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The Early Christian Fathers: A Selection from the Writings of the Fathers from St. Clement of Rome to St. Athanasius is unavailable, but you can change that!

The writings of the Fathers of the early Church are of particular importance to anyone who wishes to understand doctrine. This book illustrates the process of development in Christian thought, life, and worship during the period which culminated in the acceptance of the Christian faith by the Emperor Constantine, and the meeting of the Council of Nicaea in AD 325. Included in this volume are St....

Bishop of Rome, end of first century.—EDITION: J. B. Lightfoot in The Apostolic Fathers (ed. J. R. Harmer, 1891). Christ is with those of humble mind, not with those who exalt themselves over his flock. The sceptre of the majesty of God, that is, our Lord Jesus Christ, did not come with the pride of pretension and arrogance—though he had the power—but in humility of mind, just as the Holy Spirit said of
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