3rd Century (6)

No one can have God for his father who has not the church for his mother
Cyprian

Cyprian Church 3rd Century

a separation without return should not afford any occasion to a stranger

During the persecution of the Christians under the Roman emperors, the action of the Roman military commander Maurice is a good example of a possible response. When he received an order to direct a persecution of Christians, he handed his insignia to his assistant in order to join the Christians and be killed as a fellow believer. This action took place in the Rhone valley in Switzerland about AD 286

How Should We Then Live, 32

Francis Schaeffer

Persecution 3rd Century

The Caesars would not tolerate this worshiping of the one God only. It was counted as treason. Thus their worship became a special threat to the unity of the state during the third century and during the reign of Diocletian (284-305).

How Should We Then Live, 22

Francis Schaeffer

3rd Century Roman Culture

if there be anyone who can discover something better and prove what he says by clearer statements out of the holy scriptures, let his opinion be accepted in preference to mine

On First Principles, Book 2 Chapter 6

Origen

Scripture 3rd Century

While the great heresy of the second century was Gnosticism, the outstanding heresy of the third century was Monarchianism

The History of Christian Doctrines (83)

Louis Berkhof

3rd Century Monarchianism