the Epistles of Paul

1. Letters Basil of Caesarea 1 authority 1 citation · 3 passages

   letter 46 · letter 53 · letter 55

   Pauline teaching underwrites Basil's exhortations on chastity, simony, and scandal.

   " And what, then, would the bridesman, the divine and blessed Paul — both that ancient one, and this new one under whose mediation and teaching you, having left your father's house, were joined to the Lord — what would each say, sorrowing deeply over so great an evil?

2. Stromata Clement of Alexandria 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

   book 2 2 passages anchored here

   Paul is explicitly named as 'the divine Apostle' and quoted directly on spiritual warfare and equitable giving.

   One must, then, put on the whole armour of God, that we may be able to stand against the methods of the devil, "since the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but powerful with God for the pulling down of strongholds, casting down reasonings and every high thing that lifts itself up against the knowledge of God, and taking captive every thought into the obedience of Christ," says the divine Apostle.

3. Adversus Marcionem Tertullian 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

   book 1 2 passages anchored here

   Explicitly invoked twice as 'the apostle' as a source of authoritative teaching.

   But while you mock even the smaller animals, which the supreme Craftsman has on purpose enlarged in talents or in strength — thus teaching that greatness is proved in smallness, just as virtue in weakness, according to the apostle — imitate, if you can, the buildings of the bee, the stables of the ant, the nets of the spider, the threads of the silkworm;

4. De Carnis Resurrectione Tertullian 1 endorsed 1 citation · 2 passages

   de carnis resurrectione 2 passages anchored here

   Paul's epistles are extensively quoted and interpreted as ultimately supporting the flesh's dignity despite apparently harsh sayings.

   " The apostle too — do not know him by one pen only, with which he often pricks the flesh.

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