Most of the early literature has come down to us in the Greek or Latin language. It is clear that Clement was a very great man in the estimation of the Church.
B. GALLOWAY CHAPTER TWO
For if one takes away the substance of the flesh, that is, the work of God's hand, and understands that which is merely spiritual, such would be a spiritual man, but would be the spirit of man or the spirit of God. But when the spirit here mingled with the spirit is joined to the handiwork of God, man is made spiritual and perfect because of the outpouring of the Spirit, and this is he who was created in the image and likeness of God.
B. GALLOWAY CHAPTER THREE
Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Eusebius and Jerome of the early centuries say he was. Several of the early writers mention his work, but it has been lost until recently.
B. GALLOWAY CHAPTER FOUR
For he called those who had already believed spiritual, and those newly taught and not yet cleansed, carnal, which he justly still calls carnal, as thinking like the Gentiles about the flesh. He who professes to abstain from evil." He shows that the Spirit distributes the gifts of the Spirit so that everyone can be perfect in his own place of service. In chapter 25 he shows that true perfection consists in the knowledge of God's love, and in chapter 26 he shows how the perfect man treats the body and the things of the world.
Whence this dwelling becomes receptive to the soul which is most precious to God; and is worthy with the Holy Spirit through the sanctification of soul and body, perfected with the perfection of the Saviour. The body is also one that is sent on a distant pilgrimage, using inns and dwellings, taking care of the things by the way, from the place where it halts; but he leaves his dwelling and property without excessive emotion, thanks for the stay, and blesses God for his departure, embracing the dwelling in heaven. But you are sanctified, for he who has come to this state is in a state to be holy, and does not fall into any of the passions in any way, but is, as it were, separated and already become holy without this earth.
B. GALLOWAY CHAPTER FIVE
Even in Rome, the language of the church was Greek until the end of the second century. He shows the injustice of the persecution and proves the error of the accusations against the Christians. He proves the unity of God in his proof of the soul and against pagan mythology.
Just as water in baptism symbolized cleansing from sin, so anointing with oil symbolized the baptism of the Spirit. Thus the nature of the waters, sanctified by the Holy One, conceived the power of sanctification itself. And in chapter 46 he shows that it is the work of the flesh and not the flesh itself that is carnal and sinful.
B. GALLOWAY CHAPTER SIX
Some time after, while she was at dinner, she heard a great noise, and saw great multitudes flocking to the town-hall. Then the proconsul passed judgment on all the Christians and pronounced that all should be condemned for the wild animals. He appeared to her as bright and beautiful, drinking from a vessel that was filled to the brim.
Other four angels, brighter than the former, appeared; and they said to the rest of the angels: Here they are. When they were brought to the gate, the men were obliged to put on the clothes of the priests of Saturn and the women consecrated to Ceres. But Perpetua, when she felt the pain of the sword, waved her hand at the youthful gladiator.
B. GALLOWAY CHAPTER SEVEN
Six different versions of the Bible were written in parallel columns and nearly fifty volumes were made. He Against Celsus is a noble defense of Christianity, written in response to one of the greatest skeptical philosophers of his time. Since the preaching of the church contains the doctrine respecting a just judgment of God, which, when believed to be true, exhorts those who hear it to live virtuously and to avoid sin at all costs, while they clearly admit that the matters of praise and blame are in our power.
Although Origen is the first interpreter of the Bible, he speaks of those who came before him. Many of his comments are fair and shrewd; but the principles of the Alexandrian school, where he belonged, led him to many extravagances. Derived from the meaning of the word Jordan, which means descent, consecration is depicted and the entry into Canaan points to the land of rest that awaits all who complete their consecration.
B. GALLOWAY CHAPTER EIGHT
They prayed and laid hands on them so that the newly converted would receive the Holy Spirit (see Acts 8:15-17). But how can he purify and sanctify water who is himself impure and in whom there is no Holy Spirit? When they come to us and to the church, which is one, they should be baptized, because it is a trifle to lay hands on them that they may receive the Holy Ghost, unless they also receive church baptism.
It shows that a saved person is one who is fit to receive the Holy Spirit. For if anyone outside the Church can become God's temple, why should not the Holy Spirit also be poured out on the temple. Because water alone cannot cleanse sins and sanctify a person if it does not also have the Holy Spirit.
B. GALLOWAY CHAPTER NINE
Here he admits that the Holy Spirit is a perfect image of the perfect, the purveyor of sanctification. And after that, the persecution ceased for a year and a half, and the bodies of the holy martyrs were venerated. His only complete work that has come down to us is his Banquet of the Ten Virgins.
From his Commentary on the Apocalypse, chapter 4:6, we read: "The burning torches of fire signify the gift of the Holy Spirit." From these comments we see that he believed in the gift of the Holy Spirit and tried to make a spiritual application of the symbolic facts found in the Book of Revelation. He was Greek by birth, and a good representative of the spirit and orthodoxy of the Greek fathers.
B. GALLOWAY CHAPTER TEN
The claim was made for them that they were the work of the apostles and written down by St. Early writers tend to assign parts of it to the days of the apostles, if not to the apostles themselves. The Apostolic Canons, so-called, are found in the last part of the eighth book of the Constitutions.
Great emphasis was placed on the fact that all officers of the Church had the Holy Ghost. The liturgy was a form of public worship, especially for the celebration of the Lord's Supper. Since the time of the apostles there has been a form for the celebration of the Eucharist.
B. GALLOWAY CHAPTER ELEVEN
After a season he sent to Athens to learn about it; but she was not found. Her husband, hearing her, sent her to Athens, and while she was on the way a great storm arose and the ships were wrecked, but she was saved on shore. Then Peter said in the midst of the crowd that he was a preacher of righteousness, and they departed.
When he told that she had searched and cried out for her sons, Faustinus and Faustus, when she was shipwrecked, Niceta and Aquila cried out, "Is it so, or are we in a dream?" Peter said, "If we are not mad men, they are." When she got up, Peter went to her and talked to her about the true religion, and she said that she was ready to give up her old idolatry and was ready to be baptized. And as she spoke of her sons, they could hardly restrain themselves, so rushed upon her and began to kiss her.
B. GALLOWAY CHAPTER TWELVE
They are written in a style similar to that of the canonical books of the New Testament, but their character is far inferior to the inspired ones. Much is said about the coming of the Holy Spirit upon Mary and Jesus in the first of these books, and the idea of purity, holiness and sanctification is often mentioned in a number of the apocryphal books. Most of the early Christian documents were written in Greek or Latin, but about fifteen have come down to us in the Syriac language.
Tatian's Diatessaron is the first attempt to make the four Gospels as one story; about two-thirds of the verses of the Gospels are used. It comes from an unknown Greek or Latin author of the mid-second century. A man filled with the Holy Spirit speaks as the Lord wills; thus the spirit of the divine nature will be manifested.
B. GALLOWAY CHAPTER THIRTEEN
But thinking that he was now committed to "a perfect protection in the seal of the Lord," he relaxed his former care and vigilance over the youth. In chapter 7 of the same book he adds that this was the rule and form received from our father, the blessed Herakles, when someone made a public confession after returning from those who taught strange doctrines and from heresy come, that they may be received. returned without baptism, even if they were expelled from the Church; for he says, "they have already received the Holy Spirit." Eusebius mentions a number of incidents that show that living holy and being filled with the Spirit was the common practice of the Christians in the early centuries.
34;Philip, one of the twelve who sleep in Hierapolis, and his two aged virgin daughters. There, when he saw the earthly tabernacles of the holy men lying on the ground, he embraced each one and kissed them all. This continued for a long time, and produced no small wonder to the spectators; so that now again, because of the failure in the first instance, they were obliged to release the animals a second and a third time on one and the same martyr.
B. GALLOWAY CHAPTER FOURTEEN
From time to time throughout the Dark Ages witnesses of the truth of holiness appeared, and with the dawn of the Reformation the light began to shine again. Wesley said that the purpose of the Methodist Church was to spread scriptural holiness throughout the lands. Thousands of pages of holiness literature come from the presses of the publishing houses of those who believe in holiness.
There are Polycarp, Clement, Barnabas and Hermas from the early days of the Church, who preach the truth. The struggle for holiness did not originate in the twentieth century, nor did it arise in the Church of the Nazarene. The greatest minds and holiest saints of all times of the Christian Church have upheld the doctrine and enjoyed the experience of holiness.