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Eusebius Of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History, 6.12


nanIt is probable that others have preserved other memorials of Serapion's literary industry, but there have reached us only those addressed to a certain Domninus, who, in the time of persecution, fell away from faith in Christ to the Jewish will-worship; and those addressed to Pontius and Caricus, ecclesiastical men, and other letters to different persons, and still another work composed by him on the so-called Gospel of Peter.,He wrote this last to refute the falsehoods which that Gospel contained, on account of some in the parish of Rhosus who had been led astray by it into heterodox notions. It may be well to give some brief extracts from his work, showing his opinion of the book. He writes as follows:,For we, brethren, receive both Peter and the other apostles as Christ; but we reject intelligently the writings falsely ascribed to them, knowing that such were not handed down to us.,When I visited you I supposed that all of you held the true faith, and as I had not read the Gospel which they put forward under the name of Peter, I said, If this is the only thing which occasions dispute among you, let it be read. But now having learned, from what has been told me, that their mind was involved in some heresy, I will hasten to come to you again. Therefore, brethren, expect me shortly.,But you will learn, brethren, from what has been written to you, that we perceived the nature of the heresy of Marcianus, and that, not understanding what he was saying, he contradicted himself.,For having obtained this Gospel from others who had studied it diligently, namely, from the successors of those who first used it, whom we call Docetae; (for most of their opinions are connected with the teaching of that school ) we have been able to read it through, and we find many things in accordance with the true doctrine of the Saviour, but some things added to that doctrine, which we have pointed out for you farther on. So much in regard to Serapion.


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1. Justin, First Apology, 13.4, 14.3, 16.4, 23.2, 31.5-31.7 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

10. But we have received by tradition that God does not need the material offerings which men can give, seeing, indeed, that He Himself is the provider of all things. And we have been taught, and are convinced, and do believe, that He accepts those only who imitate the excellences which reside in Him, temperance, and justice, and philanthropy, and as many virtues as are peculiar to a God who is called by no proper name. And we have been taught that He in the beginning did of His goodness, for man's sake, create all things out of unformed matter; and if men by their works show themselves worthy of this His design, they are deemed worthy, and so we have received - of reigning in company with Him, being delivered from corruption and suffering. For as in the beginning He created us when we were not, so do we consider that, in like manner, those who choose what is pleasing to Him are, on account of their choice, deemed worthy of incorruption and of fellowship with Him. For the coming into being at first was not in our own power; and in order that we may follow those things which please Him, choosing them by means of the rational faculties He has Himself endowed us with, He both persuades us and leads us to faith. And we think it for the advantage of all men that they are not restrained from learning these things, but are even urged thereto. For the restraint which human laws could not effect, the Word, inasmuch as He is divine, would have effected, had not the wicked demons, taking as their ally the lust of wickedness which is in every man, and which draws variously to all manner of vice, scattered many false and profane accusations, none of which attach to us.
2. Justin, Second Apology, 1.2, 8.1 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

3. Justin, Dialogue With Trypho, 17.1, 19.2-19.3, 34.7, 46.7, 82.2, 101.2, 108.2, 110.4-110.5, 114.4, 117.3, 120.6, 121.2-121.3, 134.6 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

4. Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History, 5.16.3-5.16.4, 6.12.3-6.12.4 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)

5.16.3. He commences his work in this manner:Having for a very long and sufficient time, O beloved Avircius Marcellus, been urged by you to write a treatise against the heresy of those who are called after Miltiades, I have hesitated till the present time, not through lack of ability to refute the falsehood or bear testimony for the truth, but from fear and apprehension that I might seem to some to be making additions to the doctrines or precepts of the Gospel of the New Testament, which it is impossible for one who has chosen to live according to the Gospel, either to increase or to diminish. 5.16.4. But being recently in Ancyra in Galatia, I found the church there greatly agitated by this novelty, not prophecy, as they call it, but rather false prophecy, as will be shown. Therefore, to the best of our ability, with the Lord's help, we disputed in the church many days concerning these and other matters separately brought forward by them, so that the church rejoiced and was strengthened in the truth, and those of the opposite side were for the time confounded, and the adversaries were grieved. 6.12.3. For we, brethren, receive both Peter and the other apostles as Christ; but we reject intelligently the writings falsely ascribed to them, knowing that such were not handed down to us. 6.12.4. When I visited you I supposed that all of you held the true faith, and as I had not read the Gospel which they put forward under the name of Peter, I said, If this is the only thing which occasions dispute among you, let it be read. But now having learned, from what has been told me, that their mind was involved in some heresy, I will hasten to come to you again. Therefore, brethren, expect me shortly.
5. Nag Hammadi, The Second Treatise of The Great Seth, 56.27-56.30 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

6. Augustine, Letters, 237 (7th cent. CE - 7th cent. CE)

7. Anon., Manichean Psalmbook, 191.4-191.8



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
ambrosiaster Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
antioch (in syria) (antakya), montanism at? Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism (2007) 54
antioch (in syria) (antakya) Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism (2007) 54
apocrypha), censorship of Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
apocryphal books (see also extra-canonical books) Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
apolinarius (apollinaris) of hierapolis Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism (2007) 54
archons Williams, Williams, The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I: (Sects 1-46) (2009) 290
augustine Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
bible, the / scripture Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
body, of christ, reality Williams, Williams, The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I: (Sects 1-46) (2009) 290
body Williams, Williams, The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I: (Sects 1-46) (2009) 290
canon Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
children Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
christ, an appearance/apparition/semblance Williams, Williams, The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I: (Sects 1-46) (2009) 290
christ, passion of Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
christ, resurrection of Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
christians, numbers of Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
church councils/gatherings(anti-montanist), at antioch (in syria)? Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism (2007) 54
clivus Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
deacon Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
dwellings Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
ethics Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
exegesis) Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
family Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
fraud, deceit Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
friendship Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
fullers (cloth) Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
god Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
godlessness, reproach of Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
gods Williams, Williams, The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I: (Sects 1-46) (2009) 290
gospel of peter Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
heaven Williams, Williams, The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I: (Sects 1-46) (2009) 290
integration Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
jesus (see also christ) Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
jews, jewish Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
jews Williams, Williams, The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I: (Sects 1-46) (2009) 290
justin Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
laborers, manual Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
law, not foreign to christ/gospel Williams, Williams, The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I: (Sects 1-46) (2009) 290
law Williams, Williams, The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I: (Sects 1-46) (2009) 290
manichaeans Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
mixed marriages Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
persecution, martyrs Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
peter the apostle Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
philastrius of brescia Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
pontius Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism (2007) 54
priscillian of avila Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
priscillianists Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
prophets, martiades and marsianus Williams, Williams, The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I: (Sects 1-46) (2009) 290
reading of scriptures Alikin, The Earliest History of the Christian Gathering (2009) 177
residences (tenement houses) Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
resurrection, defended Williams, Williams, The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I: (Sects 1-46) (2009) 290
rhossus, church of Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
rhosus Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism (2007) 54
serapion, bishop of antioch Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149
serapion of antioch Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism (2007) 54
seth Williams, Williams, The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I: (Sects 1-46) (2009) 290
seven angels, sons of seth Williams, Williams, The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I: (Sects 1-46) (2009) 290
shoemakers Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
slaves, slavery Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
strangers, names of books Williams, Williams, The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I: (Sects 1-46) (2009) 290
stratification, social Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
subscriptiones' Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism (2007) 54
syria, montanism in? Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism (2007) 54
syria Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism (2007) 54
women Lampe, Christians at Rome in the First Two Centuries: From Paul to Valentinus (2003) 103
zeno of verona Lundhaug and Jenott, The Monastic Origins of the Nag Hammadi Codices (2015) 149