Tertullian,
Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. III, Anti-Marcion…
(1885)
“ Come now, you who would indulge a better curiosity, if you would apply it to the business of your salvation, run over the apostolic churches, in which the very thrones [1] of the apostles are still pre-eminent in their places, [2] in which their own authentic writings [3] are read, uttering the voice and representing the face of each of them severally. ”
