Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Acts 15:22

There are 3 footnotes for this reference.

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 3, page 76, footnote 1 (Image)

Tertullian (I, II, III)

Apologetic. (HTML)

On Idolatry. (HTML)

General Conclusion. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 343 (In-Text, Margin)

... every eddy thereof sucks down unto Hades. Let no one say, “Who will so safely foreguard himself? We shall have to go out of the world!” As if it were not as well worth while to go out, as to stand in the world as an idolater! Nothing can be easier than caution against idolatry, if the fear of it be our leading fear; any “necessity” whatever is too trifling compared to such a peril. The reason why the Holy Spirit did, when the apostles at that time were consulting, relax the bond and yoke for us,[Acts 15:1-31] was that we might be free to devote ourselves to the shunning of idolatry. This shall be our Law, the more fully to be administered the more ready it is to hand; (a Law) peculiar to Christians, by means whereof we are recognised and examined by ...

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 5, page 312, footnote 1 (Image)

Hippolytus, Cyprian, Caius, Novatian, Appendix

Cyprian. (HTML)

The Epistles of Cyprian. (HTML)

To the Clergy and People, About the Ordination of Aurelius as a Reader. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 2357 (In-Text, Margin)

1. Cyprian to the elders and deacons, and to the whole people, greeting. In ordinations of the clergy, beloved brethren, we usually consult you beforehand, and weigh the character and deserts of individuals, with the general advice.[Acts 15:22] But human testimonies must not be waited for when the divine approval precedes. Aurelius, our brother, an illustrious youth, already approved by the Lord, and dear to God, in years still very young, but, in the praise of virtue and of faith, advanced; inferior in the natural abilities of his age, but superior in the honour he has merited,—has contended here in a double ...

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 1, page 234, footnote 6 (Image)

Eusebius: Church History from A.D. 1-324, Life of Constantine the Great, Oration in Praise of Constantine

The Church History of Eusebius. (HTML)

Book V (HTML)

Miltiades and His Works. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1609 (In-Text, Margin)

3. They cannot show that one of the old or one of the new prophets was thus carried away in spirit. Neither can they boast of Agabus, or Judas,[Acts 15:22] or Silas, or the daughters of Philip, or Ammia in Philadelphia, or Quadratus, or any others not belonging to them.”