Theophilus, ANF Vol. 2, Fathers of the Second Century
Ante Nicene Fathers
Number of quotes: 8
Book ID: 22 Page: 97
Section: 4A
Chap. IX – THE PROPHETS INSPIRED BY THE HOLY GHOST. - Book IIBut men of God carrying in them a holy spirit and becoming prophets, being inspired and made wise by God, became God-taught, and holy, and righteous….And there was not one or two, but many, at various times and seasons among the Hebrews; and also among the Greeks there was the Sibyl; and they all have spoken things consistent and harmonious with each other, both what happened before them and what happened in their own time, and what things are now being fulfilled in our own day….
Quote ID: 406
Time Periods: 2
Book ID: 22 Page: 109
Section: 2B1
[PJ: ? – c. 184]
Chap. XXXVI – PROPHECIES OF THE SIBYL. - Book II
There is only one uncreated God, Who reigns alone, all-powerful, very great, From whom is nothing hid. He sees all things, Himself unseen by any mortal eye….Worship Him, then, the self-existent God, The unbegotten Ruler of the world, Who only was from everlasting time, And shall to everlasting still abide. Of evil counsels ye shall reap the fruit, Because ye have not honoured the true God, Nor offered to Him sacred hecatombs. To those who dwell in Hades ye make gifts, And unto demons offer sacrifice….There is one God who sends the winds and rains The earthquakes, and the lightnings, and the plagues, The famines, and the snow-storms, and the ice, And all the woes that visit our sad race. Nor these alone, but all things else He gives, Rolling omnipotent in heaven and earth, And self-existent from eternity….But there is only One, the All-Supreme, Who made the heavens, with all their starry host, The sun and moon; likewise the fruitful earth, With all the waves of ocean, and the hills, The fountains, and the ever flowing streams; He also made the countless multitude Of ocean creatures, and He keeps alive All creeping things, both of the earth and sea; And all the tuneful choir of birds He made….O man exalted vainly – say why thus Hast thou so utterly destroyed thyself? Have ye no shame worshipping beasts for gods?....O fools! ye worship serpents, dogs, and cats, Birds, and the creeping things of earth and sea, Images made with hands, statues of stone, And heaps of rubbish by the wayside placed. All these, and many more vain things, you serve, Worshipping things disgraceful even to name: These are the gods who lead vain men astray, From whose mouth streams of deadly poison flow. But unto Him in whom alone is life, Life, and undying everlasting light; Who pours into man’s cup of life a joy Sweeter than sweetest honey to his taste, -- Unto Him bow the head, to Him alone, And walk in ways of everlasting peace….Ye will not come unto a sober mind, And know your God and King, who looks on all: Therefore, upon you burning fire shall come, And ever ye shall daily burn in flames, Ashamed for ever of your useless gods. But those who worship the eternal God, They shall inherit everlasting life, Inhabiting the blooming realms of bliss, And feasting on sweet food from starry heaven.
Quote ID: 407
Time Periods: 0
Book ID: 22 Page: 112
Section: 2C,4B
Chap. IV – HOW AUTOLYCUS HAD BEEN MISLED BY FALSE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS. - Book III….And to give credit to the prevalent rumor wherewith godless lips falsely accuse us, who are worshippers of God, and are called Christians, alleging that the wives of us all are held in common…
Quote ID: 408
Time Periods: 2
Book ID: 22 Page: 112
Section: 4A
Chap. VI – OTHER OPINIONS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS. - Book IIIAnd regarding lawless conduct, those who have blindly wandered into the choir of philosophy have, almost to a man, spoken with one voice. Certainly Plato, to mention him first who seems to have been the most respectable philosopher among them….
Quote ID: 409
Time Periods: 2
Book ID: 22 Page: 113
Section: 5D
Chap. VIII – WICKEDNESS ATTRIBUTED TO THE GODS BY HEATHEN WRITERS. - Book IIII am silent about the temples of Antinous, and of the others whom you call gods.
Pastor John notes: John’s Note: This dates this work. Has to be after Hadrian.
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Book ID: 22 Page: 115
Section: 4B
Chap. XV – THE INNOCENCE OF THE CHRISTIANS DEFENDED. - Book III….Especially when we are forbidden so much as to witness shows of gladiators, lest we become partakers and abettors of murders. But neither may we see the other spectacles, lest our eyes and ears be defiled, participating in the utterances there sung.
Quote ID: 411
Time Periods: 45
Book ID: 22 Page: 116
Section: 4A
Chap. XVI – UNCERTAIN CONJECTURES OF THE PHILOSOPHERS. - Book III….by Apollonius the Egyptian. And Plato, who is esteemed to who have been the wisest of the Greeks, into what nonsense did he run? For in his book entitled The Republic, we find him expressly saying: “For if things had in all time remained in their present arrangement, when ever could any new things be discovered?....
Quote ID: 412
Time Periods: 2
Book ID: 22 Page: 117
Section: 5D
Chap. XIX – ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF THE DELUGE. - Book III.…we have already said, were eight. And of the ark, the remains are to this day to be seen in the Arabian mountains. This, then, is in sum the history of the deluge.
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