Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
1 Thessalonians 4:10
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 5, page 221, footnote 12 (Image)
Augustine: Anti-Pelagian Writings
A Treatise on the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin. (HTML)
On the Grace of Christ. (HTML)
The Righteousness Which is of God, and the Righteousness Which is of the Law. (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 1815 (In-Text, Margin)
... thus that God teaches those who have been called according to His purpose, giving them simultaneously both to know what they ought to do, and to do what they know. Accordingly, the apostle thus speaks to the Thessalonians: “As touching love of the brethren, ye need not that I write unto you; for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.” And then, by way of proving that they had been taught of God, he subjoined: “And indeed ye do it towards all the brethren which are in all Macedonia.”[1 Thessalonians 4:10] As if the surest sign that you have been taught of God, is that you put into practice what you have been taught. Of that character are all who are called accord ing to God’s purpose, as it is written in the prophets: “They shall be all taught of ...
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 11, page 268, footnote 2 (Image)
Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian
The Works of John Cassian. (HTML)
The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults. (HTML)
Book X. Of the Spirit of Accidie. (HTML)
Chapter VII. Testimonies from the Apostle concerning the spirit of accidie. (HTML)
... physician, applying to the infirmity of his patients the soothing and gentle remedy of his words, and beginning with charity, and praising them in that point, that this deadly wound, having been treated with a milder remedy, might lose its angry festering and more easily bear severer treatment, he says: “But concerning brotherly charity ye have no need that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another. For this ye do toward all the brethren in the whole of Macedonia.”[1 Thessalonians 4:9-10] He first began with the soothing application of praise, and made their ears submissive and ready for the remedy of the healing words. Then he proceeds: “But we ask you, brethren, to abound more.” Thus far he soothes them with kind and gentle words; ...