Clement of Rome (d. 101 AD) was one of the first, if not the first, Bishop of Rome after the apostles, and certainly a leading member of that church towards the end of the 1st cent. He may have directly worked with the Apostle Paul, and he wrote his own Epistle to the Corinthians (a.k.a. […]
Justin Martyr and Eusebius on Substitutionary Atonement
Justin Martyr, (AD 100–ca.165) “Just as God commanded the sign to be made by the brazen serpent, and yet He is blameless; even so, though a curse lies in the law against persons who are crucified, yet no curse lies on the Christ of God, by whom all that have committed things worthy of a […]
Ante-Nicene Views of Hell
Ignatius of Antioch [A.D. 110] “Corrupters of families will not inherit the kingdom of God. And if they who do these things according to the flesh suffer death, how much more if a man corrupt by evil teaching the faith of God for the sake of which Jesus Christ was crucified? A man become so […]
On the Sufferings of Christ
Isaiah 53:5 LXX But he was wounded on account of our sins, and was bruised because of our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and by his bruises we were healed Luke 22:44 And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down […]