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Irenaeus, Refutation Of All Heresies, 3.12.13


nanBut that both the apostles and their disciples thus taught as the Church preaches, and thus teaching were perfected, wherefore also they were called away to that which is perfect--Stephen, teaching these truths, when he was yet on earth, saw the glory of God, and Jesus on His right hand, and exclaimed, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God." These words he said, and was stoned; and thus did he fulfil the perfect doctrine, copying in every respect the Leader of martyrdom, and praying for those who were slaying him, in these words: "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge." Thus were they perfected who knew one and the same God, who from beginning to end was present with mankind in the various dispensations; as the prophet Hosea declares: "I have filled up visions, and used similitudes by the hands of the prophets." Those, therefore, who delivered up their souls to death for Christ's Gospel--how could they have spoken to men in accordance with old-established opinion? If this had been the course adopted by them, they should not have suffered; but inasmuch as they did preach things contrary to those persons who did not assent to the truth, for that reason they suffered. It is evident, therefore, that they did not relinquish the truth, but with all boldness preached to the Jews and Greeks. To the Jews, indeed, [they proclaimed] that the Jesus who was crucified by them was the Son of God, the Judge of quick and dead, and that He has received from His Father an eternal kingdom in Israel, as I have pointed out; but to the Greeks they preached one God, who made all things, and Jesus Christ His Son.


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

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1. Vitruvius Pollio, On Architecture, 1.2.1-1.2.9 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

2. Ignatius, To The Romans, 4 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

3. New Testament, Acts, 6.5, 7.6, 7.60 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

6.5. These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch; 7.6. God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years. 7.60. He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, don't hold this sin against them!" When he had said this, he fell asleep.
4. New Testament, John, 17.24 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

17.24. Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
5. New Testament, Luke, 13.27, 23.34 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

13.27. He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.' 23.34. Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing."Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.
6. New Testament, Matthew, 7.23 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

7.23. Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you. Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'
7. Anon., Marytrdom of Polycarp, 2.2 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

2.2. 2 For who would not admire their nobility and patience and love of their Master? For some were torn by scourging until the mechanism of their flesh was seen even to the lower veins and arteries, and they endured so that even the bystanders pitied them and mourned. And some even reached such a pitch of nobility that none of them groaned or wailed, showing to all of us that at that hour of their torture the noble martyrs of Christ were absent from the flesh, or rather that the Lord was standing by and talking with them.
8. Irenaeus, Refutation of All Heresies, 1.10.3, 3.3.3-3.3.4, 3.12.1-3.12.2, 3.12.5-3.12.12, 3.12.14-3.12.15, 3.16.9, 3.17.4, 3.18.5, 3.19.3, 4.13.2-4.13.3, 4.14.1-4.14.2, 4.15.1, 4.17.6, 4.33.4, 4.33.8-4.33.10, 5.8.1-5.8.2, 5.9.2, 5.20.1, 5.28.4 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

9. Theophilus, To Autolycus, 2.19 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

2.19. God having thus completed the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and all that are in them, on the sixth day, rested on the seventh day from all His works which He made. Then holy Scripture gives a summary in these words: This is the book of the generation of the heavens and the earth, when they were created, in the day that the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and every green thing of the field, before it was made, and every herb of the field before it grew. For God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. Genesis 2:4-5 By this He signifies to us, that the whole earth was at that time watered by a divine fountain, and had no need that man should till it; but the earth produced all things spontaneously by the command of God, that man might not be wearied by tilling it. But that the creation of man might be made plain, so that there should not seem to be an insoluble problem existing among men, since God had said, Let Us make man; and since His creation was not yet plainly related, Scripture teaches us, saying: And a fountain went up out of the earth, and watered the face of the whole earth; and God made man of the dust of the earth, and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul. Whence also by most persons the soul is called immortal. And after the formation of man, God chose out for him a region among the places of the East, excellent for light, brilliant with a very bright atmosphere, [abundant] in the finest plants; and in this He placed man.
10. Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History, 5.1.23, 5.1.35, 5.1.48, 5.2.5 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)

5.1.23. And his body was a witness of his sufferings, being one complete wound and bruise, drawn out of shape, and altogether unlike a human form. Christ, suffering in him, manifested his glory, delivering him from his adversary, and making him an ensample for the others, showing that nothing is fearful where the love of the Father is, and nothing painful where there is the glory of Christ. 5.1.35. For the first went out rejoicing, glory and grace being blended in their faces, so that even their bonds seemed like beautiful ornaments, as those of a bride adorned with variegated golden fringes; and they were perfumed with the sweet savor of Christ, so that some supposed they had been anointed with earthly ointment. But the others were downcast and humble and dejected and filled with every kind of disgrace, and they were reproached by the heathen as ignoble and weak, bearing the accusation of murderers, and having lost the one honorable and glorious and life-giving Name. The rest, beholding this, were strengthened, and when apprehended, they confessed without hesitation, paying no attention to the persuasions of the devil. 5.1.48. And Christ was glorified greatly in those who had formerly denied him, for, contrary to the expectation of the heathen, they confessed. For they were examined by themselves, as about to be set free; but confessing, they were added to the order of the witnesses. But some continued without, who had never possessed a trace of faith, nor any apprehension of the wedding garment, nor an understanding of the fear of God; but, as sons of perdition, they blasphemed the Way through their apostasy. 5.2.5. A little further on they say: They humbled themselves under the mighty hand, by which they are now greatly exalted. They defended all, but accused none. They absolved all, but bound none. And they prayed for those who had inflicted cruelties upon them, even as Stephen, the perfect witness, 'Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.' But if he prayed for those who stoned him, how much more for the brethren!
11. Epiphanius, Panarion, 78.14.6 (4th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)



Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
against the heresies (irenaeus of lyons) Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 117, 118
apocrypha Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 117
apostolic fathers Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 117
architect and king Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 75
asterius of amasea Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 138
atonement Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 138
by, as model Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 118
church Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 123
cross, the Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 242
decretum gelasianum Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 117
divine architect Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 75
divine economy Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 75
economy Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 75
enemies, clemency toward ones, prayer of forgiveness for ones Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 138
enemy love as a christian proprium Matthews, Perfect Martyr: The Stoning of Stephen and the Construction of Christian Identity (2010) 117
ethics Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 242
eusebius Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 123
fitness Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 75
forgiveness prayer as perfecting Matthews, Perfect Martyr: The Stoning of Stephen and the Construction of Christian Identity (2010) 117
from, and stephen Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 117
games, and ignatius Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 117
glory Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 123
gnosticism Piovanelli, Burke, Pettipiece, Rediscovering the Apocryphal Continent: New Perspectives on Early Christian and Late Antique Apocryphal Textsand Traditions. De Gruyter: 2015 (2015) 222
grammatical intransitivity Matthews, Perfect Martyr: The Stoning of Stephen and the Construction of Christian Identity (2010) 117
identity construction, along violent jew/merciful christian binary Matthews, Perfect Martyr: The Stoning of Stephen and the Construction of Christian Identity (2010) 117
ignatius Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 242
ignatius of antioch, as source Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 117
imitatio christi, and orthodoxy Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 118
incarnation Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 75
irenaeus of lyons, and orthodoxy Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 118
irenaeus of lyons, on martyrdom Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 118
irenaeus of lyons, on stephen Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 117, 118
irenaeus of lyons, sources for Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 117
jesus, and stephen Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 118
jesus, commands of Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 118
jesus, portrayal of Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 118
john and paul Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 242
letter of the churches of vienne and lyons, and irenaeus Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 117
lucian Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 117
luke, gospel of Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 138
marcion and marcionitism Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 138
marcionite thinking, on divine judgment Matthews, Perfect Martyr: The Stoning of Stephen and the Construction of Christian Identity (2010) 117
martyr and martyrdom, stephen as Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 138
martyrdom Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 242; Piovanelli, Burke, Pettipiece, Rediscovering the Apocryphal Continent: New Perspectives on Early Christian and Late Antique Apocryphal Textsand Traditions. De Gruyter: 2015 (2015) 222
martyrs Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 123, 130, 242
martyrs of lyons Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 123
nag hammadi codices Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 117
nicolas and nicolaites Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 117
oikonomia Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 75
palestine Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 117
participation Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 242
paul (apostle), martyrdom of Piovanelli, Burke, Pettipiece, Rediscovering the Apocryphal Continent: New Perspectives on Early Christian and Late Antique Apocryphal Textsand Traditions. De Gruyter: 2015 (2015) 222
penner, todd Matthews, Perfect Martyr: The Stoning of Stephen and the Construction of Christian Identity (2010) 117
perfection Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 118
polycarp, and irenaeus Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 117
prayer, of forgiveness for enemies Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 138
prophet Moss, Ancient Christian Martyrdom: Diverse Practices, Theologies, and Traditions (2012) 118
recapitulation Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 123, 130
scarce resources theory' Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 138
scribalism Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 138
sermon on the mount Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 138
stephen Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 138
stephen martyr Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 123, 130, 242
tertullian, on enemy love Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 138
unity of church Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 123
vengeance Boustan Janssen and Roetzel, Violence, Scripture, and Textual Practices in Early Judaism and Christianity (2010) 138