Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers 1.7: St. Augustin: Homilies on the Gospel of John, Homilies on the First Epistle of John, Soliloquies (Catholic Edition)
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Nicene and Post Nicene Fathers, First Series, Volume VII: St. Augustin: Homilies on the Gospel of John, Homilies on the First Epistle of John, Soliloquies. The Early Church Fathers is one of the most important collections of historical, philosophical and theological writings available in English to the student of the Christian Church. These documents provide the most comprehensive witness to the development of Christianity and Christian thought during the period immediately following the Apostolic Era. The Catholic edition of Early Church Fathers does not include the introductions, prolegomenae, and various interpretive comments made by the protestant editors of the Edinburgh edition. However, it retains all of the footnotes found in the printed editions. Contents of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series VII Augustine of Hippo Lectures or Tractates on the Gospel according to St. John Ten Homilies on the First Epistle of John Two Books of Soliloquies
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“But what honor was it to the Lord to be King of Israel? What great thing was it to the King of eternity to become the King of men? For Christ’s kingship over Israel was not for the purpose of exacting tribute, of putting swords into His soldiers’ hands, of subduing His enemies by open warfare; but He was King of Israel in exercising kingly authority over their inward natures, in consulting for their eternal interests, in bringing into His heavenly kingdom those whose faith, and hope, and love were centred in Himself.” (Page 284)
“‘Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.’ Why does He not say, Ye are clean through the baptism wherewith ye have been washed, but ‘through the word which I have spoken unto you,’ save only that in the water also it is the word that cleanseth? Take away the word, and the water is neither more nor less than water. The word is added to the element, and there results the Sacrament, as if itself also a kind of visible word.” (Page 344)
“This bread, indeed, requires the hunger of the inner man” (Page 168)
“The way that thou art going is the same as the whither thou art going” (Page 88)
“The cleansing, therefore, would on no account be attributed to the fleeting and perishable element, were it not for that which is added, ‘by the word.’ This word of faith possesses such virtue in the Church of God, that through the medium of him who in faith presents, and blesses, and sprinkles it, He cleanseth even the tiny infant, although itself unable as yet with the heart to believe unto righteousness, and to make confession with the mouth unto salvation. All this is done by means of the word, whereof the Lord saith, ‘Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.’” (Page 345)
- Title: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers 1.7: St. Augustin: Homilies on the Gospel of John, Homilies on the First Epistle of John, Soliloquies (Catholic Edition)
- Authors: Augustine of Hippo, Philip Schaff
- Series: Early Church Fathers (Catholic Edition)
- Volume: 7
- Publisher: Christian Literature Company
- Print Publication Date: 1888
- Logos Release Date: 2001
- Era: era:nicene
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Christian literature, early; Fathers of the church; Bible. N.T. John › Commentaries; Bible. N.T. 1 John › Commentaries
- Resource ID: LLS:6.60.107
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:03:33Z