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ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
ANF03. Latin Christianity: Its Founder, Tertullian by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Chapter XV. Comp. The Apology, c. ix. —The Charge of Infanticide Retorted on the Heathen. Since we are on a par in respect of the gods,…
Romance of M. Renan, and the Christ of the Gospels. Three Essays by Rev. Dr. Schaff and M. Napoleon Roussel. by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
By Rev. Professor Schaff. THE CHRIST OF THE GOSPELS. THE life and character of Jesus Christ is truly the Holy of Holies in the history of the world. Eighteen hundred years have passed away since he, in the fullness of time, appeared on this earth to redeem a fallen race from sin and death,…
History of the Christian Church, Volume III: Nicene and Post-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 311-600 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. This is the place for some observations on the origin and character of the Christian calendar with reference to its ecclesiastical elements, the catalogue of saints and their festivals.
History of the Christian Church, Volume III: Nicene and Post-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 311-600 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. Besides the general literature given in the previous section, there are many special treatises on the origin of the Christmas festival, by Bynaeus, Kindler, Ittig, Vogel, Wernsdorf, Jablonsky,…
History of the Christian Church, Volume II: Ante-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 100-325 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. Such was the condition of the domestic life of the ancient world, when Christianity, with its doctrine of the sanctity of marriage, with its injunction of chastity, and with its elevation of woman from her half-slavish condition to moral dignity and equality with man, began the work of a silent transformation,…
History of the Christian Church, Volume II: Ante-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 100-325 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. See Lit. vol. I. § 48, especially Wallon’s Histoire de l’esclavage (Paris, new ed. 1879, 3 vols). Comp. also V. Lechler: Sklaverei und Christenthum. Leipzig, 1877, 1878; Theod.
History of the Christian Church, Volume I: Apostolic Christianity. A.D. 1-100 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. Christianity exists not merely as a power or principle in this world, but also in an institutional and organized form which is intended to preserve and protect (not to obstruct) it.
History of the Christian Church, Volume IV: Mediaeval Christianity. A.D. 590-1073 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. Ansgarius: Pigmenta, ed. Lappenberg. Hamburg, 1844. Vita Wilehadi, in Pertz: Monumenta II.; and in Migne: Patrol. Tom. 118, pp. 1014–1051. Rimbertus: Vita Ansgarii, in Pertz: Monumenta II., and in Migne, l.c.
History of the Christian Church, Volume IV: Mediaeval Christianity. A.D. 590-1073 by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
. Nestor (monk of Kieff, the oldest Russian annalist, d. 1116): Annales, or Chronicon (from the building of the Babylonian tower to 1093). Continued by Niphontes (Nifon) from 1116–1157,…
NPNF1-04. Augustine: The Writings Against the Manichaeans and Against the Donatists by Schaff, Philip (1819-1893)
Chapter 30.—The Church Apostrophised as Teacher of All Wisdom. Doctrine of the Catholic Church. 62. But why say more on this? For who but sees that men who dare to speak thus against the Christian Scriptures, though they may not be what they are suspected of being, are at least no Christians? For to Christians this rule of life is given, that we should love the Lord Our God with all the heart,…