The Gospel of Peter, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Apocalypse of Peter, the Vision of Paul, The Apocalypse of the Virgin and Sedrach the Testament of Abraham, the Acts of Xanthippe and Polyxena, the Narrative of Zosimus, the Apology of Aristides, the Epistles of Clement (Complete Text), Origen’s Commentary on John, Books 1–10, and Commentary on Matthew, Books 1, 2, and 10–14
THE GOSPEL OF PETER, THE DIATESSARON OF TATIAN, THE APOCALYPSE OF PETER, THE VISION OF PAUL, THE APOCALYPSE OF THE VIRGIN AND SEDRACH, THE TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM, THE ACTS OF XANTHIPPE AND POLYXENA, THE NARRATIVE OF ZOSIMUS, THE APOLOGY OF ARISTIDES, THE EPISTLES OF CLEMENT (COMPLETE TEXT), ORIGEN’S COMMENTARY ON JOHN, BOOKS 1–10, AND COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW, BOOKS 1, 2, AND 10–14.
ANTE-NICENE FATHERS VOLUME 9. THE GOSPEL OF PETER, THE DIATESSARON OF TATIAN, THE APOCALYPSE OF PETER, THE VISION OF PAUL, THE APOCALYPSES OF THE VIRGIN AND SEDRACH, THE TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM, THE ACTS OF XANTHIPPE AND POLYXENA, THE NARRATIVE OF ZOSIMUS, THE APOLOGY OF ARISTIDES, THE EPISTLES OF CLEMENT (COMPLETE TEXT),
ORIGEN’S COMMENTARY ON JOHN, BOOKS 1–10, AND COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW, BOOKS 1, 2, AND 10–14.
THE ANTE-NICENE FATHERS TRANSLATIONS OF THE WRITINGS OF THE FATHERS DOWN TO A.D. 325.
THE GOSPEL OF PETER
THE DIATESSARON OF TATIAN
THE APOCALYPSE OF PETER
THE VISION OF PAUL
THE APOCALYPSE OF THE VIRGIN
THE APOCALYPSE OF SEDRACH
THE TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM
THE ACTS OF XANTHIPPE AND POLYXENA
THE NARRATIVE OF ZOSIMUS
THE EPISTLES OF CLEMENT
THE APOLOGY OF ARISTIDES THE PHILOSOPHER
THE PASSION OF THE SCILLITAN MARTYRS
EPISTLE TO GREGORY AND ORIGEN’S COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
ORIGEN’S COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW
THE GOSPEL OF PETER
The Gospel According to Peter
Synoptical Table of the Four Canonical Gospels and The Gospel According to Peter
THE DIATESSARON OF TATIAN
The Text of the Diatessaron
Section I
Section II
Section III
Section IV
Section V
Section VI
Section VII
Section VIII
Section IX
Section X
Section XI
Section XII
Section XIII
Section XIV
Section XV
Section XVI
Section XVII
Section XVIII
Section XIX
Section XX
Section XXI
Section XXII
Section XXIII
Section XXIV
Section XXV
Section XXVI
Section XXVII
Section XXVIII
Section XXIX
Section XXX
Section XXXI
Section XXXII
Section XXXIII
Section XXXIV
Section XXXV
Section XXXVI
Section XXXVII
Section XXXVIII
Section XXXIX
Section XL
Section XLI
Section XLII
Section XLIII
Section XLIV
Section XLV
Section XLVI
Section XLVII
Section XLVIII
Section XLIX
Section L
Section LI
Section LII
Section LIII
Section LIV
Section LV
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THE APOCALYPSE OF PETER
The Revelation of Peter
The Apocalypse of Peter
Fragments of the Apocalypse of Peter
THE VISION OF PAUL
The Vision of Paul
THE APOCALYPSE OF THE VIRGIN
The Apocalypse of the Holy Mother of God Concerning the Chastisements
THE APOCALYPSE OF SEDRACH
The Apocalypse of Sedrach
THE TESTAMENT OF ABRAHAM
The Testament of Abraham
Version I
Version II
THE ACTS OF XANTHIPPE AND POLYXENA
Life and Conduct of the Holy Women, Xanthippe, Polyxena, and Rebecca
THE NARRATIVE OF ZOSIMUS
The Narrative of Zosimus Concerning the Life of the Blessed
THE EPISTLES OF CLEMENT
The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians
Chapter I
The Salutation. Praise of the Corinthians Before the Breaking Forth of Schism Among Them
Chapter II
Praise of the Corinthians Continued
Chapter III
The Sad State of the Corinthian Church After Sedition Arose in It from Envy and Emulation
Chapter IV
Many Evils Have Already Flowed from This Source in Ancient Times
Chapter V
No Less Evils Have Arisen from the Same Source in the Most Recent Times. The Martyrdom of Peter and Paul
Chapter VI
Continuation. Several Other Martyrs
Chapter VII
An Exhortation to Repentance
Chapter VIII
Continuation Respecting Repentance
Chapter IX
Examples of the Saints
Chapter X
Continuation of the Above
Chapter XI
Continuation. Lot
Chapter XII
The Rewards of Faith and Hospitality. Rahab
Chapter XIII
An Exhortation to Humility
Chapter XIV
We Should Obey God Rather Than the Authors of Sedition
Chapter XV
We Must Adhere to Those Who Cultivate Peace, Not to Those Who Merely Pretend to Do So
Chapter XVI
Christ as an Example of Humility
Chapter XVII
The Saints as Examples of Humility
Chapter XVIII
David as an Example of Humility
Chapter XIX
Imitating These Examples, Let Us Seek After Peace
Chapter XX
The Peace and Harmony of the Universe
Chapter XXI
Let Us Obey God, and Not the Authors of Sedition
Chapter XXII
These Exhortations are Confirmed by the Christian Faith, Which Proclaims the Misery of Sinful Conduct
Chapter XXIII
Be Humble, and Believe that Christ Will Come Again
Chapter XXIV
God Continually Shows Us in Nature that There Will Be a Resurrection
Chapter XXV
The Phoenix an Emblem of Our Resurrection
Chapter XXVI
We Shall Rise Again, Then, as the Scripture Also Testifies
Chapter XXVII
In the Hope of the Resurrection, Let Us Cleave to the Omnipotent and Omniscient God
Chapter XXVIII
God Sees All Things: Therefore Let Us Avoid Transgression
Chapter XXIX
Let Us Also Draw Near to God in Purity of Heart
Chapter XXX
Let Us Do Those Things that Please God, and Flee from Those He Hates, that We May Be Blessed
Chapter XXXI
Let Us See by What Means We May Obtain the Divine Blessing
Chapter XXXII
We are Justified Not by Our Own Works, But by Faith
Chapter XXXIII
But Let Us Not Give Up the Practice of Good Works and Love. God Himself is an Example to Us of Good Works
Chapter XXXIV
Great is the Reward of Good Works with God. Joined Together in Harmony, Let Us Implore that Reward from Him
Chapter XXXV
Immense is This Reward. How Shall We Obtain It?
Chapter XXXVI
All Blessings are Given to Us Through Christ
Chapter XXXVII
Christ is Our Leader, and We His Soldiers
Chapter XXXVIII
Let the Members of the Church Submit Themselves, and No One Exalt Himself Above Another
Chapter XXXIX
There is No Reason for Self-Conceit
Chapter XL
Let Us Preserve in the Church the Order Appointed by God
Chapter XLI
Continuation of the Same Subject
Chapter XLII
The Order of Ministers in the Church
Chapter XLIII
Moses of Old Stilled the Contention Which Arose Concerning the Priestly Dignity
Chapter XLIV
The Ordinances of the Apostles, that There Might Be No Contention Respecting the Priestly Office
Chapter XLV
It is the Part of the Wicked to Vex the Righteous
Chapter XLVI
Let Us Cleave to the Righteous: Your Strife is Pernicious
Chapter XLVII
Your Recent Discord is Worse Than the Former Which Took Place in the Times of Paul
Chapter XLVIII
Let Us Return to the Practice of Brotherly Love
Chapter XLIX
The Praise of Love
Chapter L
Let Us Pray to Be Thought Worthy of Love
Chapter LI
Let the Partakers in Strife Acknowledge Their Sins
Chapter LII
Such a Confession is Pleasing to God
Chapter LIII
The Love of Moses Towards His People
Chapter LIV
He Who is Full of Love Will Incur Every Loss, that Peace May Be Restored to the Church
Chapter LV
Examples of Such Love
Chapter LVI
Let Us Admonish and Correct One Another
Chapter LVII
Let the Authors of Sedition Submit Themselves
Chapter LVIII
Submission the Precursor of Salvation
Chapter LIX
Warning Against Disobedience. Prayer
Chapter LX
Prayer Continued
Chapter LXI
Prayer Continued—For Rulers and Governors. Conclusion
Chapter LXII
Summary and Conclusory—Concerning Godliness
Chapter LXIII
Hortatory, Letter Sent by Special Messengers
Chapter LXIV
Blessings Sought for All that Call Upon God
Chapter LXV
The Corinthians are Exhorted Speedily to Send Back Word that Peace Has Been Restored. The Benediction
The Second Epistle of Clement
Chapter I
We Ought to Think Highly of Christ
Chapter II
The Church, Formerly Barren, is Now Fruitful
Chapter III
The Duty of Confessing Christ
Chapter IV
True Confession of Christ
Chapter V
This World Should Be Despised
Chapter VI
The Present and Future Worlds are Enemies to Each Other
Chapter VII
We Must Strive in Order to Be Crowned
Chapter VIII
The Necessity of Repentance While We are on Earth
Chapter IX
We Shall Be Judged in the Flesh
Chapter X
Vice is to Be Forsaken, and Virtue Followed
Chapter XI
We Ought to Serve God, Trusting in His Promises
Chapter XII
We are Constantly to Look for the Kingdom of God
Chapter XIII
God’s Name Not to Be Blasphemed
Chapter XIV
The Church Spiritual
Chapter XV
He Who Saves and He Who is Saved
Chapter XVI
Preparation for the Day of Judgment
Chapter XVII
Same Subject Continued
Chapter XVIII
The Author Sinful, Yet Pursuing
Chapter XIX
Reward of the Righteous, Although They May Suffer
Chapter XX
Godliness, Not Gain, the True Riches
THE APOLOGY OF ARISTIDES THE PHILOSOPHER
The Apology of Aristides as it is preserved in the history of Barlaam and Josaphat
The Apology of Aristides the Philosopher
THE PASSION OF THE SCILLITAN MARTYRS
The Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs
EPISTLE TO GREGORY AND ORIGEN’S COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
Letter of Origen to Gregory
Origen’s Commentary on the Gospel of John
Book I
Book II
Fragments of the Fourth Book
From the Fifth Book
Sixth Book
Tenth Book
ORIGEN’S COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW
Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew
From the First Book of the Commentary on Matthew
From the Second Book of the Commentary on the Gospel According to Matthew
The Unity and Harmony of Scripture
Book X
1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus
2. Exposition of the Parable
3. The Shining of the Righteous. Its Interpretation
4. Concerning the Parable of the Treasure Hidden in the Field. The Parable Distinguished from the Similitude
5. The Field and the Treasure Interpreted
6. The Exposition Continued
7. The Parable of the Pearl of Great Price. The Formation and Difference of Pearls
8. The Parable Interpreted is the Light of These Views
9. Christ the Pearl of Great Price
10. The Pearl of the Gospel in Relation to the Old Testament
11. The Parable of the Drag-Net
12. The Divine Scriptures Compared to a Net
13. Relation of Men to Angels
14. The Disciples as Scribes
15. The Householder and His Treasury
16. Parables in Relation to Similitudes. Jesus in His Own Country
17. The Brethren of Jesus
18. Prophets in Their Country
19. Relation of Faith and Unbelief to the Supernatural Powers of Jesus
20. Different Conceptions of John the Baptist
21. Herod and the Baptist
22. The Dancing of Herodias. The Keeping of Oaths
23. The Withdrawal of Jesus
24. The Diverse Forms of Spiritual Sickness
25. Healing Precedes Participation in the Loaves of Jesus
Book XI
1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand
2. Exposition of the Details of the Miracle
3. The Exposition of Details Continued. The Sitting Down on the Grass. The Division into Companies
4. The Multitudes and the Disciples Contrasted
5. The Disciples in Conflict. Jesus Walks Upon the Waters
6. Interpretation of the Details in the Narrative. Application Thereof to All Disciples
7. The Healing of the Sick on the Other Side. The Method of Healing
8. Concerning the Pharisees and Scribes Who Came and Inquired, Why Do Thy Disciples Transgress the Tradition of the Elders?
9. Explanation of “Corban.”
10. The Traditions of the Elders in Collision with Divine Law
11. Exposition of the Prophecy of Isaiah Quoted by Jesus
12. Things Clean and Unclean According to the Law and the Gospel
13. The Offence of the Pharisees
14. Why the Pharisees Were Not a Plant of God. Teaching of Origen on the “Bread of the Lord.”
15. Eating with Unwashed Heart Defiles the Man
16. Concerning the Canaanitish Woman. Meaning of the “Borders of Tyre and Sidon.”
17. Exposition of the Details in the Narrative
18. Concerning the Multitudes Who Were Healed. Comparison of the Mountain Where Jesus Sat to the Church
19. Concerning the Seven Loaves. The Narrative of the Feeding of the Four Thousand Compared with that of the Five Thousand
Book XII
1. Concerning Those Who Asked Him to Show Them a Sign from Heaven
2. Why the Pharisees Asked a Sign from Heaven
3. The Answer of Jesus to Their Request
4. Why Jesus Called Them an Adulterous Generation. The Law as Husband
5. Concerning the Leaven of the Pharisees
6. The Meaning of Leaven. Jesus’ Knowledge of the Heart
7. Relative Magnitude of Sins of the Heart and Actual Sins
8. The Leaven Figurative Like the Water Spoken of by Jesus to the Woman of Samaria
9. Concerning the Question of Jesus in Caesarea, Who Do Men Say that I Am? Different Conceptions of Jesus
10. The Answer of Peter
11. The Promise Given to Peter Not Restricted to Him, But Applicable to All Disciples Like Him
12. Every Sin—Every False Doctrine is a “Gate of Hades.”
13. The “Gates of Hades” And the “Gates of Zion” Contrasted
14. In What Sense the “Keys” Are Given to Peter, and Every Peter. Limitations of This Power
15. Relation of the Former Commission Given by Jesus to the Disciples, to His Present Injunction of Silence. Belief and Knowledge Contrasted
16. Gradual Growth in Knowledge of the Disciples
17. Reasons for that Gradual Knowledge
18. Jesus Was at First Proclaimed by the Twelve as a Worker and a Teacher Only
19. Importance of the Proclamation of Jesus as the Crucified
20. Why Jesus Had to Go to Jerusalem
21. The Rebuke of Peter and the Answer of Jesus
22. Importance of the Expressions “Behind” And “Turned.”
23. Peter as a Stumbling-Block to Jesus
24. Self-Denial and Cross-Bearing
25. Reference to the Saying of Paul About Crucifixion with Christ
26. The Less of Life; And the Saving of It
27. Life Lost to the World is Saved
28. The Exchange for One’s Life
29. The Coming of the Son of Man in Glory
30. The Word Appears in Different Forms; The Time of His Coming in Glory
31. The Simpler Interpretation of the Promise About Not Tasting of Death
32. Standing by the Saviour
33. Interpretation of “Tasting of Death.”
34. Meaning of “Until.” No Limitation of Promise
35. Scriptural References to Death
36. Concerning the Transfiguration of the Saviour
37. Force of the Words “Before Them.”
38. The Garments White as the Light
39. Jesus Was Transfigured—”As He Was Praying.”
40. Discussion of the Saying of Peter
41. Figurative Interpretation of the Same
42. The Meaning of the “Bright Cloud.”
43. Relation of Moses and Elijah to Jesus. The Injunction of Silence
Book XIII
1. Relation of the Baptist to Elijah. The Theory of Transmigration Considered
2. “The Spirit and Power of Elijah”—Not the Soul—Were in the Baptist
3. Concerning the Epileptic
4. Spiritual Epileptics
5. The Deaf and Dumb Spirit
6. Influence of the Moon and Stars on Men
7. The Power of Faith
8. Jesus’ Prediction of His “Delivery” Into the Hands of Men
9. Satan and the “Delivery” Of Jesus
10. Concerning Those Who Demanded the Half-Shekel
11. The Freedom of Sons
12. The Stater Allegorized
13. The Sacred Half-Shekel
14. Concerning Those Who Said, Who is the Greatest? and Concerning the Child that Was Called by Jesus
15. Greatness Varies in Degree
16. Why the Great are Compared to Little Children
17. The Little Ones and Their Stumbling-Blocks
18. Who Was the Little Child Called by Jesus
19. The Parallel Passages in Mark and Luke
20. The World and Offences. Various Meanings of World
21. The “Woe” Does Not Apply to the Disciples of Jesus
22. What the “Occasions of Stumbling” Are
23. In What Sense “Necessary.”
24. The Offending Hand, or Foot, or Eye
25. The Eye or Hand Allegorized
26. The Little Ones and Their Angels
27. When the Little Ones are Assigned to Angels
28. Close Relationship of Angels to Their “Little Ones.”
29. The Little Ones and the Perfect
30. The Sinning Brother
31. The Power to Bind on Earth and in Heaven
Book XIV
1. The Power of Harmony in Relation to Prayer
2. The Harmony of Husband and Wife
3. The Harmony of Body, Soul, and Spirit
4. Harmony of the Old and New Covenants
5. The Limit of Forgiveness
6. Concerning the King Who Made a Reckoning with His Own Servants, to Whom Was Brought a Man Who Owed Ten Thousand Talents
7. Exposition Continued: the King and the Servants
8. The Principle of the Reckoning
9. The Time Occupied by the Reckoning
10. The Man Who Owed Many Talents
11. The Servant Who Owed a Hundred Pence
12. The Time of the Reckoning
13. No Forgiveness to the Unforgiving
14. How Jesus Finished His Words
15. How Men Followed Jesus
16. Concerning the Pharisees and Scribes Tempting Jesus (by Asking) Whether Was Lawful for a Man to Put Away His Wife for Every Cause
17. Union of Christ and the Church
18. The Bill of Divorcement
19. The Divorce of Israel
20. Christ and the Gentiles
21. Union of Angels and the Souls of Men
22. The Marriage of Church Dignitaries
23. Some Laws Given by Concession to Human Weakness
24. Jewish Criticism of the Law of Christ
25. Chastity and Prayer
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