From Reformation to Reformation

[We could use your help: If you are being blessed by the translation work, please consider supporting the work and speeding it on its way.   Click here to watch a brief video on the project. ] Enemies and Persecutions XXXVI.  The first enemies of nascent Christianity were the Jews ; their twofold persecution is narrated in Acts.  The first, excited by the Sanhedrin, devoured Stephen . [1]   The second, a few years later, had Herod Agrippa  as its author, in 44 AD, the fourt

Heresies   XXIX.  In those first beginnings of the Christian Church, that various seeds of heresies had already sprung up, is evident even from the Apostolic writings, in which are found diverse names of those that had fallen from the truth and faith.  To Hymenæus  and Philetus , with whom is also joined Alexander , is imputed the denial of the resurrection of the dead . [1]   But, whether by this dogma they were following in the steps of the Sadducees (for we readily admit t

[ If you are being blessed by the translation work, please consider supporting the work and speeding it on its way.   Click here to watch a brief video on the project. ] The Form of the Apostolic Church   XI.  In becoming acquainted with the Form of the Apostolic Church, it is proper to attend first to its propagation , then to its qualities  and customs , and finally to its government , worship , and discipline . XII.  The Church was first planted and gathered at Jerusalem ,

HOLY FATHERS: Augustine,[1] Cassiodorus,[2] Chrysostom,[3] Gregory the Great, Theophylact, Nicetas,[4] Œcumenius. REFORMED: Louis...

The parts: I. The Preaching of the Gospel by the Apostles among the Jews, within and without Judea: chapters 1-12: in which is: 1. The...

7. The parts of the book are two: I. The common history of the Apostles, preaching the Gospel among the Jews within Judea and without...

6. It was written in Greek. It is uncertain in what year of Luke’s age. It contains a history of twenty-eight years, from the outgoing of...

5. The argument of the same. It is a part of the Gospel. That is, this book relates the beginning of the Church of the New Testament, or...

4. It is uncertain whether he wrote the book at the behest of Paul. The scope of the book. Whether Saint Luke wrote Acts at the behest of...

3. The writer of the book was Luke. That the author of the book is Luke the Evangelist, the same who also wrote the Gospel, is today...

2. The acts of the Holy Apostles, especially of Peter and Paul, of whom Luke was a follower, are contained in this book. They are called...

1. Inscription. This Book is inscribed πράξεις τῶν ἁγίων Ἀποστόλων, the Acts, or Deeds, of the Holy Apostles. The Syriac and the Arabic...

Inscription, 1. The acts of the Holy Apostles, but especially of Peter and Paul, of whom Luke was a follower, are contained in this book,...