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He, in administering the righteous judgment of the Father to all, assigns to each what is righteous according to his works<\/span>. And being present at His judicial decision, all, both men and\u00a0angels\u00a0and\u00a0demons, shall utter one voice, saying,\u00a0Righteous is Your judgment.<\/q> Of which voice the justification will be seen in the awarding to each that which is just; since to those who have done well shall be assigned righteously eternal\u00a0bliss<\/span>, and to the lovers of iniquity shall be given\u00a0eternal punishment. . . . the righteous will remember only the righteous\u00a0deeds by which they reached the heavenly kingdom<\/span>, . . .\u00a0(Against Plato, On the Cause of the Universe<\/em>, 3<\/a>)<\/p>\n

But who are they who have reconciliation made for their\u00a0sins<\/span>, but they who\u00a0believe in His name, and propitiate His countenance by good works<\/span>? \u00a0(On Daniel<\/em>, second fragment<\/a>)<\/p>\n

And in like manner, the\u00a0Gentiles\u00a0by\u00a0faith\u00a0in Christ prepare for themselves\u00a0eternal life through good works<\/span>.\u00a0(On Proverbs<\/em>, first fragment<\/a>)<\/p>\n

For to be disobedient to\u00a0God<\/span>, and\u00a0obedient\u00a0to\u00a0men, works\u00a0eternal death and punishment<\/span>. (On Susannah<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

. . . a recompense be rendered to each man according to his works<\/span>. (Refutation of All Heresies<\/em>, Bk. IX, ch. 25<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Related Reading<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Polycarp vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d (vs. Jason Engwer)<\/a>\u00a0[1-27-23]<\/div>\n
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St. Polycarp, Who Learned the Faith From an Apostle, Did Not Believe in \u2018Faith Alone\u2019<\/a>\u00a0[National Catholic Register<\/em>, 2-26-23]
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Faith Alone in the Early Church Fathers? (vs. Jordan Cooper) \u2014 Includes Clement of Rome (d. c. 101) & Polycarp (d. 155) vs. Faith Alone<\/a>\u00a0[2-28-24]<\/div>\n
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Church Fathers &\u00a0Sola Fide<\/em>\u00a0(vs. Jordan Cooper) Incl. St. Ignatius of Antioch vs. Faith Alone; Epistle to Diognetus; Council of Trent on Justification by Faith & Imputation; Anti-Catholicism in the Lutheran Confessions<\/a>\u00a0[3-6-24]<\/div>\n
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Clement of Alexandria (c. 150 \u2013 c. 215) vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/a> [3-27-24]<\/span><\/div>\n
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Theophilus of Antioch (d. c. 180) vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/a> [3-27-24]<\/span>
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St. Justin Martyr (100-165) vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d (Sola Fide<\/em>)<\/a> [4-1-24]<\/span><\/div>\n
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St. Irenaeus (130-202) vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d (Sola Fide<\/em>)<\/a> [4-1-24]<\/span><\/div>\n
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Shepherd of Hermas (c. 150) vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d (Sola Fide<\/em>)<\/a> [4-2-24]<\/span><\/div>\n
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Tertullian (d. c. 220) vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/a> [4-2-24]<\/span><\/div>\n
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Origen (c. 185 \u2013 c. 253) vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d<\/a> [4-3-24]<\/span><\/div>\n
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St. Cyprian (210-258) vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d (Sola Fide<\/em>)<\/a> [4-8-24]<\/span>
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Church Fathers vs. \u201cFaith Alone\u201d: Handy Capsule Proofs<\/a> [4-8-24]<\/span><\/div>\n
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Photo credit: <\/strong>Roman sculpture of Hippolytus, found in 1551.<\/span> Fiat 500e<\/a> (11-7-23)<\/span> [Wikimedia Commons<\/a> \/ Creative Commons<\/a>\u00a0Attribution 4.0 International<\/a> license]<\/p>\n

Summary<\/em>: Hippolytus (d. c. 235) denied the novel Protestant doctrine of \u201cfaith alone\u201d or sola fide<\/em>, like \u2014 scholars tell us \u2014 all of the Church fathers did.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \"This Rock\" (now called \"Catholic Answers Magazine\"), \"Envoy Magazine\" (Patrick Madrid), \"The Catholic Answer,\" \"The Coming Home Journal,\" \"Gilbert Magazine\" (American Chesterton Society), and \"The Latin Mass.\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \"The Michigan Catholic\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \"Envoy Magazine.\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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