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)
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
The Fathers may be divided into two groups, the ante-Nicene and the post-Nicene writers, and also into the Greek and Latin Fathers.
From The New Theology by Campbell, R. J. (Reginald John)
Christianity was probably planted in the British Isles during the second century; as to its growth in the ante-Nicene period little is definitely known.
From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen
Tertullian and other ante-Nicene and Nicene fathers attributed many conversions to nocturnal dreams and visions.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
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