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Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi by Ugolino, Brother (13th-14th c.)
CHAPTER XXVI HOW ST FRANCIS CONVERTED CERTAIN ROBBERS AND ASSASSINS, WHO BECAME FRIARS; AND OF A WONDERFUL VISION WHICH APPEARED TO ONE OF THEM WHO WAS A MOST HOLY BROTHER As St Francis went one day through the desert of Borgo di San Sepolcro, and was passing by a castle called Monte Casale, he saw a young man of noble mien, and elegant in appearance, coming towards him, who thus addressed him:…
Commentary on Acts - Volume 1 by Calvin, John (1509-1564)
30. And when forty years were expired, there appeared unto him in the desert of Mount Sinai the angel of the Lord, in a flame of fire in a bush. 31. And so soon as Moses saw it, he wondered at the vision.
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
ANF05. Fathers of the Third Century: Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, Novatian, Appendix by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. Oxford ed.: Ep. lvii. To Cornelius, Concerning Granting Peace to the Lapsed. Argument.—Cyprian Announces This Decree of the Bishops in the Name of the Whole Synod to Father Cornelius;…
Practice of Piety: Directing a Christian How to Walk, that He May Please God by Bayly, Lewis (1565-1631)
O most righteous Judge, yet in Jesus Christ my gracious Father! I, wretched sinner, do here return unto thee, though driven with pain and sickness, like the prodigal child with want and hunger.
Golden Legend, vol. 5 by Voragine, Jacobus de (1230-1298)
S. Rocke was born in Montpelier, which is a town of great name upon the border of France, and was born of noble progeny. His father was lord of Montpelier, and was named John, and was come of the noble house of France.
Josephus: The Complete Works by Josephus, Flavius (37- c. 100)
CONCERNING THE SEDITIONS AT JERUSALEM AND WHAT TERRIBLE MISERIES AFFLICTED THE CITY BY THEIR MEANS. 1. WHEN therefore Titus had marched over that desert which lies between Egypt and Syria, in the manner forementioned, he came to Cesarea, having resolved to set his forces in order at that place, before he began the war.
NPNF1-01. The Confessions and Letters of St. Augustine, with a Sketch of his Life and Work by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Letter XLVI. (a.d. 398.) A letter propounding several cases of conscience. To My Beloved and Venerable Father the Bishop Augustin, Publicola Sends Greeting. It is written: “Ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.” Deut.
Origen on Prayer by Origen (c. 185-c. 254)
CHAPTER XIV HALLOWED BE THY NAME Hallowed be Thy name. Although this may represent either that the object of prayer has not yet come to pass, or after its attainment, that it is not permanent in which case the request is for its retention; the language in this instance makes it plain that it is with the implication that the name of the Father has not yet been hallowed,…
History of the Christian Church, Volume II: Ante-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 100-325 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. Of all the writings of the apostolic fathers none have been so much discussed, especially in modern times, as the Ignatian Epistles. This arises partly from the importance of their contents to the episcopal question, partly from the existence of so many different versions.
NPNF-211. Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
se whose renunciation is perfect. Further also that recompense of reward, wherein the Lord promises an hundredfold in this life to those whose renunciation is perfect, and says: “And everyone that hath left house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for My name’s sake,…