“The Lord, receiving this as a gift from His Father, does Himself also confer it upon those who are partakers of Himself,… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“And since the apostasy tyrannized over us unjustly, and, though we were by nature the property of the omnipotent God, alienated us… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“as dry earth does not bring forth unless it receive moisture, in like manner we also, being originally a dry tree, could… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“According to nature, then—that is, according to creation, so to speak—we are all sons of God, because we have all been created… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“the Son, but the Son the visible of the Father. And for this reason all spake with Christ when He was present… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“the oblation of the Eucharist is not a carnal one, but a spiritual; and in this respect it is pure. For we… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“For the Lord, taking dust from the earth, moulded man; and it was upon his behalf that all the dispensation of the… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“as a certain person among the ancients has observed: “God did indeed transfer the curse to the earth, that it might not… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“His advent in human nature was not by the will of a man, but by the will of God.” — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“judge also the Ebionites; [for] how can they be saved unless it was God who wrought out their salvation upon earth? Or… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“He declares: “For in this place is One greater than the temple.” But [the words] greater and less are not applied to… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“The will and the energy of God is the effective and foreseeing cause of every time and place and age, and of… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“Isaiah also declares the very same: “For there shall be a new heaven and a new earth; and there shall be no… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“woman was the more culpable, since both nature and the law place the woman in a subordinate condition to the man. Or” — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“Esaias thus declares: “The dead shall rise again, and they who are in the tombs shall arise, and they who are in… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“both the Mosaic law and the grace of the new covenant, as both fitted for the times [at which they were given], were bestowed… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“the precepts of an absolutely perfect life, since they are the same in each Testament, have pointed out [to us] the same God, who… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“God is not as a man.” He thus shows that all men are indeed guilty of falsehood, inasmuch as they change from one thing… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“Paul in like manner declares, “Love is the fulfilling of the law:” and [he declares] that when all other things have been destroyed, there… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“as then the condemnation of sinners extended to others who approved of them, and joined in their society; so also is it the case… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“His only-begotten Word, who is always present with the human race, united to and mingled with His own creation, according to the Father’s pleasure,… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“For there is the one Son, who accomplished His Father’s will; and one human race also in which the mysteries of God are wrought,… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“Mary, having a man betrothed [to her], and being nevertheless a virgin, by yielding obedience, become the cause of salvation, both to herself and… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“understanding of Christ, which Paul terms the wisdom of God hidden in a mystery, which “the natural man receiveth not,” the doctrine of the… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“If, therefore, in the present time also, God, knowing the number of those who will not believe, since He foreknows all things, has given… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“The sea,” he says, “gave up the dead which it had in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead that they contained;… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
“Christ Himself, therefore, together with the Father, is the God of the living, who spake to Moses, and who was also manifested to the… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image