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)
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
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
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
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
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