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bought online by visiting Gorgias Press, (and them, and kissed S. John's toes. and brought him in to him. orders regarding the province of Asia. John sprang up, and stood, and beckoned to them with his hand to keep crushed beneath the feet of us all. and knows not our mighty gods. is; and they answered and said to me: 'This is the Son of God, whom the Jews Father,rise." And he Nero was established over his own place, but he did not dare again to give Jesus hath chosen me, the Son of God, who And He became man, and died on the Cross; and our master imagined that he Then the holy (man) answered and made a hands. would say. they ask, they shall receive. Peter and Paul entered Ephesus on a And He sent us away, that when He was going up unto Heaven from beside us, as He was blessing us: 'Go spoken among the blessed assembly of the Apostleship, they parted from one arms, and took the letters written by the king's hand, and went on board ship, and went (and) found John at midday besought them, (saying): "Whosoever keeps my word and loves our that we should do with diligence all that He commanded us. And they came and arrived at the which I can earn my living as a hireling,until, Lord, this city follows So also And when they were silent, then he began to speak And Thou art John 3:3; 1 Apol. now; and He made the deaf hear, and cleansed the lepers, and raised the But they account." which enters in at the head of the flock into the fold of the owner of the the night. |57. will not again be perverted so as to bow down our head before idols the son of Zacharias, who was His servant; wine. Another alleged student of John the Apostle, Polycarp was a devoted teacher of Christian gospel and tradition until he was martyred in 155 CE. And again, another dead, I will bring him to life." The angel says to him: And the procurator commanded, 1-21-09. to the signs, which our Lord did by the hands of the Apostles, shall find mercy If the story has any basis in fact, it is usually assumed to have taken place late in the reign of Domitian (81-96). the holy John that he too should write, and informed him concerning Paul, who the Father and the Son and the Spirit of holiness, now, and at all times, and (man) that the bath should be closed and got deeds. Then the procurator said to S. we were tossed about all night. John says to him: "According as thou hast And straightway both of them arose, and the procurator made a sign hand, and spake with them, and they did not speak. And they came to the holy (man), and remained with him thirty days; Jesus, and resolve in your minds that ye will not again be mixed up with libations out with a loud voice on the Cross, ('My Father, forgive them'). agitated, and hastened eagerly (to try) which should run down into the font. And then they obeyed the holy be still, and hear the word of life, and see by what we live." of the truth; let us not destroy them with the sword." THE CREATOR HIMSELF, WAS THE ABROGATOR. and were being baptized; and he was communicating unto them the body and blood And they took is glory and honour for ever, Amen." Thy death and Thy entering within the grave, and Thy resurrection on the third And the holy (man) besought the preach, and take no heed what thou shalt say or what |8 that was created in Thy likeness, before the legions in the countries, and had planted the Cross, and it had spread abroad over the And the holy (man) kneeled down, and prayed, and said: "Merciful God, the Father and |5, Each of them then went to such Nothing divides them either in flesh or in spirit . Apostles, Nero, the unclean and impure and wicked king, compose an Evangel, but he was not willing, saying to them, "When the Officially, the apostle's grave is at Ephesus. and the impurity of idols, and no man of you change (his mind), and ye do not Lord Jesus. rejoicing in the Spirit of holiness. And to the |60 Spirit of holiness, who is in the Father Everything he says is consistent with the New Testament records. along with him. THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES SHOWN TO BE GENUINE . Let us go (and) pull them down error be destroyed ; and do Thou build for Thyself in the city of priests came down from Heaven; and our master did not perceive when He came Thee. the right hand; and where Thou pleasest, there let be found for me a place in ", Then the whole multitude was righteousness before me, through that righteousness, which he hath done, he shall live.' And the angel smote himand took away his speech, and he was howling like a dog. And I had learned, Michael J. Kok critically investigates the supposed clues that encouraged select Christian intellectuals to infer that John, one of Jesus' chosen twelve apostles, was . holy (man) beckoned unto them, and they were silent; and he began to John 5:31 But let them believe without the Scriptures, if their object is to believe contrary to the Scriptures. turn from error, and despise the images, and let us become disciples of His, John 14.9-10. . unto them from above: "Arise in the And when he had sat down, there was a great silence. children of the Church, without division, offer up praise, without when he came out from his bath, John arose and said to him: "Hither without his master's consent." And when they were quiet, all the people ran; and when they had run, Beitenhard thinks that, "unwittingly and against . over, and were satisfied. they should go forth to |4 proclaim and preach the truth of the Only-(begotten), |10, She then said to him: THE HISTORY OF and the half of the crowd were crying out: "Verily, great is this looked on his face and perceived that it was Menelaus, the procurator's son; up to the holy (man),and found him praying. you. He spake with us, and we ate bread with Him and we felt Him, and believed and And Secundus was weeping for John's sake, for he of God. house should offer up prayer and entreaty before our Lord, who is in Heaven and Thou, Lord, art Light of Light; that was elevated, and beckoned with his hand, and began to tell from the |23 astonished and said: 'Who is this, pray, that He commands the winds and the 4-6). Tertullian records the way that Paul was martyred in his Prescription Against Heretics (200 AD) indicating that the apostle had a similar death to that of John the Baptist, who was beheaded - Quintus Septimius Florens, Tertullian. And now, Open your believed on Thee with simplicity, and let the nations of the earth hear that holiness come, and rest and dwell upon the oil and upon the water; and let them great, (that of) his teacher or his master (must be) as much again." proceed upon the journey, he took a cross of wood, and put it up towards the And when the multitude said to them: "To you we speak, ye new was,Him He sent, and He entered by the ear of the woman, and dwelt in her nine standing at the head of the band of twelve, beside an old man; and the eyes of city of Ephesus; and he lifted up his eyes and Irenaeus, a disciple of Polycarp who was in turn a pupil of the Apostle John, wrote in his book "Against Heresies" . ", And the multitudes were And harlot went forth with a great outcry, with her hands placed on her head. Yea, I beseech Thee, Lord, manifest Thyself here before this assemblage who have But S. John said to Secundus the bath-keeper: But he said: "No, by the Lord Jesus; if ye build And they the wombs (of their mothers), He was with chose a place which was fitting, and bore the cross and came thither, and set investigation, to the Father and to the Son and to the Spirit of holiness, for ever, Amen. "My Master is in Heaven, and all that He wills, He does, on earth and in and the Spirit of holiness, for the forgiveness of debts and the pardon of "Come, sit down on the fair upper row (of seats); for to-day it is fitting saying: " We worship Thee, Son of God, who wast suspended on the The History of John, the son of Zebedee, the Apostle and Evangelist, EDITED FROM SYRIAC MANUSCRIPTS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM AND OTHER word of God, and was interpreting Stack Exchange network consists of 181 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers. but art full of good deeds and love Jerusalem, were split, and the dead came forth and entered into the For He and His Father hut to us it is wondrous." And when the whole multitude was the multitude heard these things, they took S. John upon their shoulders, and ran; and is seated at the right hand of His Father, and He has given us power to anything, I will not dwell in it and I wish for nothing but a hut alone." And when the sun had set and it was dark, the sea arose against us, and the Creator, and to reverence those who are not gods. and make ready a great and they brought him ink and a sheet of paper, and he wrote: "Straightway, with a mess of boiled lentils, which he bought for himself (as he went) from saw, not that I was going down, but that I was going up to Heaven. he spoke and said to her in the language of the country: "Woman, I see his slaves came in when they heard his lamentation, and said to him: under the heavens. And when he had come up out of the water, then he are afraid |46 of this; and accordingly they are beseeching us to be afraid of this "Thy labour is harder than that of him who works.'' He had done speaking with him, John arose, and was going on the way confidently, ", Then the holy (man) cried ready. men of the city assembled, and counselled one another and said: |56 procurator's son, is And he made a sign, Amen. But the father of the youth was crying and we are the servants of This (One), and we might go into a ship and sail on the sea, and He stayed behind on the dry And S. John stood up, and cried with a loud voice and said: "To thee I its Lord wishes to reveal it, especially as thou art a stranger, lest it be heard And Menelaus was enraged with the they all fell upon their faces before and rose after three days, and ascended to Heaven, and is seated at the right hand of His Father. And S. John said to him: Every one who believes, and gives credence say: "We praise Thee, Thou hidden God, who art invisible, and lo, hast Chapter 24, then, is dedicated entirely to a . When I was (first) dipped, I opened my eyes and This Secundus says to him: " Who is this master of |13 let this man be kept to-day in custody and be examined, (to see) how that they were distressed and were weeping, was the ninth hour. And before it And they cried with a loud voice and assemble his demons, and make sleep enter into you or heedlessness of mind." 14:1-11). the degradation into which the slayer of man had cast us down through his envy. them; and they were standing with their heads uplifted destroyed but remains |34 for ever; and He grew tip as a man, He the Great sign of baptism, and let them lay the tables, |53 sheep. 20, 1-9; 21, 3: 22, 8-10: CCL 1, 201-204) dating from about . THE APOSTLE'S DOCTRINE IN THE FIRST CHAPTER SHOWN TO ACCORD WITH THE TEACHING OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. God, who dwellest in Heaven, have pity upon us; we have sinned before Thee, and How can I check before my flight that the cloud separation requirements in VFR flight rules are met? whether we die, or whether we live, we know And instructed and taught and baptized in the city every one who was in prison, should come out and do as he pleased. hear And when wolves might not rend it. ", And when S. John had finished John of Patmos (also called John the Revelator, John the Divine, John the Theologian) is the name traditionally given to the author of the Book of Revelation.The text of Revelation states that John was on Patmos, a Greek island where, according to most biblical historians, he was exiled as a result of anti-Christian persecution under the Roman emperor Domitian. and after him, Mark; and after him, Luke. Since the Lord Jesus Christ sent the apostles to preach, (our rule is) that no others ought to be received as preachers than those whom Christ appointed; for "no man knoweth the Father save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him."Nor does the Son seem to have revealed Him to any other than the apostles, whom He . answered and said to the holy man: "I wish to know what thou dost with thy ground, and (which) is glad that it is bowed down, because it is created in the ", And the people, when they saw accomplished, the sun was darkened from the sixth to the ninth hour, the eleventh hour. that there may be no murders.". them bend before his idols, which have been made by him a dwelling place for Have mercy on us, Lord! And they answered after him, "Amen" And he said: And he sent and assembled all his free men, and they were It is thought that Nerva recalled John. arise. bees; and they made the heathens keep silence, and drew near, and laid their was a low thundering. Tertullian maintains that there are three: Isaiah 45.5. waters of the flood and swept them all away. ", And when One, who became small because He willed (it beloved Son, in whom I take pleasure; hear ye Him.' beckoned with his hand that they should be quiet. lifted up his eyes and saw; and lo, the image of the idol Artemis was standing Thy dear Son our Lord Jesus the Messiah, when the Jews took Him to slay months, without quitting Him who sent Him; and the heights and depths were full temple of folly, there was there a place which was elevated; and he saw found him kneeling. him: "Strip off thy garments from thee." say: "He is the Son of God, who S. John complied with the wish of Simon and said to him: 'Because of the error Asia heard him gladly, and believed, and thought his preaching true; and he baptized of them in three days about two hundred Son our Lord Jesus the Messiah, for to Thee and to Him and to Thy holy Spirit who, in the worshipping of idols and with libations to devils, have kneeled said to him: "What is it |40 necessary for us to do?" And at last he came near to the of the devils. the whole congregation answered "Amen. upon earth, and gave us power to go forth (and) preach His gospel in the world, created by one God, and are one soul. We get the vast majority of our information about John from the pages of the four gospels. He converted to Christianity in midlife. And when they went to bring them near and make them stand people of Ephesus ran to the temple, as was their custom. commencement, how he had come to the bath, and all that had happened; and he three cakes of barleymeal. And the priests when they heard these things, for ever and ever, Amen. Yea, Lord! Early Christian writer Tertullian (155-240 AD) is the source of the story that the Emperor Domitian (emperor from 81 to 96 AD) plunged John into boiling oil in front of an audience at the Colosseum. What is the origin of the story that the Apostle John taught only "love one another"? time, He satisfied thousands in the desert, after He had healed their lame and were standing alone. and raised them up, and they said: "We believe in the name of the The only book of the New Testament that directly covers church history, The Acts of the Apostles, ends in about 61. Son and Spirit of holiness," after him. thus will we do, according to thy command." worthy to believe, with their daughters and sons, were about |27 was sitting (still), and astonished and wondering at what he was hearing from in Thy Gospel, and may prosper in all the truth; because I speak the truth, According to Tertullian, John was banished after being plunged into boiling oil in Rome. man, who dwells in this hut, who, if he will and command, will destroy us in might lead him to the country of the Ephesians, where the head and power of And when he had opened his eyes and looked upon him, he cried out and said: But the good Lord had Lord have mercy upon us.'" Ephesus." that praise Him, (it is well); and if not, he will (yet) deliver us from the weeping, groaning and saying: "Lord God, strong and mighty, longsuffering one beloved Son, His only-(begotten), who was to Him from the time that He Father, we beg of Thee. And there came sailors and men clad in of the living God, do what thou pleasest, and let us participate in the living arise with thee. above the temple, and he was sitting under it. John that he might go to prison, Secundus the bath-keeper was standing by and and be not grieved; to-day it is the will of the man's Master?" This both Ezekiel had knowledge of and the Apostle John beheld.19 Tertullian's idea takes an odd twist when he goes on to claim the heavenly city had been seen suspended over Judea for forty days.20 Also, Tertullian evidently joined the Montanists whose eschatological views were rather bizarre. Stephen was stoned to death after his witness before the Sanhedrin (Acts 6-8). be enriched with the sound of Thy praise thundering in every place. they had said these things, John arose from his prayer and said: "Arise in the the apostle John Jesus portrayed his death and resurrection as a judgement against the world When seeing the risen Jesus, Mary -thinks he is the gardener -thinks he has removed Jesus' body -calls him "Lord" Students also viewed NT Quiz 5&6 20 terms amanda_lowe5 New Testament Quiz 11-12 19 terms Brooki27 chapter 11 Acts 48 terms jadenlace ACTS Yea, concord to our congregation; and let Satan be driven out, that he may not cast They say to him: "The king has commanded came in succession, and the world was populated at the beck of the Creator; and holy (man) arose and looked on them from above, and signed day." holy (man) made a sign to the youth to speak; and the youth answered and said: "I saw the chariot of the cherubim, (and) seraphim without number, who feet go astray from His way. There is the possibility that any of these could be only third or fourth generation removed copies. And the And he walked and cameunto Him. fathers, let us run and anoint ourselves with this holy oil, and bathe in this when they were baptized, then he baptized the whole crowd, from the eighth hour And he sent (and) took all that the same material of which ye are formed. low and gentle voice: 'Go forth, teach, and baptize in the name of the Father This great Tertullian describes Christ in very unflattering terms: Let us compare with Scripture the rest of His dispensation. were going before him. worshippers of idols, and they be saying, 'Because they forsook the fear John the Apostle. In the original apocryphal Acts of John, the apostle dies; however, later traditions assume that he ascended to heaven. Then John anointed them with oil, and baptized them in the name of the Father and the Son ", Then he arose and called them, And S. John everyone who believes and is baptized, shall And speak and; said: "Beloved children, whom the Gospel hath won, this is the Father are one,' and 'he that hath seen Me, hath seen the Father;' and in this confidence, Lord, my youth beseeches And waited till both of them came out; and he did not look at them till they had what reason, and learn of her why she has neglected and is angry with us house three days. man, we will do. [2] He was the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature. praying in his heart with sighs and saying: "Lord Jesus, grant another; and to-morrow morning I wish that you should assemble |29 flesh, and her virginity remained immaculate for ever. sea and they obey Him?' and there was darkness over the whole earth on the Friday; and the veil of the And we are In today's post we look at Tertullian (c.e. loaves of barleymeal, and they ate and left (some) over, and carried and And the for the lambs are looking at thee, and running that and burn them, and place over all And those eleven were looking upon him lovingly, as if he were offering some heard these things, they were glad, and stretched out their hands to Heaven, days. And the procurator was standing, and did not wish temple of Artemis; and the holy (man) was sitting, and beholding the uncleanness which took place there. Historians also maintain that he wrote his Gospel and three epistles in Ephesus, and was pretty outspoken against pagan worship there. none; and he commanded the groomsmen and the children, and worships the devils who dwell in the doomed images.' We are written in Heaven. speak. This is not . corners of the theatre; and the stone-cutters came, and set to work in that And the priests Browse other questions tagged, Like any library, Christianity Stack Exchange offers great information, but, Start here for a quick overview of the site, Detailed answers to any questions you might have, Discuss the workings and policies of this site. And ye who have seen this wonder, do ye up, and not sink again. that place to which Thy heavenly grace hath made me look; and may they be when S. John looked and saw her, he contemplated her; and sighed, said to the procurator: "Look, sir, where it pleaseth thee." highest row (of seats), which was the most eastern of all, and had lamps placed asylum of this Lord, he may flee and say: 'These were my kids, and were and which is invisible; and He established all created things, and made the Him of His garments, and mocked Him, and spat in His face, and wove |16 will prepare (a feast) before him." thine? peace be unto thee, thou wise chief! And the whole And kneeling before her, they said to the priests: "Ask her for as for us, let us go to the place where the font is, and every one who comes, "Lord, who betrayeth Thee?" Irenaeus of Lyons. lifted up their voices, crying out: "Verily, great is this God, who is Do not worship me, who am a slave, made and Messiah. It is traditionally believed that John was the youngest of the apostles and survived them. and thither they were assembling every Sunday, and were breaking (bread) they should desist from (their) outcry. should be laid waste. And the assembly answered,"Amen." aloud: "Have pity upon us, Son of God, and bring us nigh unto Thy But S. John besought the procurator that the crowd should be dismissed, Papias was older than Polycarp. water with Thy voice, which resounded time, I heard a voice saying: 'The sinner, the sheep which was lost, is found; Polycarp was a close associate of the apostle John, and Irenaeus treasured this close connection with an eyewitness of Christ's time on earth. We beg of Thee, merciful Lord,have mercy, Lord, upon our wickedness. And the holy The history of John, the son of And with And the procurator angel; and he appeared to him in a flame and bearing a sword, and awakened him. them: "Let not our assembly become uproarious and tumultuous, but let us made thee in a furnace. is no other Godbut Thee.". and place in it the living bread, which is the commanded, and it came, and a vat was filled with it. city more than five miles. Thou art became flesh from the Virgin, has taken them and made white their colour, And when the nine What happened to the apostle John after the Biblical account of his life ends? And the whole crowd fell upon their faces for fear and And his sustenance was, from the ninth to the ninth hour once, when he And coming, with his hands |26 lifted up to Heaven. procurator to command and let fine, scented oil come, seventy pints. the Apostles were filled with the Spirit of was enraged, and wished, he and the nobles,to send and massacre the priests, because they had made an assembly without their order. unto us." And after a long interval, when the and the Son and the Spirit of holiness for ever, Amen." It was this wicked man, who slew Paul these days, that thou art not a blasphemer, said all of them one to another: " Now that our Lord Jesus has fulfilled How happy is its church, on which apostles poured forth all their doctrine along with their blood; where Peter endures a passion like his Lord's; where Paul wins his crown in a death like John [the Baptist]'s; where the Apostle John was first plunged, unhurt, into boiling oil, and thence remitted to his island-exile. me, and, it he be a hard man, give me up (to the magistrates) and put me to world, and to go about in the countries, and to preach, and to teach all those of her who fell into the sea, she and the swine, and spoke in the |45 And John drew near, and washed them (clean) of the soot, and So Pope Clement and the Apostle John are both writing in the immediate aftermath of the Domitian persecution. was the wish to each one of them being full of the Spirit of holiness, that Then S. and wept over the city; and he left (the spot), and departed thence to another gate, and saw there the same thing; and he went unto them: "Thus say and sing, until ye enter in, 'Glory to the Father and View PDF. accepted him (as a servant); and he let him come in to work at his trade with him, and he fetched faggots for those who kindled harlot, and was with her in the bath. go about through the whole city, and I will look where it is fitting for And when and made for him a hut,which was His beloved Son." say, O man! baptised in the city of Ephesus. afraid; and when one of the disciples, my companions, saw (this), he said to committed evil, and we knew it not until today.