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THE  

ANTE-NICENE FATHERS  

translations of  

The Writings of the Fathers down to a.d. 325  

The Rev. Alexander Roberts, D.D.,  

and  

James Donaldson, LL.D.,  

EDITORS  

AMERICAN REPRINT OF THE EDINBURGH EDITION  

revised and chronologically arranged, with brief prefaces and occasional notes  

by  

A. Cleveland Coxe, D.D.  

T&T CLARK  

Edinburgh  

Wm. B. Eerdmans publishing company  

Grand Rapids, Michigan  

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VOLUME VII

FATHERS OF THE THIRD AND FOURTH CENTURIES:

LACTANTIUS, VENANTIUS, ASTERIUS, VICTORINUS, DIONYSIUS, APOSTOLIC TEACHING AND CONSTITUTIONS, HOMILY, AND LITURGIES.

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AMERICAN EDITION  

Τὰ ἀρχαι̑α ἔθη κρατείτω  

 The Nicene Council  

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