Anf-02 vi.v Pg 69.1
Anf-02 vi.v Pg 9.1
Anf-03 iv.iv.xii Pg 13
Luke xiv. 26; Mark x. 29, 30; Matt. xix. 27–30. Compare these texts with Tertullian’s words, and see the testimony he thus gives to the deity of Christ.
Do you hesitate about arts, and trades, and about professions likewise, for the sake of children and parents? Even there was it demonstrated to us, that both “dear pledges,”249 249 i.e., any dear relations.
and handicrafts, and trades, are to be quite left behind for the Lord’s sake; while James and John, called by the Lord, do leave quite behind both father and ship;250 250
Anf-01 ix.iv.xxiii Pg 18
Matt. xix. 30, Matt. xx. 16.
And the prophet, too, indicates the same, saying, “instead of fathers, children have been born unto thee.”3753 3753
Anf-03 iv.iv.xii Pg 13
Luke xiv. 26; Mark x. 29, 30; Matt. xix. 27–30. Compare these texts with Tertullian’s words, and see the testimony he thus gives to the deity of Christ.
Do you hesitate about arts, and trades, and about professions likewise, for the sake of children and parents? Even there was it demonstrated to us, that both “dear pledges,”249 249 i.e., any dear relations.
and handicrafts, and trades, are to be quite left behind for the Lord’s sake; while James and John, called by the Lord, do leave quite behind both father and ship;250 250
Anf-03 iv.iv.xii Pg 15
Matt. iv. 21, 22; Mark i. 19, 20; Luke v. 10, 11.
while Matthew is roused up from the toll-booth;251 251
Anf-03 v.iv.v.ix Pg 4
See Luke v. 1–11.
By saying this, He suggested to them the meaning of the fulfilled prophecy, that it was even He who by Jeremiah had foretold, “Behold, I will send many fishers; and they shall fish them,”3713 3713
Anf-01 ix.vii.xxxiv Pg 6
Matt. xix. 29; Luke xviii. 29, 30.
For what are the hundred-fold [rewards] in this word, the entertainments given to the poor, and the suppers for which a return is made? These are [to take place] in the times of the kingdom, that is, upon the seventh day, which has been sanctified, in which God rested from all the works which He created, which is the true Sabbath of the righteous, which they shall not be engaged in any earthly occupation; but shall have a table at hand prepared for them by God, supplying them with all sorts of dishes.
