ante-Nicene
Americanadjective
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It was exclusively confined to this one question: What were the views of the ante-Nicene Fathers on the subject of the Trinity, and especially on the relation of the Second to the First Person?
From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John)
And how is it with the ante-Nicene fathers, whom Dr. Huntington also considers to be Trinitarian? else certainly his rule of “always, everywhere, and by all,” does not hold.
From Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors by Clarke, James Freeman
Nor does Eusebius, who knew the ante-Nicene literature intimately, seem to know of any other view ever having been held.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
I have to acknowledge my obligations to Messrs. Clark, of Edinburgh, for allowing me to make somewhat copious extracts from the writings of Justin in their ante-Nicene Library.
From The Lost Gospel and Its Contents Or, The Author of "Supernatural Religion" Refuted by Himself by Sadler, Michael Ferrebee
Some method of subdivision is necessary, and the simplest and most obvious is that which breaks the whole into two great parts, the ante-Nicene and the post-Nicene.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
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