From Reformation to Reformation

4. The occasion of the Epistle. Heretics, persecutors, and hypocrites appear to have furnished for John the occasion for writing. ...

3. The assertion of Baronius and Grotius, that it was formerly inscribed to Parthians, is touched upon. Therefore, Baronius is deceived,...

2. It was intended, not for an individual person, but for believing Jews, or rather a Church composed of Jews and Gentiles. The passage...

1. The Author of the Epistle is Saint John, Apostle of Christ. For what reason was his name not prefixed? The rash assertion of...

The Author of the Epistle is Saint John, Apostle of Christ. For what reason was his name not prefixed? The rash assertion of Baronius...

HOLY FATHERS: None separately. REFORMED: Ames, Bibliander, Breitinger, Laurentius, Meinardus Schotanus. English: Adams, Dickson,...

The parts: I. An Exhortation to constancy and progress in faith and the study of piety, chapter 1. II. A Prophecy concerning false...

Verse 1:[1] And the fifth angel sounded, (Luke 10:18; Rev. 8:10) and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given...

6. There are two parts: I. An Exhortation to constancy and progress in faith and in the study of piety (2 Peter 1). II. A Prophecy...

5. The opinion of Grotius concerning the time of its writing is refuted. It appears to have been written in 66 AD, or in 67, a little...

4. The scope and argument of the Epistle. It is the swan song of Saint Peter. It was the intention of the Apostle, with death, or the...

3. It is inscribed to dispersed Jews. That this second Epistle also was intended for the same people to whom the first Epistle was...

2. Its Authority asserted. The reason on account of which it was not immediately acknowledged by all. Its Syriac version, when was it...

1. The Author of the Epistle is Saint Peter. The error of Erasmus and Grotius concerning this noted. That this Epistle was also written...

The Author of the Epistle is Saint Peter. The error of Erasmus and Grotius concerning this noted, 1. Its Authority asserted. The...

HOLY FATHERS: Clement of Alexandria. REFORMED: Ames,[1] Bibliander,[2] Laurentius, Christian Schotanus,[3] Hessels, Breitinger,...

At the sounding of the fifth angel a star falleth from heaven, to whom is given the key of the bottomless pit, 1, he opens the pit, and...

The parts: I. The giving of thanks for the grace and hope given in temptations, chapter 1:1-12. II. Various exhortations, chapters...

8. There are two parts to the Epistle: I. The giving of thanks for the grace and hope given in temptations to dispersed believers (1...

7. The opinion of Baronius concerning the time of writing. That it appears to have been written at Antioch in 52 AD, and delivered by...