Philip Schaff

Name: Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Apocrypha of the New Testament — Acts and Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Andrew
Author: Philip Schaff

Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Apocrypha of the New Testament… (1885)

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“Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Apocrypha of the New Testament — Acts and Martyrdom of the Holy Apostle Andrew”, published in 1885, is a work by Philip Schaff. It explores elements such as Ægeates, cross and Andrew.

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Apocrypha of the New Testament… (1885)

“ What is thy judgment, O proconsul? Thou hast judged wickedly; thy awards are impious. In what has the man done wrong; what evil has he done? The city has been put in an uproar; thou grievest us all; do not betray Cæsar’s city. Grant willingly to the Achaians a just man; grant willingly to us a God-fearing man; do not put to death a godly man. Four days he has been hanging, and is alive; having eaten nothing, he has filled us all. Take down the man from the cross, and we shall all seek after wisdom; release the man, and to all Achaia will mercy be shown. ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Apocrypha of the New Testament… (1885)

“ I indeed will hear patiently; but thou, unless thou submissively obey me, shalt receive [8] the mystery of the cross in thyself.
The blessed Andrew answered: If I had been afraid of the tree of the cross, I should not have proclaimed the glory of the cross.
Ægeates said: Thy speech is foolish, because thou proclaimest that the cross is not a punishment, and through thy foolhardiness thou art not afraid of the punishment of death.
The holy Andrew said: It is not through foolhardiness, but through faith, that I am not afraid of the punishment of death; for the death of sins [9] is hard. ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Apocrypha of the New Testament… (1885)

“ I have thought that thou, by thy reflection during the night, hast turned away thy thoughts from folly, and given up thy commendation of Christ that thou mightst be able to be with us, and not throw away the pleasures of life; for it is folly to come for any purpose to the suffering of the cross, and to give oneself up to most shameful punishments and burnings.
The holy Andrew answered: I shall be able to have joy with thee, if thou wilt believe in Christ, and throw away the worship of idols ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Apocrypha of the New Testament… (1885)

“ And by what means does the lamb remain in his kingdom after he has been slain and eaten by all the people, as thou hast said?
The blessed Andrew said: If thou believest with all thy heart, thou shalt be able to learn: but if thou believest not, thou shalt not by any means attain to the idea of such truth.
Then Ægeates, enraged, ordered him to be shut up in prison, where, when he was shut up, a multitude of the people came together to him from almost all the province, so that they wished to kill Ægeates, and by breaking down the doors of the prison to set free the blessed Andrew the apostle. ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Apocrypha of the New Testament… (1885)

“ The fear of men, then, is like smoke which, while it is raised and gathered together, disappears. And those torments ought to be feared which never have an end. For these torments, which happen to be somewhat light, any one can bear; but if they are heavy, they soon destroy life. ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Apocrypha of the New Testament… (1885)

“ If thou believest in Christ the Son of God, who was crucified, I shall altogether disclose to thee in what manner the Lamb that has been slain may live, after having been sacrificed and eaten, remaining in His kingdom entire and spotless. ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Apocrypha of the New Testament… (1885)

“ And having thus spoken, he discoursed to them all in common, for the people ran together enraged at the unjust judgment of Ægeates: Ye men standing by me, and women, and children, and elders, bond and free, and as many as will hear ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Apocrypha of the New Testament… (1885)

“ And a great multitude of the brethren stood by, nearly twenty thousand; and having beheld the executioners standing off, and that they had done to the blessed one nothing of what those who were hanged up suffer, they thought that they would again hear something from him ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII, Apocrypha of the New Testament… (1885)

“ And the holy Andrew, hitting upon the thoughts of the believers, exhorted them to endure the temporary trial, saying that the suffering counted for nothing when compared with the eternal recompense.↑ One ms. calls her the proconsul’s wife. [So Pseudo-Abdias; but the Greek mss., collated by Tischendorf, do not give this reading.—R.] ↑ i.e., having nothing to do with us.↑ ὁμόνοιαι.↑ Lit., females.↑ i.e., 30th November, St. Andrew’s day.↑ One ms. thus ends: These things were done in the province of Achaia, in the city of Patras, on the day before the kalends of December ”

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