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Novatian: The Trinity, The Spectacles, Jewish Foods, In Praise of Purity, Letters is unavailable, but you can change that!

After Novatian’s break with the Church over the treatment of Christians who had lapsed in the persecution of Decius (AD 250–52), Church authorities were reluctant to recognize officially his contributions to Christian theology. Because his writings were too valuable to ignore, a number of them were attributed to less controversial authors. On the basis of stylistic and other internal evidence,...

a sentence against any transgression.4 He saved Noah,5 who was a very just man, from the perils of the flood because of his innocence and faith. He took Enoch,6 admitted Abraham to His friendship,7 protected Isaac,8 and made Jacob prosperous.9 He placed Moses10 at the head of His people, delivered the groaning children of Israel from the yoke of slavery,11 wrote the Law, and led the descendants of the patriarchs into the land of promise.12 (3) He instructed the prophets by His Spirit and through
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