ante-Nicene
Americanadjective
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Behold then from every principal Diocese of ancient Christendom, and in the Church's palmiest days, the most famous of the ante-Nicene Fathers repair to Antioch.
From The Revision Revised by Burgon, John William
Note that the adjective ante-Nicene is printed as it here appears.
From Capitals A Primer of Information about Capitalization with some Practical Typographic Hints as to the Use of Capitals by Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William)
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)
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)
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
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