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• A Dialogue Between Christ, A Youth and the Devil
• APHIKIA.

  Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous IN the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, the one God, we begin to…

• Address to the Nobility: Introduction

  Sacred-texts Christianity Luther Index Next Introduction To his most Serene and Mighty Imperial Majesty and to the Christian Nobility of…

• Address to the Nobility: Of The Matters To Be Considered ...

  Sacred-texts Christianity Luther Index Previous Next Of The Matters To Be Considered In The Councils Let us now consider the matters which…

• Address to the Nobility: Respecting The Reformation Of Th...

  Sacred-texts Christianity Luther Index Previous Next Respecting The Reformation Of The Christian Estate (Part II) 14. We see also how the…

• Address to the Nobility: Respecting The Reformation Of Th...

  Sacred-texts Christianity Luther Index Previous Next Respecting The Reformation Of The Christian Estate (Part I) Now though I am too lowly…

• Address to the Nobility: Respecting The Reformation Of Th...

  Sacred-texts Christianity Luther Index Previous Respecting The Reformation Of The Christian Estate (Part III) 25. The universities also…

• Address to the Nobility: The Three Walls Of The Romanists

  Sacred-texts Christianity Luther Index Previous Next The Three Walls Of The Romanists The Romanists have, with great adroitness, drawn…

• Agur's Prayer

  Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me; lest I be full and deny thee…

• Alexandrines of Angelus Silesius

  Children Cry Over Dolls (6:224) | | Thou laughest that a child cries o'er its broken doll;— The things o'er which thou mournest—are they…

• Alexandrines of Angelus Silesius - Biographical Note

  Johann Scheffler was born at Breslau in 1614, the oldest of three children of a 62 year old Protestant nobleman who after years of military…

• Alexandrines of Angelus Silesius - Forword
• Alexandrines of Angelus Silesius - Forword

  Many years ago in lovely Lindau on the Bodensee, I happened upon a thin volume of Angelus Silesius' couplets which startled, amused and…

• Alphabet
• Alphabet Poem
• An Alphabet of Lessons for Children

  AN ALPHABET OF LESSONS FOR CHILDREN . A WISE son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. B ETTER is a…

• Angelus Silesius - Index

  | from a caricature of 1664 | Angelus Silesius [1624-1677] | Angelus Silesius was a German mystic of the Counter-Reformation. He was born…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter I.—After the salutation, the...

  All hail, ye sons and daughters, in the name of our Lord 1445 Jesus Christ, who loved us in peace. Seeing that the divine fruits 1446 of…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter II.—The Jewish sacrifices...

  Since, therefore, the days are evil, and Satan 1456 possesses the power of this world, we ought to give heed to ourselves, and diligently…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter III.—The fasts of the Jews...

  He says then to them again concerning these things, “Why do ye fast to Me as on this day, saith the Lord, that your voice should be heard…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter IV.—Antichrist is at hand:...

  This is an excerpt from the *Epistle of Barnabas*, an early Christian text (likely 2nd century) belonging to the genre of patristic…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter IX.—The spiritual meaning of...

  He speaks moreover concerning our ears, how He hath circumcised both them and our heart. The Lord saith in the prophet, “In the hearing of…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter V.—The new covenant, founded...

  This is a passage of early Christian theological writing, likely from a patristic homily or epistle (the footnotes referencing Codex…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter VI.—The sufferings of...

  This is a passage from the *Epistle of Barnabas*, an early Christian text (likely 2nd century CE) that belongs to the tradition of…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter VII.—Fasting, and the goat...

  This is an excerpt from the *Epistle of Barnabas*, an early Christian theological text likely composed in the second century, belonging to…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter VIII.—The red heifer a type...

  Now what do you suppose this to be a type of, that a command was given to Israel, that men of the greatest wickedness 1541 should offer a…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter X.—Spiritual significance of...

  Now, wherefore did Moses say, “Thou shalt not eat the swine, nor the eagle, nor the hawk, nor the raven, nor any fish which is not…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter XI.—Baptism and the cross...

  Let us further inquire whether the Lord took any care to foreshadow the water [of baptism] and the cross. Concerning the water, indeed, it…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter XII.—The cross of Christ...

  This is a passage from an early Christian patristic or pseudepigraphical text — likely the *Epistle of Barnabas* or a closely related…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter XIII.—...

  But let us see if this people 1630 is the heir, or the former, and if the covenant belongs to us or to them. Hear ye now what the Scripture…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter XIV.—The Lord hath given us...

  This is an excerpt from an early Christian patristic text — most likely the *Epistle of Barnabas* (c. late 1st–early 2nd century), a Greek…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter XIX.—The way of light.

  The way of light, then, is as follows. If any one desires to travel to the appointed place, he must be zealous in his works. The knowledge…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter XV.—T...

  This is an excerpt from the *Epistle of Barnabas*, an early Christian theological text (likely 2nd century CE) that interprets the Mosaic…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter XVI.—The spiritual temple of...

  Moreover, I will also tell you concerning the temple, how the wretched [Jews], wandering in error, trusted not in God Himself, but in the…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter XVII.—Conclusion of the...

  As far as was possible, and could be done with perspicuity, I cherish the hope that, according to my desire, I have omitted none 1683 of…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter XVIII.—Second part of the...

  But let us now pass to another sort of knowledge and doctrine. There are two ways of doctrine and authority, the one of light, and the…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter XX.—The way of darkness.

  But the way of darkness 1713 is crooked, and full of cursing; for it is the way of eternal 1714 death with punishment, in which way are the…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Chapter XXI.—Conclusion.

  It is well, therefore, 1717 that he who has learned the judgments of the Lord, as many as have been written, should walk in them. For he…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: Introductory Note to the Epistle of...

  [a.d. 100.] The writer of this Epistle is supposed to have been an Alexandrian Jew of the times of Trajan and Hadrian. He was a layman; but…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: BARNABAS: The Epistle of Barnabas

  Sacred Texts Christianity Early Church Fathers Index Previous Next p. 137 The Epistle of Barnabas 1444 Footnotes 137:1444 The Codex…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: CLEMENT OF ROME: Chapter I.—The salutation. Praise of...

  The Church of God which sojourns at Rome, to the Church of God sojourning at Corinth, to them that are called and sanctified by the will of…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: CLEMENT OF ROME: Chapter II.—Praise of the...

  Moreover, ye were all distinguished by humility, and were in no respect puffed up with pride, but yielded obedience rather than extorted…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: CLEMENT OF ROME: Chapter III.—The sad state of the...

  Every kind of honour and happiness 13 was bestowed upon you, and then was fulfilled that which is written, “My beloved did eat and drink…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: CLEMENT OF ROME: Chapter IV.—Many evils have already...

  For thus it is written: “And it came to pass after certain days, that Cain brought of the fruits of the earth a sacrifice unto God; and…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: CLEMENT OF ROME: Chapter IX.—Examples of the saints.

  Wherefore, let us yield obedience to His excellent and glorious will; and imploring His mercy and loving-kindness, while we forsake all…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: CLEMENT OF ROME: Chapter L.—Let us pray to be thought...

  Ye see, beloved, how great and wonderful a thing is love, and that there is no declaring its perfection. Who is fit to be found in it…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: CLEMENT OF ROME: Chapter LI.—Let the partakers in...

  Let us therefore implore forgiveness for all those transgressions which through any [suggestion] of the adversary we have committed. And…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: CLEMENT OF ROME: Chapter LII.—Such a confession is...

  The Lord, brethren, stands in need of nothing; and He desires nothing of any one, except that confession be made to Him. For, says the…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: CLEMENT OF ROME: Chapter LIII.—The love of Moses...

  Ye understand, beloved, ye understand well the Sacred Scriptures, and ye have looked very earnestly into the oracles of God. Call then…

• Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol I: CLEMENT OF ROME: Chapter LIV.—He who is full of love...

  Who then among you is noble-minded? who compassionate? who full of love?

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