ante-Nicene
Americanadjective
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It was to launch myself on an ocean with currents innumerable; and I was drifted back first to the ante-Nicene history, and then to the Church of Alexandria.
From Apologia Pro Vita Sua by Newman, John Henry
Those who wrote previous to 325 A.D. belong to the ante-Nicene group; those who wrote after that date, to the post-Nicene group.
From The New Theology by Campbell, R. J. (Reginald John)
It was launching myself on an ocean with currents innumerable; and I was drifted back first to the ante-Nicene history, and then to the Church of Alexandria.
From Apologia pro Vita Sua by Newman, John Henry
On the positive proofs of his own position, Horsley cites numerous passages from the ante-Nicene fathers.
From The English Church in the Eighteenth Century by Abbey, Charles J. (Charles John)
Throughout the ante-Nicene period, until the reign of Constantine, Christian churches were few in number, and any public dedication of them would have been attended with danger in those days of heathen persecution.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
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