Traditional Christian Ethics: Volume Two: Affirmative or Positive Commandments

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How to Use the Lists

The word(s) at the far left-hand side of a line, before the first dash, indicates in succinct form a behaviour, state, or attitude mentioned or commented on by a pre-Decian author or anonymous work. Next come citations of the author (or the work if it is anonymous or better known by title), then the work itself, and lastly the verse and chapter where each is found in the work, each preceded by a dash. In the list comprising Volumes Two and Three—affirmatives, commandments and duties—the beginning of a line contains the substance or essence of the moral duties or commandments, etc.; the reader is to preface each of them with Be a …, Do a …, God wants a Christian to do/be …, etc. Volume Four—the list of negatives and prohibitions—similarly states the behaviour, etc., giving the substance or essence and without the negative qualifiers. This brevity obliges the reader to mentally add Do not …, Do not be a …,  …is forbidden to Christians, as the case may be.

The most feasible way for people in the twenty-first century to reconstruct the content of early Christian moral law is to find the particular precept in the appropriate list, look at all the other works cited in the same list for the same precept, form a tentative conclusion, and then examine the other list for references to the contrary, and (if there is nothing to the contrary) to form a final conclusion on the relevant topic. In every case, the reader should look for a consensus of the ancient authors to reveal a common source in Jesus or the apostles. In the rare instances where there is a contradiction between the lists, the reader is to apply Paul’s injunction to test everything (1 Thessalonians 5.21). In the very few instances where one author contradicts others, the sources must be weighed. Such weighing involves more than simply using the lists alone; on the contrary, readers—especially those who wish to write an in-depth sermon or article on a point of ethics—must look up the full texts of the references cited in the lists in order to learn and consider the original authors’ surrounding statements, manner of expression, and expanded discussions, which the lists by the essential nature of their brevity cannot include.

What Christians Ought to Do

Positive / Affirmative Precept – Author – Work – Chapter and Verse

Abandon alien possessions—Clement of Alexandria—Quis Dives Salvetur—19

Abandon all lawlessness—1 Apocalypse of James—Nag Hammadi Codex 5—40.20

Abandon amusements—Clement of Alexandria—Protrepticus—11

Abandon anger—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—2.5

Abandon anger—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 36—2.6

Abandon bestial nature—Thomas the Contender—Nag Hammadi Codex 2—139

Abandon blind thought—1 Apocalypse of James—Nag Hammadi Codex 5—27.3f

Abandon brothers for Christ’s sake—Irenaeus—Against Heresies—5.33.2

Abandon children for Christ’s sake—Irenaeus—Against Heresies—5.33.2

Abandon error: heretics are to abandon error—Irenaeus—Against Heresies—3.25.6

Abandon evil customs—Clement of Alexandria—Protrepticus—10

Abandon evil disposition—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—7.12

Abandon false teachings—Origen—Commentary on John—13.51 (340)

Abandon former customs—Sibylline Oracles—8.332

Abandon houses for Christ’s sake—Irenaeus—Against Heresies—5.33.2

Abandon ignorance—Origen—Against Celsus—3.54

Abandon impulses contrary to right reason—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—2.18

Abandon irrational things—Origen—Commentary on John—10.21 (242)

Abandon Jewish observances of the Sabbath—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—23.4.1

Abandon lands for Christ’s sake—Irenaeus—Against Heresies—5.33.2

Abandon luxury—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—3.3

Abandon luxury—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—1.10 (48)

Abandon luxury—Tertullian—On the Apparel of Women—2.13

Abandon malice—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—9.3.3

Abandon mental possessions—Clement of Alexandria—Quis Dives Salvetur—21

Abandon non-Christian notions of God—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—6.17

Abandon opinion—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—7.16

Abandon pagan customs: abandon national pagan customs—Origen—Against Celsus—1.46

Abandon parents for Christ’s sake—Irenaeus—Against Heresies—5.33.2

Abandon passion—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—5.12.5

Abandon passionate desire for matter and bodies—Origen—Commentary on John—20.22 (183)

Abandon peace—Origen—Homilies on Jeremiah—17.4.3

Abandon: pray to the Lord not to abandon us—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—19.1.1

Abandon previous way of life—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—4.6

Abandon: ready to abandon your property—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—3.14 (95)

Abandon selling: things that savour of selling—Origen—Commentary on John—10.21 (242)

Abandon sinful habits and customs before baptism—Origen—Homilies on Luke—22.5

Abandon the bond of flesh that encircles you—1 Apocalypse of James—Nag Hammadi Codex 5—27.5

Abandon the language of the elements of Christ—Origen—De Principiis—4.1.7

Abandon the laws of your fathers—Origen—De Principiis—4.1.1

Abandon the passions of the soul—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—7.14

Abandon those (falsely) believed to be gods—Origen—De Principiis—4.1.1

Abandon thoughts that please you through your senses—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—4.22

Abandon vanity—Origen—Commentary on Song of Songs—Prologue c. 3

Abandon vices—Origen—Against Celsus—1.64

Abandon wealth if it overcomes you—Clement of Alexandria—Quis Dives Salvetur—24

Abandon wealth that leads to evil—Clement of Alexandria—Quis Dives Salvetur—25

Abandon worldly activities on the Lord’s Day—Didascalia—13

Abandon worldly principles in spirit and flesh—Tertullian—On the Apparel of Women—2.9

Abandon worldly things—Origen—Commentary on John—28.23 (209)

Abase yourself—Origen—Homilies on Luke—8.5

Abase yourself—Tertullian—On Patience—11

Abase yourself—Tertullian—On Repentance—9

Abased: bear abasement patiently—Origen—Homilies on Ezekiel—10.1.5

Abased: patiently bear abasement—Origen—Homilies on Ezekiel—10.1.5

Abel: apply Genesis 4.10 (Abel’s blood cried out) to martyrs—Origen—Exhortation to Martyrdom—50

Abide by Christian tradition—Tertullian—De Corona—4

Abide in Christ—John—15.4, 5

Abide in Christ—Origen—Commentary on Romans—5.9.6

Abide in Christ’s love—John—15.9

Abide in Christ’s word—Diatessaron—35.42

Abide in Jesus—Diatessaron—46.20

Abide in Jesus—Diatessaron—46.23

Abide in Jesus—John—15.7

Abide in love—Origen—Commentary on Romans—5.10.15

Abide in the (Christian) faith—Acts of Thomas—66

Abide in the Gospel—1 John—2.24

Abide in the love of the Lord—Odes of Solomon—8.23

Abominations—Tacitus—Annals—15.44

Abound—Odes of Solomon—8.23

Abound in good works: male travellers in a community who are gifted in speaking are to exhort male Christians there to abound in good works—Two Letters to Virgins—(pseudo-Clement)—2.1

Abound in the work of the Lord—1 Corinthians—15.58

Above: make the things that are above as those below—Acts of Peter—38

Above pleasures—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—4.8

Above the thought of death—Origen—Against Celsus—3.8

Abraham: believe in Abraham’s faith—Origen—Commentary on Romans—4.5.14

Abraham: believe in the manner Abraham believed—Origen—Commentary on Romans—4.7.1

Abraham: believe like Abraham believed—Origen—Commentary on Romans—4.7.1

Abraham: imitate the faith and spirit of Abraham—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—5.11.2

Abraham: pray that we may become sons of Abraham—Origen—Homilies on Luke—22.10

Abstain—Acts of Peter—2

Abstain—Tertullian—On Fasting—7

Abstain according to knowledge—Origen—Commentary on Romans—8.1.3

Abstain as a sacrifice to God Tertullian—Tertullian—On the Resurrection of the Flesh—8

Abstain: bishop is to be abstemious in food and drink—Didascalia—4

Abstain daily from wrong—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—1.2

Abstain even from lawful things to promote self-control—Origen—Commentary on Romans—9.37

Abstain from animals that have died a natural death—Tertullian—Apologeticum—9

Abstain from certain foods to mortify your flesh—Origen—Homilies on Jeremiah—20.7.5

Abstain from eating—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—9.7.3

Abstain from eating: consistency as to whether to abstain from particular foods—Origen—Commentary on Romans—10.5.3

Abstain from eating if God’s work would grow by such abstinence—Origen—Commentary on Romans—10.3.5

Abstain from every appearance of evil—Origen—Homilies on Exodus—10.4

Abstain from every form of evil—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—3.12

Abstain from every form of evil—Origen—Commentary on Ephesians—4.25a

Abstain from every form of evil—Origen—Commentary on John—19.7 (44)

Abstain from every form of evil—1 Thessalonians—5.22

Abstain from evil desires and evil deeds—Irenaeus—Against Heresies—4.13.1

Abstain from fornication, effeminacy, homosexuality and lusts of the flesh (directed to young men)—Polycarp—Philippians—5.3

Abstain from Jewish superstitions—Letter to Diognetus—3.2

Abstain from marriage—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—3.1 (4)

Abstain from marriage: abstinence from marriage arising from the love of God—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—3.6 (51)

Abstain from meat: it is permissible to abstain from animal food—Tertullian—On the Apparel of Women—9.7.3

Abstain from meat: it is permissible—Tertullian—On the Apparel of Women—2.9

Abstain from meat: say that you will never eat meat if eating meat causes your brother to stumble—Two Letters to Virgins—(pseudo-Clement)—2.5

Abstain from obscene speech—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—2.6

Abstain from ordinary enjoyments of life when asking God for rain—Tertullian—Apologeticum—40

Abstain from passions of the flesh—1 Peter—2.11

Abstain from pleasures that you have experienced—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—7.12

Abstain from sex—Origen—Homilies on Luke—17.11

Abstain from sex to add efficacy to prayer—Tertullian—Exhortation to Chastity—10

Abstain from sin, malice, passion, luxury, evil deeds, evil words, evil thoughts, perverse doctrine and deceptive philosophy as means of fasting spiritually—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—10.2.5

Abstain from strangled animals and animals that have died natural death—Tertullian—Apologeticum—9

Abstain from the former works and deeds you committed without knowledge—Acts of Thomas—58

Abstain from the left-overs of pagan sacrifices and libations—Minucius Felix—Octavius—38

Abstain from the world—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—3.15 (99)

Abstain from wine—Tertullian—On Fasting—9

Abstain from worldly activities on the Sabbath—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—23.4.1

Abstain from your desires—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—2.10 (101)

Abstain: moderation in abstinence—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—27.9.2

Abstain: strive for abstinence—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—25.5.1

Abstaining from wine is to accompany fasting—Tertullian—On Fasting—9

Abstraction from incorporeal things—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—5.11 (71)

Abstraction from the body—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—5.11 (71)

Abstraction from the body, its passions and its senses—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—5.11 (67)

Abundant love—Sibylline Oracles—8.49.7

Abuse: avoid the abusive—2 Timothy—3.2 to 5

Abuse: bear abuse for Jesus—Hebrews—13.13

Abuse: endure buffeting—Irenaeus—Against Heresies—3.18.6

Abuse: give thanks when ill treated—Scillitan Martyrs

Abuse, oral: deaf to insults, injurious remarks, and defamation—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—Fragment 42

Abuse, oral: deaf to oral abuse—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—2.2

Abuse, oral: deaf to oral abuse—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—Fragment 43

Abuse, oral: master your sorrow when orally abused—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 38—1.5

Abuse, oral: patience in the face of oral abuse—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 38—1.4

Abuse, oral: suppress your sorrow when orally abused—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 38—1.5

Abuse, oral: when defamed, insulted, or disgraced, remember Psalm 39:9: I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is Thou (God) who hast done it—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 38—2.6

Abuse: penitents are to take on squalor, neglect, and ill-treatment calculated to exterminate their flesh—Tertullian—On Modesty—13

Abuse: pray for those who abuse you—Luke—6.28

Abuse: pray for those who abuse you—Origen—Commentary on Ephesians—6.23

Abuse: pray for those who abuse you—Origen—Commentary on John—20.34 (309)

Abuse: pray for those who abuse you—Origen—Commentary on John’s Gospel—20.33 (292)

Abuse: pray for those who abuse you—Origen—On Prayer—2.2

Abuse: pray for those who despitefully use you—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—4.14

Abuse: rejoice after suffering mistreatment in the name of the Lord—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—11.8.4

Abuse: remember the ill-treated—Hebrews—13.3

Abuse the flesh—Traditions of Matthias—3.4.26.3

Abuse; see also Spite

Abused are to be remembered—Hebrews—13.3

Abusive: avoid the abusive—2 Timothy—3.2 to 5

Accessible—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—7.7

Accommodate: a consecrated male virgin of the community is to give male travellers overnight lodging, provide them with necessities, wait upon them, wash their feet, anoint them with ointment, and prepare a bed for them—Two Letters to Virgins—(pseudo-Clement)—2.2

Accommodate: if there is no consecrated male virgin in a community but only married males, all males of the community are to suitably minister to male travellers and care for them and their belongings assiduously and with goodwill—Two Letters to Virgins—(pseudo-Clement)—2.3

Accommodate: in a community where the only Christians are women and maidens (no male Christians), male travellers are to accept overnight accommodation only from a woman who is aged and is the most chaste and modest of the women there. The travellers are to lodge in a place all to themselves, where no woman or maiden enters. The old woman is to provide them with a lamp and other necessities. At the time for sleep, she herself is to depart from there and go to her own house—Two Letters to Virgins—(pseudo-Clement)—2.4

Accommodate: local brethren are provide overnight accommodation to male Christian travellers by assisting a consecrated male virgin in doing so—Two Letters to Virgins—2.2

Accommodate yourself for the benefit of your neighbours, for someone else’s salvation or to avoid envy—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—7.9

Accusation: ignore people that accuse you—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—2.2

Accusation: love those who accuse you of sin—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—2.2

Accusations: guard against grounds of accusation—Irenaeus—Letter to Trallians—2.3

Accusations: inquire diligently into accusations—Didascalia—11

Accusations: love those who accuse you of sin—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—1.1

Accusations must be sustained by at least two witnesses—2 Corinthians—13.1

Accusations: rebuke false accusers—Didascalia—11

Accusations: when confronted by false accusations, say You could have no power at all against me except it were given you from above—Origen—De Principiis—3.2.6

Accusations: withdraw from those who invent malicious charges—Origen—Homilies on Genesis—13.3

Accusations; see also Disputes between Christians

Accuse: anticipate that another person will accuse you of sin—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—3.4.5

Accuse: bishop is to accuse sinning Christians—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—1.1

Accuse sinners, in private—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—1.1

Accuse yourself of sin—Origen—Commentary on Romans—5.5.6

Accuse yourself of sin—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—3.4.5

Accuse yourself of sin—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—2.1

Accuse yourself of sin—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—2.2

Accuse yourself of sin—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—2.6

Accuse yourself of sin—Origen—Homilies on Samuel—1.15

Accuser: settle with your accuser on the way to court to avoid further proceedings in the litigation—Luke—12.58

Acknowledge Christ—Origen—Commentary on Song of Songs—2.3

Acknowledge doctrinal truth—Hippolytus—Philosophumena—9.2

Acknowledge God—Origen—Commentary on Romans—1.19.2

Acknowledge God—Origen—Commentary on Romans—1.19.6

Acknowledge God—Origen—On Pascha—45

Acknowledge God—Terullian—De Corona—11

Acknowledge God—Theophilus—To Autolycus—3.15

Acknowledge God—Tosepta—Sabbath—13.5

Acknowledge Fod: acknowledge one God—Sibylline Oracles—2.51

Acknowledge God: acknowledge one God as the Creator—Tertullian—De Praescriptione—36

Acknowledge God by your good works—Origen—Commentary on Romans—2.7.6

Acknowledge Jesus as Saviour, God, teacher, and Son of God—Origen—Against Celsus—6.30

Acknowledge that a lesser man can possess authority over a better man—Origen—Homilies on Luke—20.5

Acknowledge that the punishment for your sin is just—Origen—Homilies on Ezekiel—10.1.3

Acknowledge that there is a God—Irenaeus—Against Heresies—1.22.1

Acknowledge that you are ignorant—Origen—De Principiis—4.1.9

Acknowledge the authority of Christian tradition—Tertullian—De Corona—4

Acknowledge the Creator—Tertullian—De Praescriptione—40

Acknowledge the duty of thankfulness—Origen—Against Celus—8.57

Acknowledge the Father—Clement of Alexandria—Protrepticus—10

Acknowledge the gospel—2 Corinthians—9.12

Acknowledge the Lord and Creator Tertullian—Tertullian—On the Resurrection of the Flesh—14

Acknowledge the secular government—Justin Martyr—1 Apology—17

Acknowledge the secular rulers—Justin Martyr—1 Apology—17

Acknowledge the trustworthiness of the virtues—Clement of Alexandria—Protrepticus—10

Acknowledge the word and wisdom of Christ—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 36—4.1

Acknowledge truth: acknowledge doctrinal truth—Hippolytus—Philosphumena—9.2

Acknowledge your fault when chastized—Origen—Homilies on Exodus—4.7

Acknowledge your sin—Origen—Against Celsus—3.63

Acknowledge your sin—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—17.6.3

Acknowledge your sin: acknowledge each of your sins—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—1.3

Acknowledge your sin instead of ignoring it—Sentences of Sextus—283

Acknowledge your sins—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—1.4

Acknowledge your transgressions rather than hardening your heart—1 Clement—51.3

Acquaint yourself with God—Oratio ad Graecos—Syriac recension

Acquaintances: become acquainted with God—Clement of Alexandria—Protrepticus—11

Acquaintances: behave becomingly and rightly to acquaintances—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—5.11 (69)

Acquaintances: care and moderation with acquaintances—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—5.11 (69)

Acquaintances: moderation with acquaintances—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—5.11 (69)

Acquaintances: pray for the good of all your acquaintances—Bardesan

Act according to reason—Origen—Against Celsus—4.29

Act as those who are to be judged—James—2.12

Act for the glory of God—Origen—Commentary on Psalms 26 to 150—104.3

Act instead of merely talking—Irenaeus—Against Heresies—4.13.1

Act: learn to act as God—Tertullian—Against Marcion—2.27

Act manfully—Origen—Homilies on Genesis—8.10

Act with contemplation—Origen—Homilies on Luke—Fragment 171

Action: deny yourself in every action—Origen—Commentary on Matthew—12.24

Actions: abandon anger before taking action—Origen—Commentary on Ephesians—4.26a

Actions are to adorn speech—Origen—Homilies on Exodus—13.7

Actions are to be useful—Origen—Homilies on Jeremiah—12.2.2, 12.2.3

Actions are to be worthy of the knowledge of God—Origen—Homilies on Genesis—4.6

Actions: attention to whatever you do—Origen—Commentary on John—20.23 (194)

Actions: authority in conduct—Tertullian—De Praescriptione—41

Actions: avoid actions that displease God—Origen—Against Celsus—1.9

Actions: avoid of blaspheming Christ through your deeds and actions—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—17.6.5

Actions: be an example of conduct to other Christians—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—4.16

Actions: be doers of the law and not hearers only—Romans—2.13

Actions: be doers of the word and not hearers only—James—1.22

Actions: behave in a priestly manner—Origen—Homilies on Joshua—9.5

Actions: believe and act—Origen—Against Celsus—3.28

Actions: bless God by deed, thought, and word—Origen—Homilies on Luke—12.6

Actions: bless the name of the Lord by actions, life, and character—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—17.6.5

Actions by a man possessed of knowledge—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—7.10

Actions by which God is praised and blessed—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—5.7.2

Actions: call upon God as witness in whatever you do—Sentences of Sextus—303

Actions: catechumens are to do the word of God—Apocalypse of Zephaniah—10.9

Actions: clean actions—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—9.8.4

Actions: clergy are to be sound in conduct—Irenaeus—Against Heresies—4.26.5

Actions: clergy are to set an example of conduct—1 Timothy—4.12

Actions: clergy are to teach and do—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—6.3.6

Actions: condemn acts and agency of demons—Origen—Against Celsus—8.54

Actions: conduct your life according to divine wisdom—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—3.11

Actions: conduct yourself as if always in the Lord’s presence—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—2.2

Actions: conduct yourself conformably to reason—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—2.2

Actions: conduct yourself wisely toward non-Christians—Colossians—4.5

Actions: conduct yourself with fear—1 Peter—1.17

Actions: contemplation with action—Origen—Homilies on Luke—Fragment 171

Actions: dexterous in action—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—6.8

Actions: direct your exhortation to action and contemplation—Origen—Homilies on Luke—Fragment 171

Actions: direct your teaching to action and contemplation—Origen—Homilies on Luke—Fragment 171

Actions: discern what is to be done and what is to be avoided—Origen—Homilies on Exodus—13.5

Actions: discernment in all activities—Origen—Letter to Friends in Alexandria

Actions: discipline in conduct—Tertullian—De Praescriptione—41

Actions: do all things agreeably to reason—Origen—Against Celsus—4.29

Actions: do all things in the fear of God—1 Clement—2.8

Actions: do all things, in word or deed, in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him—Colossians—3.17

Actions: do all things reasonably—Origen—Commentary on Ephesians—3.12

Actions: do all things through the bishop—Didascalia—9

Actions: do all things to the glory of God—1 Corinthians—10.31

Actions: do all things to the glory of God—Origen—Commentary on Romans—10.40

Actions: do all things to the glory of God—Two Letters to Virgins—(pseudo-Clement)—2.6

Actions: do all things with deliberation—Origen—Commentary on Ephesians—5.10

Actions: do everything according to the Word that lives in us—Origen—Commentary on Psalms 26 to 150—118.25

Actions: do everything for God—Clement of Alexandria—To Newly Baptized

Actions: do everything for the glory of God—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—4.7

Actions: do everything for the glory of God—Origen—Commentary on Romans—5.3.8

Actions: do everything in accordance with the will of God—Irenaeus—Letter to Philadelphians—4.1

Actions: do everything in love—1 Corinthians—16.14

Actions: do everything in the name of the Lord—Origen—Homilies on Judges—2.5

Actions: do everything to the glory of God—Origen—Against Celsus—8.32

Actions: do God’s works—Origen—Commentary on John—20.23 (195f)

Actions: do good to all people, including unjust sinners—Origen—Against Celsus—4.28

Actions: do good while you are able—Origen—Commentary on John—28.3 (21)

Actions: do great things instead of promising them—Sentences of Sextus—198

Actions: do greater works than Christ did—Origen—Homilies on Isaiah—6.3

Actions: do more than the scribes and Pharisees—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—6.15

Actions: do the law as well as hear it—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—7.2.3

Actions: do things for yourself with the same earnestness as you do for other people, and whether they please other people or not—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—4.8

Actions: do what is true, even at the risk of your life—Justin Martyr—1 Apology—2

Actions: do what you have learned from the Apostle Paul—Philippians—4.9

Actions: examine your actions individually—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 38—2.2

Actions: exemplary behaviour—Two Letters to Virgins—(pseudo-Clement)—1.2

Actions: fair deeds—Sibylline Oracles—1.90

Actions: faith is to be put into acts and deeds—Acts of Peter—17

Actions: fear God in your acts—Silvanus—Teaching—Nag Hammadi Codex 7.114

Actions: few words but many deeds—Sentences of Sextus—383

Actions: follow the customs of the natives of the land in which you dwell as to ordinary conduct—Letter to Diognetus—5.4

Actions from divine thoughts and divine doctrines—Origen—Homilies on Jeremiah—Catena Fragment 48

Actions: glorify God in actions—Origen—Homilies on Jueremiah—12.11.1

Actions: glory is to be rendered in actions—Origen—Homilies on Jeremiah—12.11

Actions: harmony between reason and actions—Origen—Homilies on Exodus—13.7

Actions: holy actions—Oratio ad Graecos—Greek recension—6

Actions: holy deeds—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—3.7.2

Actions: holy in all your conduct—1 Peter—1.15

Actions: honour God and Christ in your actions, knowledge, and heart—Justin Martyr—Dialogue with Trypho—39

Actions, honourable—Origen—Homilies on Genesis—12.2

Actions: husbands are to think on and do the things of Christ while wives are to think on and do the things of the church—Origen—Commentary on Ephesians—5.22-23

Actions: imitate Christ’s likeness in all your behaviour—Two Letters to Virgins—(pseudo-Clement)—1.7

Actions: imitate Christ’s likeness in deeds—Two Letters to Virgins—(pseudo-Clement)—1.7

Actions: imitate the Lord’s humble conduct in John 13.13f—Origen—Homilies on Isaiah—6.1

Actions: improve your behavior—Origen—Commentary on Song of Songs—1.3

Actions: inform the bishop as to all you do—Didascalia—9

Actions: justice and holiness in deeds and gestures—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 36—5.3

Actions: keep God before your eyes in whatever you do—Sentences of Sextus—224

Actions: know what actuates you—Origen—Commentary on Song of Songs—2.5

Actions: know whether what you do benefits people other than yourself—Origen—Commentary on Song of Songs—2.5

Actions leading to eternal life—Origen—Homilies on Samuel—1.4

Actions: let all things be done to the honour of God—Ignatius—To Polycarp—5.2

Actions: let reason guide your actions—Sentences of Sextus—74

Actions: listen to Christ’s words and do them—Origen—De Principiis—3.1.6

Actions: live and conduct yourself by reason alone—Origen—Homilies on Luke—Fragment 123

Actions: love in deed and in truth—1 John—3.18

Actions: love in deed and truth—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—4.16

Actions: love is to show itself in the power which it exercises over a life—Churches of Vienne and Lyons—Letter to the Churches of Asia and Phrygia

Actions: love more than others people that excel others in behavior, work, intentions, knowledge, or occupation—Origen—Commentary on Song of Songs—3.7

Actions: manage daily events well—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—5.11 (69)

Actions: noble-minded through good conduct—Silvanus—Teachings—Nag Hammadi Codex 7.87

Actions of faith—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—2.15

Actions of faith towards the poor—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—2.18

Actions only for the sake of God and His command—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—25.3.3

Actions: orderly in actions—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—2.1.2

Actions: perfect in actions—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—1.5.3

Actions: perfect in actions—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—15.3.1

Actions: perform actions well and rightly—Origen—Homilies on Luke—2.5

Actions: perform actions with a definite aim and according to reason—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—6.14

Actions: perform willingly what you must do—Sentences of Sextus—388

Actions performed out of knowledge of virtue—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—7.10

Actions: persuade people to perform all acts as those that will be judged—Origen—Against Celsus—5.63

Actions: please God in your bodily actions—Origen—Commentary on Romans—9.1.3

Actions: please God with your own efforts—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—24.2.6

Actions: praise God in actions that cause other people to praise the Father—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—5.7.2

Actions: pray to God to be doers of the word as well as hearers—Origen—Homilies on Genesis—2.6

Actions: pray to the Lord to show how to observe the spiritual law in understanding and practice—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—6.6.6

Actions: prepare to progress in actions—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—3.3.4

Actions: progress in deeds—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—1.5.3

Actions: pure deeds—Origen—Against Celsus—8.4

Actions: pure deeds—Origen—Scholia on the Apocalyse—33

Actions: pure in actions—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—4.22

Actions: pure in deeds—1 Clement—48.5

Actions: purify your actions—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—9.8.4

Actions: purify your deeds—Origen—Homilies on Exodus—3.3

Actions: put the word of God into practice: strive to put the words of God into practice—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 36—2.5

Actions: quiet in deeds—Clement of Alexandria—To Newly Baptized

Actions: reason and words are to precede action—Origen—Homilies on Luke—5.1

Actions: reject carnal deeds—Athenagoras—Presbeia—33

Actions: rejoice with those whose deeds are worthy of being recorded in heaven—Origen—Commentary on Romans—9.15.1

Actions, religious—Origen—Homilies on Genesis—12.2

Actions: remember in your actions that you call God Father—Sentences of Sextus—222

Actions: show wisdom by the honesty of your life—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 36—5.1

Actions: show wisdom by your acts—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 36—5.1

Actions: shun sins of will as well as of deeds—Tertullian—On Repentance—3

Actions: sobriety of conduct—Ignatius—Letter to Smyrnaeans—9.1

Actions: speech is to be adorned by actions—Origen—Homilies on Exodus—13.7

Actions: speech is to be full of deeds and actions—Origen—Commentary on Romans—2.5.2

Actions: speech is to rest upon actions—Origen—Homilies on Exodus—13.7

Actions, spiritual: make room for spiritual actions—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—23.4.2

Actions: strive to progress in actions—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—3.3.4

Actions: teach actions—Athenagoras—Presbeia—33

Actions: teach and put into practice—Origen—Homilies on Judges—9.2

Actions: teach by deed and word—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—4.18

Actions: teach by deeds—Tertullian—Apologeticum—50

Actions: teach if you also act—Ignatius—Letter to the Ephesians—15.1

Actions: test an alleged prophet by his life and deeds—Hermas—Mand. 11.16

Actions: testify by conduct—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—2.20

Actions that wills more than actions He wills less—Tertullian—Exhortation to Chastity—3

Actions: think about God before doing anything—Sentences of Sextus—95A

Actions: think about things to be done and things about which action must be taken—Origen—Commentary on Ephesians—5.19

Actions: think before you act—Origen—Homilies on Luke—5.1

Actions: think carefully before acting—Sentences of Sextus—93

Actions: think deeply about what you do or speak or think—Origen—Homilies on Luke—36.2

Actions: throw yourself into great deeds—Origen—Homilies on Jeremiah—6.3.3

Actions: truth in word and deed—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—4.6

Actions: vigilant in actions—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—1.5.3

Actions: weigh actions and speech carefully—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—2.1.4

Actions: well-ordered behaviour—Two Letters to Virgins—(pseudo-Clement)—1.2

Actions: witness by conduct—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—2.20

Actions: wives are to think on and do the things of the church while husbands are to think on and do the things of Christ—Origen—Commentary on Ephesians—5.22-23

Actions: words and reason are to precede action—Origen—Homilies on Luke—5.1

Actions: work in actions—Origen—Homilies on Judges—9.2

Actions: work with deeds, not words—Testimonies Against the Jews—96

Actions, worthy in—Origen—Homilies on Joshua—23.4

Actions: worthy in life and conduct to be called church—Origen—Homilies on Luke—15.3

Actions worthy of the kingdom of heaven in all you do—Origen—Commentary on Romans—2.3.2

Actions; see also Practice; Works

Active life—Justin Martyr—Dialogue with Trypho—88

Adapt speech to hearers’ need—Clement of Alexandria—To Newly Baptized

Add to wisdom—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 36—4.1

Adhere to church elders who hold the apostles’ doctrine, and display sound speech and blameless conduct—Irenaeus—Against Heresies—4.26.2 to 4

Adhere to God—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 38—2.12

Adhere to the Creator alone—Origen—Against Celsus—5.63

Adhere to wisdom—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 36—4.8

Admire Christian martyrs—Letter to Diognetus—10.8

Admire Christian teaching—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 36—3.11

Admire creation—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—7.11

Admire creation: admire God’s creation—Origen—Homilies on Luke—Fragment 125

Admire: express admiration of man—Origen—Against Celsus—4.82

Admire God’s creation—Origen—Homilies on Luke—Fragment 125

Admire God’s servant—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 36—3.12

Admire John the Baptist—Origen—Homilies on Luke—27.2

Admire love of truth—Origen—Against Celsus—2.34

Admire righteousness—Clement of Alexandria—Protrepticus—10

Admire the Creator—Origen—Against Celsus—3.77

Admire the divine nature—Origen—Against Celsus—4.81f

Admire the Lord’s servants—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 36—3.12

Admire the Son—Origen—Against Celsus—8.13

Admonish a sinner between you and him alone. If he does not listen, take up to three people with you and instruct him. If he still does not listen, treat him as a heathen or tax collector.—Epistle of the Apostles—48

Admonish: avoid heretics after a first and second admonition—Irenaeus—Against Heresies—1.16.3

Admonish: bishop is to admonish—Didascalia—4

Admonish: bishop is to admonish backsliders—Didascalia—7

Admonish: bishop is to admonish Christians who behave without discipline—Didascalia—5

Admonish: bishop is to admonish the laity—Didascalia—7

Admonish: bishop is to admonish the repentant—Didascalia—6

Admonish: bishop is to admonish undisciplined widows—Didascalia—15

Admonish: clergy are to admonish the factious—Titus—3.10

Admonish one another—1 Clement—56.2

Admonish one another—2 Clement—17.2

Admonish one another—Colossians—3.16

Admonish repentant Christians—Didascalia—25

Admonish sinners—Hermas—Mand. 8.10

Admonish the factious: clergy are to admonish the factious—Titus—3.10

Admonish the idle—1 Thessalonians—5.14

Admonish to upright morals—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—13.2.2

Admonish your sons about their sinful ways—Hermas—Vis. 1.3.2

Admonish; see also Rebuke

Admonition: by teaching, example, and admonition, the strong in faith are to protect women and people disadvantaged by age—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—26.2.1

Admonition: reject heretics after a first and second admonition—Irenaeus—Against Heresies—3.34

Admonition: reject heretics after one or two admonitions—Origen—Against Celsus—5.63

Adopt: childless are to adopt orphans—Didscalia—17

Adoption: worthy of adoption by God—Origen—Homilies on Luke—5.4

Adorn a martyr’s testimony and confession—Origen—Homilies on Ezekiel—4.8.1

Adorn your mind—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—3.3

Adornment: decorations on seals are to be a dove, fish sailing ship, or lyre—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—3.11

Adornment: simplicity in women’s adornment—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—2.13

Adornment: those who lack self-restraint in jewellery and ornamentation are to use the most readily obtained—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—2.13

Adornment: wife is to adorn herself in a becoming manner, rendering her free of suspicion—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—2.23

Adornment: wife may adorn herself and please her unchaste husband—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—3.11

Adornment: women are to adorn themselves by good deeds—1 Timothy—2.10

Adornment: women are to adorn themselves modestly and sensibly in seemly apparel—1 Timothy—2.9

Adultery: avoid adultery—Sibylline Oracles—3.764

Adultery: consider the wives of other men to be your sisters—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—2.10 (90)

Adultery: console adulterers—Tertullian—On Modesty—13

Adultery: delay admitting repentant adulteresses to the church—Cyprian—Epistle—4.4

Adultery: expel adulterers from the church—Tertullian—On Modesty—7

Adultery: forgive adulterers—Tertullian—On Modesty—13

Adultery: grief that a Christian has committed adultery—Tertullian—On Modesty—7

Adultery: husbands are to receive back their formerly adulterous wives after the wives repent—Hermas—Mandate 4.2.7

Adultery: husbands are to separate from their unrepentant wives that persist in adultery—Hermas—Mandate 4.2.6

Adultery: it is permissible to associate with adulterers—Tertullian—On Idolatry—14

Adultery: it is permissible to receive a gift for religious purposes from an adultress—Acts of Peter—30

Adultery: prefer adultery to idolatry—Tertullian—On Modesty—5

Adultery: reproach adultery—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—3.8

Adultery: prefer murder to adultery and fornication—Tertullian—On Modesty—5

Adultery: sadness that a Christian has committed adultery—Tertullian—On Modesty—7

Adultery: separate from an adulterer—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—5.10.5

Adultery: separate from anyone that lies in wait for another’s wife—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—5.10.5

Adultery: separate from people that live carnally in mundane affairs—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—11.1.4

Adultery: take an oath not to commit adultery—Pliny the Younger—Epistle—10.96

Adultery: wives are to repent of adultery—Hermas—Mandate 4.2.7

Adversary; see Enemies; Free from your adversary; Opponents

Advice: obey whoever advises you well—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—3.8

Advice: proper disposition before inquiring, i.e. a real desire to learn and obtain advice—Tertullian—De Corona—2

Advisor: obey whoever advises you well—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—3.8

Aeons: ask about the great aeons—Sophia of Jesus Christ—Nag Hammadi Codex 3.108

Affection, brotherly—2 Peter—1.5 to 7

Affection: embrace and preserve the words and teaching of Christ with all affection—Origen—De Principiis—4.1.1

Affection: hate the inordinate affections of the flesh—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—7.12

Affection in offering yourself to God—Origen—De Principiis—3.1.12

Affection: it is permissible for a father to withhold affection from his son, if doing so would lead to the son’s improvement—Origen—Homilies on Jeremiah—20.3.2

Affection: love the Lord with affection—Odes of Solomon—8.14

Affection: love with pure affection—Origen—Against Celsus—3.60

Affection: natural affection—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—2.9

Affection toward the Creator—Origen—De Principiis—2.4.2

Affection: true affection for prayer—Origen—On Prayer—20.1

Affections—Novatian—On the Trinity—29

Affections: master affections of your mind—Origen—Homilies on Judges—2.3

Affirm charity for penitent backsliders—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—1.1

Affirm: insist on Titus 3.1-6—Titus—3.8

Affirm instead of taking an oath—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—7.8

Affirm Titus 3.1-6—Titus—3.8

Afflict and exhaust yourself by resisting your own desires—Origen—Commentary on Romans—4.9.9

Afflict: bishop is to afflict backsliders—Didascalia—6

Afflict: bishop is to afflict backsliders—Didascalia—7

Afflict your flesh—Tertullian—On Patience—13

Afflict your soul—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—23.10

Afflict yourself because of your sin—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—1.3

Afflict yourself because of your sin—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—1.4

Afflict yourself by considering Judgment Day—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 36—5.7

Afflict yourself by examining yourself—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 36—5.7

Afflict yourself by resisting lusts, unrestrained liberty, and everything else opposed to self-control—Origen—Commentary on Romans—4.9.9

Afflict yourself for your sins—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—Fragment 38

Afflict yourself in preparation for being persecuted—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—3.8

Afflict yourself over sin—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—1.6

Afflicted—Origen—Commentary on Romans—4.9.10

Afflicted—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 36—5.7

Afflicted are to be relieved, consoled, encouraged and given the necessaries of life—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—7.12

Afflicted because of your sins—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—1.5

Afflicted for the sake of God’s name—Tertullian—Against Marcion—3.25

Afflicted: help the afflicted—Acts of Thomas—56

Afflicted: impoverish yourself to help an afflicted brother—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—7.12

Afflicted: minister to the necessities of a Christian who is afflicted or imprisoned on account of the name of Christ—Aristides—15

Afflicted on account of the law of Christ, even without suffering—Hermas—Sim. 8.3.7

Afflicted: pray for mercy to the afflicted—Justin Martyr—Dialogue with Trypho—18

Afflicted: receive the afflicted—Sibylline Oracles—8.407

Afflicted: redeem a Christian who is imprisoned or afflicted on account of the name of Christ—Aristides—15

Afflicted: when your heart is afflicted and tormented, say Psalm 32:10 to the Lord: Many are the blows of the wicked, but those that hope in the Lord are surrounded by mercy—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 38—2.7

Afflicted: work for the a.—Didache—5.2

Affliction—Origen—Commentary on Romans—4.9.8

Affliction—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—1.6

Affliction: bear affliction—Origen—Exhortation to Martyrdom—43

Affliction: bear affliction patiently—Origen—Exhortation to Martyrdom—2

Affliction: boast in your affliction—Origen—Commentary on Romans—4.9.1

Affliction: boast in your affliction—Origen—Commentary on Romans—4.9.10

Affliction: condemn misfortunes—Tertullian—On Patience—11

Affliction: eat the bread of affliction—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 36—1.4

Affliction: endure affliction as a form of persecution—Origen—Exhortation to Martyrdom—44

Affliction: endure afflictions—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—4.13

Affliction: endure afflictions when you repent—Hermas—Similitude 6.7.4

Affliction: endure in afflictions—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—4.16

Affliction: miserable—Origen—Homilies on Jeremiah—20.7.1, 20.7.5

Affliction: miserable—Origen—Homilies on Jeremiah—20.8.2

Affliction: patience in misfortunes for which you yourself are to blame—Terullian—On Patience—11

Affliction: patient in affliction—Origen—Commentary on Romans—9.11

Affliction: penitents are to endure affliction of the body—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—14.4.6

Affliction: persevere in afflictions—Origen—Commentary on Romans—7.3.4

Affliction: pride in afflictions—Origen—Commentary on Romans—3.5 – 5.7 at 5.9

Affliction: purified by afflictions for your sins—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—2.5

Affliction: rejoice when corrected by fatigue, persecution and distress—Origen—Homilies on Samuel—1.10

Affliction: say you are miserable because of your sins—Origen—Homilies on Isaiah—4.3

Affliction; see also Tribulations

Afflictions: imitate Christ in bearing the calamities of life—Origen—Against Celsus—2.42

Afflictions: rejoice because of afflictions—Origen—Against Celsus—1 Preface 4

Agape (feast)—Acts of John—84

Age: clothes are to be suited to age—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—3.11

Age: food, clothes, and household items: are to be serviceable and suitable to the householder’s age, status and pursuits—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—2.3

Age: honour every age of life, especially from youth—Tertullian—Against Marcion—4.23

Age: honour people that are older than you—Revelation of Peter—Ethiopic 11

Age: respect persons of every age group—Tatian—Address to the Greeks—32

Age: understand speakers according to their level of age and education—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—26.3.1

Aged are to philosophize—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—4.8

Aged: bishop is to give his seat to the poor and elderly in church assemblies—Didascalia—12

Aged: by teaching, example, and admonition, the strong in faith are to protect women and people disadvantaged by age—Origen—Homilies on Numbers—26.2.1

Aged: congregation’s common fund is to supply the wants of old people confined to the house—Tertullian—Apologeticum—39

Aged: deacons are to minister to aged women and the sick—Didascalia—16

Aged: esteem people advanced in years—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—7.1

Aged: honour the aged—1 Clement—21.6

Aged: honour the aged as fathers and mothers—Athenagoras—Presbeia—32

Aged: it is permissible for the elderly to joke with children, if done rarely—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—2.7

Aged: marriage in old age—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—2.23

Aged: marriage: Platonic marriage with a widow who is full of faith, materially poor, and aged—Tertullian—Exhortation to Chastity—12

Aged may drink wine and indulge in pleasantry at feasts as long as they can keep their reason and memory and keep their bodies unmoved and unshaken by wine—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—2.2

Aged poor who receive alms are to pray diligently and unremittingly for their benefactors—Didascalia—17

Aged: raise elderly poor people who receive alms—Didascalia—17

Aged: reverence toward the aged—Hermas—Mand. 8.10

Aged: support old people with a character for sobriety—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—3.4

Aged: virginity until old age—Athenagoras—Presbeia—33

Aged: wealthy are to give to pious old men—Clement of Alexandria—Quis Dives Salvetur—34

Aged within your walls: protect the aged within your walls—3/5 Esdras—2.22

Aged woman: in a community where the only Christians are women and maidens (no male Christians), male travellers are to accept overnight accommodation only from a woman who is aged and is the most chaste and modest of the women there. The old woman is to provide them with a lamp and other necessities. At the time for sleep, she herself is to depart from there and go to her own house—Two Letters to Virgins—(pseudo-Clement)—2.4

Aged: younger are to give seats to the older in church assemblies—Didascalia—12

Aged; see also Elders; Older; Older men: Older women

Agree: if two agree about anything they ask, the Father will do it—Matthew—18.19

Agree: if two agree to ask for something, the Father will grant it—Diatessaron—27.20

Agree: the flesh is to agree with the spirit—Origen—Homilies on Exodus—13.5

Agree with Christ’s words—Origen—Commentary on John—20.20 (167)

Agree with one another—2 Corinthians—13.11

Agree with the word of God—Origen—Homilies on Jeremiah—27.3.7

Agreeable disposition—Origen—Commentary on Song of Songs—1.3

Agreement—Origen—Commentary on Matthew—14.1

Agreement: dissolve oppressive contracts—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—3.12

Agreement in prayer—Origen—Commentary on Matthew—14.1

Agreeable: speak in agreeable and useful words—Origen—Homilies on Isaiah—2.2

Agreement: spouses are to agree in prayer—Origen—Commentary on Matthew—14.2

Agreements: dissolve the connections of violent agreements—Irenaeus—Against Heresies—4.17.3

Agreements: dissolve violent agreements—Irenaeus—Against Heresies—4.13.3

Agreements: dissolve wicked contracts—Justin Martyr—Dialogue with Trypho—15

Agreements: faithlessness in agreements with the world or in worldly matters—Origen—Homilies on Jeremiah—20.7.2

Agreements: faithlessness in an agreement in order to effect one of God’s purposes—Origen—Homilies on Jeremiah—20.7.3

Agreements: free from the yoke of forced agreements—Origen—Homilies on Jeremiah—9.4.2

Agreements: loose violent contracts—Justin Martyr—1 Apology—37

Agreements; see also Contracts

Aim at heaven—Origen—De Principiis—2.3.6

Aim at sinlessness and God’s perfection—Clement of Alexandria—Quis Dives Salvetur—20

Aim at what is perfect—Ignatius—Letter to Smyrnaeans—11.3

Alcohol: abstain from wine—Tertullian—On Fasting—9

Alcohol: abstinence from wine is to accompany fasting—Terullian—On Fasting—9

Alcohol: flee from wine as far as possible from wine—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—2.2

Alcohol: it is permissible to abstain from wine—Tertullian—On the Apparel of Women—2.9

Alcohol: it is permissible to use wine as a laxative and for relaxation and enjoyment—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—2.2

Alcohol: moderation in drinking wine—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—2.2

Alcohol: old people may drink wine as long as they can keep their reason and memory and keep their bodies unmoved and unshaken—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—2.2

Alcohol: prefer drinking water to wine—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—2.2

Alcohol: reflection in the use of wine—Origen—Letter to Friends in Alexandria

Alcohol: reflection in use of a.—Origen—Letter to Friends in Alexandria

Alcohol: temperance in drinking wine—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—2.1

Alcohol: when drinking wine, mix in as much water as possible—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—2.2

Alcohol: wine is encouraged—Tertullian—De Corona—8

Alcohol: wine may be used only in the evening, when you are no longer engaged in serious reading—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—2.2

Alcohol; see also Beverages; Drink

All: seek the good of everyone—Origen—Homilies on Psalm 37—Fragment 41

All things: render all things to all—Theophilus—To Autolycus—3.14

Allegory: reasonable Christians who are embarrassed by stories in the Scriptures about immoralities committed by God and by purportedly righteous men and about begetting of children by people long past child-bearing age, are to interpret these stories allegorically—Celsus—True Discourse—p. 80f

Almsgiving—Acts of Thomas—66

Almsgiving—2 Clement—16.4

Almsgiving—Clement of Alexandria—Catena on Matthew of Nicetas of Heraclea

Almsgiving—Clement of Alexandria—Paedagogus—3.7

Almsgiving—Clement of Alexandria—Quis Dives Salvetur?—31, 33

Almsgiving—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—2.15

Almsgiving—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—2.18

Almsgiving—Clement of Alexandria—Stromata—3.6 (55)

Almsgiving—Clement of Alexandria—Unidentified Fragments

Almsgiving—De Aleatoribus—11

Almsgiving—Diatessaron—20.16

Almsgiving—Didache—15.4

Almsgiving—Origen—Homilies on Exodus—2.3

Almsgiving—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—2.4.5

Almsgiving—Sibylline Oracles—2.80

Almsgiving—Tertullian—Against Marcion—4.27

Almsgiving—Tertullian—Apologeticum—42

Almsgiving—Tertullian—On Baptism—18

Almsgiving—Tertullian—To His Wife—2.8

Almsgiving: a widow is to be silent rather than complain that a gift was given to another widow—Didascalia—15

Almsgiving: a widow is to bless and praise God when her fellow aged woman receives a gift or is refreshed—Didascalia—15

Almsgiving: a widow is to praise and pray for a donor who gave a gift to a fellow aged woman—Didascalia—15

Almsgiving: a widow is to pray for a donor by name—Didascalia—14

Almsgiving: a widow is to pray for a donor who gave her alms but without mentioning the donor’s name in the hearing of others—Didascalia—15

Almsgiving: a widow is to stay home instead of going to Christians’ homes to solicit donations—Didascalia—15

Almsgiving according to your means—Origen—Homilies on Luke—2.4

Almsgiving: aged poor who receive alms are to pray diligently and unremittingly for their benefactors—Didascalia—17

Almsgiving: beg alms—Celsus—True Discourse—p. 106

Almsgiving: bishop is to tell widows from whom a gift came—Didascalia—14

Almsgiving: bring homeless beggars into your home—Tertullian—Against Marcion—4.30

Almsgiving: elderly poor who receive alms are to pray diligently and unremittingly for their benefactors—Didascalia—17

Almsgiving: give alms to every beggar—Matthew—5.42

Almsgiving: give alms willingly, not under compulsion—Origen—Homilies on Jeremiah—20.2.2

Almsgiving: give alms without attracting attention—Diatessaron—9.22

Almsgiving: give alms without attracting attention—Matthew—6.4

Almsgiving: give even to a poor man that does not ask—Tertullian—Against Marcion—4.16

Almsgiving: give even to him who does not ask—Tertullian—Against Marcion—4.35

Almsgiving: give only to those who ask—Tertullian—Apologeticum—42

Almsgiving: give to anyone that begs—Luke—6.30

Almsgiving: give to everyone who asks—Barnabas—19.11

Almsgiving: give to everyone who asks—Tertullian—Against Marcion—4.16

Almsgiving: give to him who begs from you—Matthew—5.42

Almsgiving: give to whomever asks—Justin Martyr—1 Apology—15

Almsgiving: hide your almsgiving—Origen—Homilies on Exodus—2.3

Almsgiving in secret—Matthew—6.4

Almsgiving is better than prayer—2 Clement—16.4

Almsgiving: judgment in almsgiving—Clement of Alexandria—Catena On Matthew of Nicetas of Heraclea—Matthew 5.4.2

Almsgiving: let your alms sweat in your palms until you know to whom you should give—Didache—1.6

Almsgiving: orphans who receive alms are to pray diligently and unremittingly for their benefactors—Didascalia—17

Almsgiving: poor or needy who receive gifts are to use them sparingly—Didascalia—17

Almsgiving: praise elderly poor people who receive alms—Didascalia—17

Almsgiving: praise orphans who receive alms—Didascalia—17

Almsgiving: praise people who receive alms on account of being an orphan, in poverty, elderly, sickness, infirmity, or are raising children—Didascalia—17

Almsgiving: praise those who are raising children who receive alms—Didascalia—17

Almsgiving: seek out those who are to be benefited by your gifts and are worthy Christians—Clement of Alexandria—Quis Dives Salvetur—31

Almsgiving: sell your possessions and give alms—Diatessaron—9.43

Almsgiving: sell your possessions and give alms—Luke—12.33

Almsgiving: sick who receive alms are to pray diligently and unremittingly for their benefactors—Didascalia—17

Almsgiving: those I n need who receive alms because they are raising children are to pray diligently and unremittingly for their benefactors—Didascalia—17

Almsgiving to the needy—Origen—Homilies on Leviticus—2.4.6

Almsgiving; see also Gifts; Give; Needy: give to the n.; Poor: give

Aloof from church elders who serve their own lusts, do not put the fear of God supreme in their hearts, are contemptuous of others, are puffed up with pride at holding the chief seat and work evil deeds in secret—Irenaeus—Against Heresies—4.26.2 to 4

Aloof from demons—Justin Martyr—1 Apology—14

Aloof from heretics, schismatics and hypocrites not in the apostolic succession—Irenaeus—Against Heresies—4.26.2 to 4

Aloof from persons who abstain from prayer and the Eucharist and who deny that the Eucharist is Christ’s flesh—Ignatius—To Smyrnaeans—7.2

Aloof; see also Avoid; Withdraw from

Aloud: confess God orally—Origen—Exhortation to Martyrdom—6

Aloud: honour God orally—Origen—Exhortation to Martyrdom—6

Aloud: pray with your mouth—Origen—Homilies on Jeremiah—Catena Fragment 15

Aloud: prayer need not be loud—Origen—Commentary on John—6.10 (101)

Aloud: read aloud the prophecy contained in the Revelation of John—Revelation of John—1.3

Aloud: read aloud the prophecy in the Revelation of John—Revelation of John—1.8

Altar: beautify the altar and