Irenaeus and Hippolytus
Subtitle: Ante Nicene Christian Library Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to AD 325 Part Nine (Ante Nicene Christian Library ... the Writings of the Fathers Down to Ad 325)
Contributors: Reverend Alexander Roberts (Editor); James Donaldson (Editor)
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: June 25, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 524
ISBN-13: 9781432623586
Subjects: Religion / Christianity / Theology / History; Christian Theology - History; Religion; Religion - Theology
First sentence: 1. WHEN recounting certain matters of this kind respecting them of old time, the presbyter [before mentioned] was in the habit of instructing us, and saying: "With respect to those misdeeds for which the Scriptures themselves blame the patriarchs and prophets, we ought not to inveigh against them, nor become like Ham, who ridiculed the shame of his father, and so fell under a curse; but we should [rather] give thanks to God in their behalf, inasmuch as their sins have been forgiven them through the advent of our Lord; for He said that they gave thanks [for us], and gloried in our salvation.