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... would mercifully be reconciled to us, and restore us to our former seemly and holy practice of brotherly love. For [such conduct] is the gate of righteousness, which is set open for the attainment of life, as it is written, “Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will go in by them, and will ...

... those of no reputation against such as were renowned, the foolish against the wise, the young against those advanced in years. For this reason righteousness and peace are now far departed from you, inasmuch as every one abandons the fear of God, and is become blind in His faith, neither walks ...

... understand the purpose of each, and not to consider death as evil. For when you were slaves of sin, says the apostle, you were free in regard to righteousness. So what fruit did you have then? Things of which you are now ashamed; for the end of those things is death." We continue with the ...

... understand the purpose of each, and not to consider death as evil. For when you were slaves of sin, says the apostle, you were free in regard to righteousness. So what fruit did you have then? Things of which you are now ashamed; for the end of those things is death." Clement is clearly ...

... the tree must be judged together with its fruit), or if evil truly exists, let them tell us what they think of the commandments given concerning righteousness, self-control, patience, forbearance, and similar virtues—are these commandments vile or admirable? If the commandments, most of which ...

... fire illuminates, and the whole night is brightened by the great sun of the intellectual light. Pythagoras made an epitome of the statements on righteousness in Moses, when he said, "Do not step over the balance;" that is, do not transgress equality in distribution, honoring justice ...

... IV Epiphanes led a second attack on Egypt. Here are some of my reasons: - there is no catastrophic event connected to the Temple - the Teacher of Righteousness was raised 390+20 after Nebuchadnezzar conquered Judea which was around the year 177 BCE (587-410) - the verse " the head of asps ...

I see it as the head of the kings of Greece (let's say a Roman emperor) wreaking vengeance upon the kings of Greece (i.e., Hellenised Jewish kings, like the Herodians). And some have this as "who will come" rather than "who came," the way that you suggest the Wicked Priest only ...

Is it clear that the Teacher of Righteousness is a figure of the past or present known to the author, rather than an idealized figure or possibly a figure hoped for? The writers were not historians and there seems to be nothing to fix the ...

Is it clear that the Teacher of Righteousness is a figure of the past or present known to the author, rather than an idealized figure or possibly a figure hoped for? The writers were not historians and there seems to be nothing to fix the ...