Philip Schaff

Name: Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII — Introductory Notice
Author: Philip Schaff

Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII — Introductory Notice (1885)

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“Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII — Introductory Notice”, published in 1885, is a work by Philip Schaff. It explores elements such as Athanasius, orthodoxy and Riddle.

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII — Introductory Notice (1885)

“ This is the fact which gives importance to the earliest dogmatic testimony proceeding from the See of Rome. [3] Dionysius has the great distinction of sustaining the orthodoxy which Hippolytus and other comprovincial bishops had established against the heresy of two of his predecessors; and this little essay, embedded in the works of Athanasius, comes forth as a genuine “bee” out of his precious amber, sweet with the honey of truth, and pungent with the sting of an acute and piercing testimony against error. ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII — Introductory Notice (1885)

“ Dionysius is no exception to the rule that Latin Christianity had no place in Rome till after the Nicene Council. He was a Greek by birth, and reflects the spirit and orthodoxy of the Greek Fathers; and what we have from him is written in the Greek language. We find it in Athanasius, where, remarks Waterland, [1] its genuineness cannot be suspected, because “Athanasius did not entirely approve of it, and would certainly never have forged an interpretation different from his own.” ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII — Introductory Notice (1885)

“ I considered it judicious to elucidate Dionysius by the doctrines of Athanasius, to whom we owe the preservation of the fragment itself; and (6) I felt that here was the place to record the “Athanasian Confession” (so called) , which, apocryphal though it be, as a “creed” under his name is allowed to embody the principles for which the whole life of Athanasius was a contest unparalleled in the history of Christianity. ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII — Introductory Notice (1885)

“ Riddle hints, that the Teaching as we have it, in the Bryennios document, is tainted by the views of some nascent sect or heresy, or by the incompetency of some obscure local church as yet unvisited by learned teachers and evangelists. ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII — Introductory Notice (1885)

“ This volume will be the favourite of the series with many. The writings of the Christian Tully alone make up more than half of its contents; and it is supremely refreshing to reach, at last, an author who chronicles the triumph of the Gospel [1] over “Herod and Pontius Pilate;” over the heathen in their “rage,” and the people in their “vain imaginings;” over “the kings of the earth who stood up, and the rulers who were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ.” ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII — Introductory Notice (1885)

“ The Minor Writers to be found in this volume are not unworthy of their place. They are chiefly valuable as an appendix to preceding volumes, [3] and illustrative of their contents.
But this series is enriched beyond its original by the Bryennios Manuscript and the completed form of the pseudo-Clementine Epistle, edited by Professor Riddle. ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII — Introductory Notice (1885)

“ They touch me like plaintive but inspiring music. Let me quote them entire: [2] —
1. “Si vita est optanda sapienti profecto nullam aliam ob causam vivere optaverim, quam ut aliquid efficiam quod vita dignum sit.” ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VII — Introductory Notice (1885)

“ The elementary nature and the “childishness” of the work are thus accounted for, and I am sure that the “mystagogic” teaching of Cyril receives light from this view of the matter. This work was “food for lambs:” it was not meant to meet the wants of those “of full age.” It may prove, as Dr. ”

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