews.\n Elucidations\n Book VI\n Chapter I.\u2014Plan.\n Chapter II.\u2014The Subject of Plagiarisms Resumed. The Greeks Plagiarized from One Another.\n Chapter III.\u2014Plagiarism by the Greeks of the Miracles Related in the Sacred Books of the Hebrews.\n Chapter IV.\u2014The Greeks Drew Many of Their Philosophical Tenets from the Egyptian and Indian Gymnosophists.\n Chapter V.\u2014The Greeks Had Some Knowledge of the True God.\n Chapter VI.\u2014The Gospel Was Preached to Jews and Gentiles in Hades.\n Chapter VII.\u2014What True Philosophy Is, and Whence So Called.\n Chapter VIII.\u2014Philosophy is Knowledge Given by God.\n Chapter IX.\u2014The Gnostic Free of All Perturbations of the Soul.\n Chapter X.\u2014The Gnostic Avails Himself of the Help of All Human Knowledge.\n Chapter XI.\u2014The Mystical Meanings in the Proportions of Numbers, Geometrical Ratios, and Music.\n Chapter XII.\u2014Human Nature Possesses an Adaptation for Perfection; The Gnostic Alone Attains It.\n Chapter XIII.\u2014Degrees of Glory in Heaven Corresponding with the Dignities of the Church Below.\n Chapter XIV.\u2014Degrees of Glory in Heaven.\n Chapter XV.\u2014Different Degrees of Knowledge.\n Chapter XVI.\u2014Gnostic Exposition of the Decalogue.\n Chapter XVII.\u2014Philosophy Conveys Only an Imperfect Knowledge of God.\n Chapter XVIII.\u2014The Use of Philosophy to the Gnostic.\n Elucidations\n Book VII\n Chapter I.\u2014The Gnostic a True Worshipper of God, and Unjustly Calumniated by Unbelievers as an Atheist.\n Chapter II.\u2014The Son the Ruler and Saviour of All.\n Chapter III.\u2014The Gnostic Aims at the Nearest Likeness Possible to God and His Son.\n Chapter IV.\u2014The Heathens Made Gods Like Themselves, Whence Springs All Superstition.\n Chapter V.\u2014The Holy Soul a More Excellent Temple Than Any Edifice Built by Man.\n Chapter VI.\u2014Prayers and Praise from a Pure Mind, Ceaselessly Offered, Far Better Than Sacrifices.\n Chapter VII.\u2014What Sort of Prayer the Gnostic Employs, and How It is Heard by God.\n Chapter VIII.\u2014The Gnostic So Addicted to Truth as Not to Need to Use an Oath.\n Chapter IX.\u2014Those Who Teach Others, Ought to Excel in Virtues.\n Chapter X.\u2014Steps to Perfection.\n Chapter XI.\u2014Description of the Gnostic\u2019s Life.\n Chapter XII.\u2014The True Gnostic is Beneficent, Continent, and Despises Worldly Things.\n Chapter XIII.\u2014Description of the Gnostic Continued.\n Chapter XIV.\u2014Description of the Gnostic Furnished by an Exposition of 1 Cor. vi. 1, Etc.\n Chapter XV.\u2014The Objection to Join the Church on Account of the Diversity of Heresies Answered.\n Chapter XVI.\u2014Scripture the Criterion by Which Truth and Heresy are Distinguished.\n Chapter XVII.\u2014The Tradition of the Church Prior to that of the Heresies.\n Chapter XVIII\u2014The Distinction Between Clean and Unclean Animals in the Law Symbolical of the Distinction Between the Church, and Jews, and Heretics.\n Elucidations\n Book VIII\n Chapter I.\u2014The Object of Philosophical and Theological Inquiry\u2014The Discovery of Truth.\n Chapter II.\u2014The Necessity of Perspicuous Definition.\n Chapter III.\u2014Demonstration Defined.\n Chapter IV.\u2014To Prevent Ambiguity, We Must Begin with Clear Definition.\n Chapter V.\u2014Application of Demonstration to Sceptical Suspense of Judgment.\n Chapter VI.\u2014Definitions, Genera, and Species.\n Chapter VII.\u2014On the Causes of Doubt or Assent.\n Chapter VIII.\u2014The Method of Classifying Things and Names.\n Chapter IX.\u2014On the Different Kinds of Cause.\n Elucidations\n Fragments of Clemens Alexandrinus\n Who is the Rich Man that shall be saved?\n Elucidations\n \n \n Subject Indexes\n Subject Indexes\n Hermas\n Tatian\n Theophilus.\n Athenagoras\n Clement of Alexandria\n \n \n Indexes\n Indexes\n Index of Scripture References\n Index of Scripture Commentary\n Greek Words and Phrases\n Hebrew Words and Phrases\n Latin Words and Phrases\n French Words and Phrases\n Index of Pages of the Print Edition","title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol II Index","type":"page"}