Cyprian:
“But self-control and modesty do not consist only in purity of the flesh, but also in seemliness and in modesty of dress and adornment.”
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Clement of Alexandria:
“Those who glory in their looks – not in their hearts – dress to please others.”
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Clement of Alexandria:
“‘For by grace we are saved’ – but not, indeed, without good works. Rather, we must be saved by being molded for what is good, acquiring an inclination for it. And we must possess the healthy mind that is fixed on the pursuit of the good.”
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Clement of Alexandria:
“We have discovered faith to be the first movement towards salvation. After faith, fear, hope, and repentance (accompanied by temperance and patience) lead us to love and knowledge.”
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Clement of Alexandria:
“Rightly, then, to those who have believed and obey, grace will abound beyond measure.”
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Justin Martyr:
“‘Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute sin’ [Ps. 32:2]. That is, having repented of his sins, he can receive remission of them from God. But this is not as you [Jews] deceive yourselves, and some others who resemble you in this. For they say, that even though they remain sinners, the Lord will not impute sin to them, because they know God.”
Polycarp:
“Into this joy, many persons desire to enter. They know that ‘by grace you are saved, not of works,’ but by the will of God through Jesus Christ. . . . But He who raised him up from the dead will raise up us also – if we do His will, and walk in His commandments, and love what He loved, keeping ourselves from all unrighteousness.”
Clement of Rome:
“For what reason was our father Abraham blessed? Was it not because he worked righteousness and truth through faith?”
Clement of Alexandria:
“To those who were righteous according to the Law, faith was lacking. For that reason, the Lord, in healing them, said, ‘Your faith has saved you.’”
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Apostolic Constitutions:
“If anyone follows unrighteousness and does those things that are contrary to the will of God – such a person will be considered by God the same as the disobedient unbeliever.”
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