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

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII… (1885)

“ The support which has been liberally afforded to the enterprise by Christians of divers names and communions ought not to be recognised by words of mere recognition: it is a token of their common interest in a common origin, and a sign, perhaps, of a longing for that precious unity and brotherhood which was the glory of the martyr ages, for which all should unite in praise to God. To the Christian press a grateful tribute is due from the editor and his publishers alike ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII… (1885)

“ What love is due from all who love Christ, for the words they have spoken, and the deeds they have done, to assure us that the Everlasting Word is He to whom alone we can go for the words of life eternal! ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII… (1885)

“ With unfailing appetite he has risen before daylight to his work; and far into the night he has extended it, with ever fresh interest and delight. Obliged very often to read his proofs, or prepare his notes, at least in their first draught, while journeying by land or by water, he has generally found in such employments, not additional fatigue, but a real comfort and resource, a balance to other cares, and a sweet preparation and invigoration for other labours. ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII… (1885)

“ It is a cheering token, that, while the superficial popular mind may even be disposed to regard this collection as a mere museum of fossils, having little or no connection with anything that interests our age, there is a twofold movement towards a fresh investigation of the past, which it seems providentially designed to meet. Thus, among Christians there is a general appetite for the study of primitive antiquity, stimulated by the decadence of the Papacy, and by the agitations concerning the theology of the future which have arisen in Reformed communions ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII… (1885)

“ He is rewarded by the consciousness that at least he has enabled many an American divine and scholar to avail himself of the labours of the Edinburgh translators, and to feel what is due to them, when, but for this publication, he must have remained in ignorance of what their erudition has achieved and contributed to Christian learning in the English tongue. ”

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Philip Schaff, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VIII… (1885)

“ The editor-in-chief renews his grateful acknowledgments to those who have aided him in his undertaking, with whose honoured names the reader is already acquainted. Nor can he omit an expression of thanks to the reverend brother [1] to whom the hard work of the Indexes has been chiefly committed. ”

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