the Gospels
cited 4 times by 4 works in the library · not held
The library holds nothing under this name. Four of its books reach for it anyway — that is what puts it on the corpus's wanted list.
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4 citations · from 4 works-
Stromata Clement of Alexandria 1 citation
Clement cites the Gospels as scriptural authority for the claim that Zacharias prophesied before John's birth.
for Zacharias too, the father of John, is said in the Gospels to prophesy even before the child.
book 1 ¶ -
Construction Construed and Constitutions Vindicated John Taylor of Caroline 1 citation
The paragraph closes by invoking a scriptural saying as a final authoritative judgment on the argument that a temporary imposition upon other occupations is acceptable.
But why do I argue this point, when he who gave to man the capacities of free will and labouring, hath said, “with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again?
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Adversus Marcionem Tertullian 1 refuted 1 citation
Explicitly named as the Gospels Marcion has 'nibbled away.'
What Pontic mouse so great a gnawer as the man who has nibbled away the Gospels?
book 1 ¶ -
De Carnis Resurrectione Tertullian 1 citation · 4 passages
Tertullian explicitly turns to "the Gospels" as a body of proof-texts across these paragraphs.
" If the names are absolute of the things — that is, of judgment and the kingdom of God and resurrection — so that none of them can be compressed into a parable, neither let those things be forced into parables which are proclaimed concerning the disposition and the transaction and the suffering of the kingdom, the judgment, and the resurrection;
de carnis resurrectione ¶
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