ante-Nicene
Americanadjective
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The fragments in the ante-Nicene Fathers may be found in A. Hilgenfeld, op. cit., in Greek, with commentary.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
The Epistle to Diognetus is one of the choicest pieces of ante-Nicene literature.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
Moreover she is certainly wrong in imagining that the ante-Nicene fathers did not as a body teach regeneration by baptism—even Gregory Nazianzen, the most spiritual of many, did, and in the fourth century.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1 of 2) by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
In ante-Nicene times these took place in various provinces of the Church, but did not extend to the whole Church.
From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)
The apologetic work of the patristic writers was chiefly done in the ante-Nicene age; after that discussion turned more upon questions within the scope of the Christian Faith.
From The Basis of Early Christian Theism by Cole, Lawrence Thomas
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