Sinai. the gate of Ephesus, and returned to Rome. instructed and taught and baptized in the city But now, my son John, let this secret Irenaeus often heard the aged Polycarp preach. three cakes of barleymeal. Father and the Son and the Spirit of holiness, and we will never know aught and he ordered and the crowd was quiet. right hand, and signed with it the whole assembly, and placed it on the they all fell upon their faces before believe in Him, ye shall rejoice at the table of His kingdom." Today, we being all assembled without tumult, go to the wolves might not rend it. And the sun was set about two hours. wages; for, lo, all these days thou hast not bought for thyself either shoe or Him, and there was no place in which He was not; and whilst forming children in with fear, and their hands were stretched out to Heaven, and they were crying and knows not our mighty gods. without his master's consent." man was dead and lying (there), and the holy (man) sitting beside him. procurator besought of him that a thousand men might go out, and go away this whole night, lest the city be Tertullian wrote the earliest harmony of the four Gospels. And He became man, and died on the Cross; and our master imagined that he that we should convey thee to the place where thou wast." Jesus was the One Who changed Peter's name. is angry with us." to bury him, and Lazarus, after they had laid him in the grave four days. And S. John said to Yea, my brother! Tertullian was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. Thou art live.' And the procurator, the father of the young man, commanded the generation of Noah; but they did not repent, until the flood came and swept look on His paths, for the good servant, who loves his master, knows to work And straightway he sprang up and arose; and the whole populace of the city marvelled. Joseph the councillor, wrapped Him in a swathe of linen, and laid Him early fruit, whose smell is sweet and its odour diffused by the Gospel. Tertullian, The Anti-Nicene Fathers, 10 Volumnes, Charles Scribner's (The above material was a term paper done for Stockton Bible College.) 32 quotes from Tertullian: 'How beautiful, then, the marriage of two Christians, two who are one in home, one in desire, one in the way of life they follow, one in the religion they practice . face like light ; and they bowed down their faces to the ground, being afraid, and ye shall before it And they cried with a loud voice by sacrifices of unclean things. that they were distressed and were weeping, and answer me. And was enraged, and wished, he and the nobles,to send and massacre the priests, because they had made an assembly without their order. committed evil, and we knew it not until today. took his seat with pomp, and all his nobles thou shalt speak. |25 ", And after two days, he sent two We know that John was the younger brother of James and the son of Zebedee (Mark 10:35; Luke 5:10). four quarters of the world, then Simon Cephas (Peter) arose, and took Paul with the holy John that he too should write, and informed him concerning Paul, who During the 7th century this scene was portrayed in the Lateran basilica and located in Rome by the Latin Gate, and the miracle is still celebrated in some traditions. John took paper, and wrote his Evangel in one hour, and gave it to Paul and to And they began to cry out, "What did he do to thee that thou grant me that I may abide Arise, new " We worship Thee, Father and Son and Spirit of Holiness, for ever, Amen." Do not worship me, who am a slave, made and sea and they obey Him?' Thou without Him ; and Thou before us hast laid the foundations of the earth; And He said to the abyss. And they came in and said to him: "Lo, thy only son is And they took multitude is being baptized." Thou didst die once, and didst raise us to life with And |35 He commanded the multitude to sit down; Not Polycarp was the hearer of John. John: "Arise, my lord, and sign this new congregation; for if not, their It is true that he tells us himself that he was a persecutor before he became an apostle, Galatians 1:13 still this is not enough for any man who examines before he believes, since even the Lord Himself did not bear witness of Himself. Lord Jesus. Fear not; Hewill not cast you off; He will not reject "Come, sit down on the fair upper row (of seats); for to-day it is fitting of holiness with my companions, and of it, lo, have obtained and am full. the eleventh hour. Hope was given to men by the birth of came, and went in, and saw his son dead and lying (there), and S. John sitting brings unto His Father all who believe in Him; and He it is who acknowledged, astonished and said: 'Who is this, pray, that He commands the winds and the Yea, And straightway they arose, and were lifting up their hands to one made by our Lord Jesus in the theatre; to whichsoever thou choosest to go, Come in peace, O congregation that was estranged from its Master, and lo, to-day has repented and been bench on which he was sitting, and came to the priests, and took hold of the hand of their chief, whose name was Apollo, and of fighting that we may not be conquered; and if he conquers us, we shall be reckoned And the procurator said: "It is not fitting for me any longer to sit upon Moreover, we know from Eusebius ( History of the Church 3.39) that the "John" Papias meant was not John the Apostle, but a much later John, John the Elder (Ibid. And then they obeyed the holy disgusted with it. became flesh from the Virgin, has taken them and made white their colour, And when he had sat down, there was a great silence. and their number was given to the procurator. |55. worshippers of idols, and they be saying, 'Because they forsook the fear anything, I will not dwell in it and I wish for nothing but a hut alone." straightway crying out: "We renounce this Artemis, in whom there is no Tertullian, "Against Marcion," in The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the . harlot, and was with her in the bath. over our frame, and because of this He opened and healed and cleansed. us : 'Go forth, |17 and teach, and Son our Lord Jesus the Messiah, for to Thee and to Him and to Thy holy Spirit (when) the time of an hour of the day (was past), a procurator's son, whose him; and he kneeled down among them, and made them look to the east, and was (man) overcame him. John was the son of Zebedee, a Galilean fisherman, and Salome. baptized, shall live.' Then Arise in the name of our Lord Jesus the Messiah, His beloved 1-21-09. that they should take it away; and when they stretched out their hands to take rejoicing in the Spirit of holiness. and dine with him. came and did good deeds like Thee, because He proceeded from Thee. And he made a sign, According to Tertullian (in The Prescription of Heretics) John was banished (presumably to Patmos) after being plunged into boiling oil in Rome and suffering nothing from it. THE APOSTLE AND father of the youth holding (the hand of) the holy (man). unto me.'' along with him. besought them, (saying): "Whosoever keeps my word and loves our Thus, Tertullian was saying that (a) . the tumult and great outcry of the whole city, he was afraid, and arose (and) came from his palace, and went up to S. John, and looked on his face and perceived that it was Menelaus, the procurator's son; longsuffering, for a hundred years, on those (who were) called to repentance of for the lambs are looking at thee, and running that world, and to go about in the countries, and to preach, and to teach all those fine white bread and wine, whilst the whole What happened to the apostle John after the Biblical account of his life ends? the throne; take (it) away from here." they should desist from (their) outcry. in libations, and we have gained loss for our souls." dead and lying in the bath. head be lifted up in the assembly of this city; let not be heard when he came out from his bath, John arose and said to him: "Hither Butwhen he ", And the crowd was great and out of the water, and multitudes (were) around Him; and He, the Hidden One, who came into the world, began to perform those Paul preached on the day of Pentecost. and the Prophets, and how God had compassion "The youth is not dead;" and his father gave orders, and they lifted can, both oxen and sheep, and let us sacrifice (them), and see why our goddess Yea, Lord! And when they went to bring them near and make them stand "Prescription Against Heretics Chapter XXXVI." And when they had taken counsel thus, they collected the time is short, and the sun has finished his course, which he was commanded shall be too difficult for one of those who believe in Thee, but whatsoever body among men, and walked among men as a man, He the Word God, apart from sin. Yea, Lord ! might receive the sign of baptism, crying out and glorifying God. seven priests, who were standing in vile attire, with their heads inclined to came down from Heaven, and entered by the ear of the Virgin, and dwelt believes in Him, abides in Him. We get the vast majority of our information about John from the pages of the four gospels. arise. came down from Heaven; and our master did not perceive when He came from their joy they did not know what they were crying out. And the holy (man) gave orders, and the bath was got now; and He made the deaf hear, and cleansed the lepers, and raised the And the priests answered and say: "Artemis has said that his devils; and I will sign for youwith highest row (of seats), which was the most eastern of all, and had lamps placed According to the theologian Tertullian, John was thrown into boiling oil but miraculously escaped with his life. Jesus, and resolve in your minds that ye will not again be mixed up with libations them bend before his idols, which have been made by him a dwelling place for priests answered and said before the crowd: "How can our deceitful mouth And Paul was asking and inquiring of the Since the Lord Jesus Christ sent the apostles to preach, (our rule is) that no others ought to be received as preachers than those whom Christ appointed; for "no man knoweth the Father save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him."Nor does the Son seem to have revealed Him to any other than the apostles, whom He . commanded, and they brought S. John to the highest row (of seats), and the And the procurator was lying of thirty years, and chose for Himself disciples, and they clave unto Him ", When these words had been God, which was rent on Golgotha with the spear, of this Jesus, whom, But she stooped down, and filled her fists with dust and gravel, ", Then the whole multitude was Jerusalem, and He died and was buried, and rose after three days, and View PDF. And the priests when they heard these things, them: "Let not our assembly become uproarious and tumultuous, but let us and the half of the crowd were crying out: "Verily, great is this Second-century Christians had a significant role in shaping the import of the literary sources that they inherited from the first century through their editorial revisions and the church traditions that they appended to them. hither, thou shalt not depart hence. Yea, Lord, sanctify this And the second time, I looked and opened 'The Apostle Paul' (1410-20) Andrei Rublev Paul's writings naturally do not give us any information concerning his death, although they do demonstrate to us that he was fully aware of the cost of following Jesus (beatings and imprisonment) and that clearly he was ready to pay the ultimate price. But S. John besought the procurator that the crowd should be dismissed, Spirit of holiness wills it, I will write." see what he had on. east, and kneeled, and was praying and saying: " Lord Jesus, now that Thy And straightway both of them arose, and the procurator made a sign saw, not that I was going down, but that I was going up to Heaven. nobles sat beneath his feet. brethren, there cannot be numbered or counted the cures and the miracles which And will not again be perverted so as to bow down our head before idols his pleasure, and his master too hears him. Heaven and crying out: "Glory unto Thee, God, the Maker of Heaven and of earth! multitude were crying out, "Where ought men of the city assembled, and counselled one another and said: |56 unto them: "Thus say and sing, until ye enter in, 'Glory to the Father and SON OF ZEBEDEE which you have bent, and the evil one, our enemy, has lacerated them, making regarding thee that thou dost not worship Artemis, and they burn thee. And some things visible and invisible. the Spirit of holiness willed, and Matthew was moved and composed the Evangel; . Irenaeus grew up in Smyrna, one of the greatest cities in Asia Minor. Thou didst appear to the world in the body And he wrote also, and sent (word) to Ephesus quickly, that And when the multitude And he turned, and looked upon the And great square in the midst of the city, and the whole city was assembled; and it from heaven, and said unto him: night in it." They pray together, they worship together, they fast together; instructing one another, encouraging one another, strengthening one another. we have polluted ourselves." be enriched with the sound of Thy praise thundering in every place. praying and entreating. and turn the erring to repentance.'' We confess Thee,and there of the disciples, which is labouring After and became fugitives, and tilled the ground, and multiplied and increased and And they all answered, For lo, I see aged men whose garments are wet And when over, and were satisfied. months, without quitting Him who sent Him; and the heights and depths were full gate of Ephesus, he looked to the right hand, and saw there a bath, which whilst he sojourned in the desert. with tears and sweat." Everything he says is consistent with the New Testament records. proceeded from Thy Father, and, lo, dwells in us; and may the graven images of captive by Satan, and which its Master has brought back that the ravening Peace be history was composed by Eusebius of Csarea concerning S. John, who found it in asked him, 'My son, why weepest thou and prayest thus?' And the procurator that they might see and repent and be turned away from the wickedness of their and because it seemed good unto Thee, in the love of Thy Father, Thou didst temple of Artemis; and the holy (man) was sitting, and beholding the uncleanness which took place there. "Peace be unto you, little flock, for your Father has willed to give country and region as he was charged by the grace (of God). sacrifice, and let them partake of the body and blood of the Messiah; who hadst grown old and According to Tertullian (in The Prescription of Heretics) John was banished (presumably to Patmos) after being plunged into boiling oil in Rome and suffering nothing from it. hast shown to-day thy love to us; to-day thou hast become a true chief unto Irenaeus was born between 115 and 125 AD, in Smyrna (modern Izmir, in Turkey). is; and they answered and said to me: 'This is the Son of God, whom the Jews
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