ST. HILDEGARD OF BINGEN
Admonition: God's Word against
the Heretics
1173–79(?)
He Who is the breath of life and in spirit is one God says these things: The thought of almighty God is His Son, to Whom all creation, which is His work, is subject, because by the Word of God, that is, by His Son, “all things were made” [John 1.3], all things that were given life in the height of heaven and in the depths, which is this earth that stands opposite the luminaries above. God gave to His work the capacity to praise Him and to work for Him, and because He is the warrior who carries the banner against His enemies, the inhabitants of darkness, He cuts off all that darkness, all those, that is, who attribute to themselves the things which have been achieved in them by the grace of the Holy Spirit. Such people are designated “apostates.” Those people who look wholly to themselves and not to their Creator are called His enemies, those who, blinded by their own “knowledge,” cast away the service due to the Father. And so they, with all the works they have stored up for themselves in the darkness, done without reference to God, will be cast into torment, along with the devil, who wished to be like the Most High. Such people are the bowels of the devil, because they work according to his designs, and are, therefore, stripped of the brightness of God's light. At the devil's instigation, they seek to destroy the Scriptures and the doctrine laid down
by the Holy Spirit. Yet just as heaven cannot be sundered before the appointed time, so also the words of the Holy Spirit cannot be altered.
ST. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH
(taken from) Epistle to the Magnesians
Chapter VIII.—Caution against false doctrines.
Be not deceived with strange doctrines, nor with old fables, which are unprofitable. For if we still live according to the Jewish law, we acknowledge that we have not received grace. For the divinest prophets lived according to Christ Jesus. On this account also they were persecuted, being inspired by His grace to fully convince the unbelieving that there is one God, who has manifested Himself by Jesus Christ His Son, who is His eternal Word, not proceeding forth from silence, and who in all things pleased Him that sent Him.
Be not deceived with strange doctrines, “nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies,” (1 Tim. i. 4) and things in which the Jews make their boast. “Old things are passed away: behold, all things have become new.” (2 Cor. v. 17.) For if we still live according to the Jewish law, and the circumcision of the flesh, we deny that we have received grace. For the divinest prophets lived according to Jesus Christ. On this account also they were persecuted, being inspired by grace to fully convince the unbelieving that there is one God, the Almighty, who has manifested Himself by Jesus Christ His Son, who is His Word, not spoken, but essential. For He is not the voice of an articulate utterance, but a substance begotten by divine power, who has in all things pleased Him that sent Him.
Introductory Note to the Spurious Epistles of Ignatius
Epistle to the Tarsians
Chapter II.—The true doctrine respecting God and Christ.
For Moses, the faithful servant of God, when he said, “The Lord thy God is one Lord,” (Deut. vi. 4; Mark xii. 29.) and thus proclaimed that there was only one God, did yet forthwith confess also our Lord when he said, “The Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah fire and brimstone from the Lord.” (Gen. xix. 24.) And again, “And God said, Let Us make man after our image: and so God made man, after the image of God made He him.” (Gen. i. 26, 27.) And further “In the image of God made He man.” (Gen. v. 1, Gen. ix. 6.) And that [the Son of God] was to be made man [Moses shows when] he says, “A prophet shall the Lord raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me. (Deut. xviii. 15; Acts iii. 22, Acts vii. 37.)
ST. JUSTIN MARTYR
Introductory Note to the Writings of Justin Martyr
(taken from) The First Apology
Chapter XI.—What kingdom Christians look for.
And when you hear that we look for a kingdom, you suppose, without making any inquiry, that we speak of a human kingdom; whereas we speak of that which is with God, as appears also from the confession of their faith made by those who are charged with being Christians, though they know that death is the punishment awarded to him who so confesses. For if we looked for a human kingdom, we should also deny our Christ, that we might not be slain; and we should strive to escape detection, that we might obtain what we expect. But since our thoughts are not fixed on the present, we are not concerned when men cut us off; since also death is a debt which must at all events be paid.
Admonition: God's Word against
the Heretics
1173–79(?)
He Who is the breath of life and in spirit is one God says these things: The thought of almighty God is His Son, to Whom all creation, which is His work, is subject, because by the Word of God, that is, by His Son, “all things were made” [John 1.3], all things that were given life in the height of heaven and in the depths, which is this earth that stands opposite the luminaries above. God gave to His work the capacity to praise Him and to work for Him, and because He is the warrior who carries the banner against His enemies, the inhabitants of darkness, He cuts off all that darkness, all those, that is, who attribute to themselves the things which have been achieved in them by the grace of the Holy Spirit. Such people are designated “apostates.” Those people who look wholly to themselves and not to their Creator are called His enemies, those who, blinded by their own “knowledge,” cast away the service due to the Father. And so they, with all the works they have stored up for themselves in the darkness, done without reference to God, will be cast into torment, along with the devil, who wished to be like the Most High. Such people are the bowels of the devil, because they work according to his designs, and are, therefore, stripped of the brightness of God's light. At the devil's instigation, they seek to destroy the Scriptures and the doctrine laid down
by the Holy Spirit. Yet just as heaven cannot be sundered before the appointed time, so also the words of the Holy Spirit cannot be altered.
ST. IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH
(taken from) Epistle to the Magnesians
Chapter VIII.—Caution against false doctrines.
Be not deceived with strange doctrines, nor with old fables, which are unprofitable. For if we still live according to the Jewish law, we acknowledge that we have not received grace. For the divinest prophets lived according to Christ Jesus. On this account also they were persecuted, being inspired by His grace to fully convince the unbelieving that there is one God, who has manifested Himself by Jesus Christ His Son, who is His eternal Word, not proceeding forth from silence, and who in all things pleased Him that sent Him.
Be not deceived with strange doctrines, “nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies,” (1 Tim. i. 4) and things in which the Jews make their boast. “Old things are passed away: behold, all things have become new.” (2 Cor. v. 17.) For if we still live according to the Jewish law, and the circumcision of the flesh, we deny that we have received grace. For the divinest prophets lived according to Jesus Christ. On this account also they were persecuted, being inspired by grace to fully convince the unbelieving that there is one God, the Almighty, who has manifested Himself by Jesus Christ His Son, who is His Word, not spoken, but essential. For He is not the voice of an articulate utterance, but a substance begotten by divine power, who has in all things pleased Him that sent Him.
Introductory Note to the Spurious Epistles of Ignatius
Epistle to the Tarsians
Chapter II.—The true doctrine respecting God and Christ.
For Moses, the faithful servant of God, when he said, “The Lord thy God is one Lord,” (Deut. vi. 4; Mark xii. 29.) and thus proclaimed that there was only one God, did yet forthwith confess also our Lord when he said, “The Lord rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah fire and brimstone from the Lord.” (Gen. xix. 24.) And again, “And God said, Let Us make man after our image: and so God made man, after the image of God made He him.” (Gen. i. 26, 27.) And further “In the image of God made He man.” (Gen. v. 1, Gen. ix. 6.) And that [the Son of God] was to be made man [Moses shows when] he says, “A prophet shall the Lord raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me. (Deut. xviii. 15; Acts iii. 22, Acts vii. 37.)
ST. JUSTIN MARTYR
Introductory Note to the Writings of Justin Martyr
(taken from) The First Apology
Chapter XI.—What kingdom Christians look for.
And when you hear that we look for a kingdom, you suppose, without making any inquiry, that we speak of a human kingdom; whereas we speak of that which is with God, as appears also from the confession of their faith made by those who are charged with being Christians, though they know that death is the punishment awarded to him who so confesses. For if we looked for a human kingdom, we should also deny our Christ, that we might not be slain; and we should strive to escape detection, that we might obtain what we expect. But since our thoughts are not fixed on the present, we are not concerned when men cut us off; since also death is a debt which must at all events be paid.
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