Acts 14:16 (WEB)
who in the generations gone by allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.
Fathers and councils · 3
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…left not Himself without witness, performing acts of goodness, giving you rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”” — editor's note: Acts xiv. 15–17.
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Tertullian
“Since there is no exception which defends from liability to penalty even such as are ignorant of the Lord—because ignorance of God, openly as He is set before men, and comprehensible as He is even on the score of His heavenly benefits, is not possible—how perilous is it for Him to be despised when known?” — editor's note: Acts xiv. 15–17: “licet” here may ="lawful,” “permissible,” “excusable.”
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Leo the Great
“And yet He left Himself not without witness, doing them good, giving rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, and filling our hearts with food and gladness.”” — editor's note: Acts xiv. 16, 17. For gladness (lætitia) others read righteousness (iustitia).
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 5.
Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 5.
Cited together in On Repentance Chapter 5.