Colossians 2:18

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus V.8Book V

  “…and not holding the Head, from which all the body by joint and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.”” — editor's note: Cf. Col. ii. 18, 19.

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Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies Fragments from.36Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus

  “…which if any man “taste,” he will not accede to the disputations and quibbles of proud and puffed-up men, who go into matters of which they have no perception.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 18.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Concerning Repentance I.6Book I

  “You make yourself strange to him through pride, in vain puffing up yourself in your carnal mind, and not holding the Head.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 18.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 121

  “(10) And of Col. ii. 18?” — the author cites it

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Leo the Great

• Leo the Great, Letters Letter 15

  “…flesh, not holding fast the Head from whom all the body, being supplied and knit together through the joints and bands, increaseth with the increase of God.”” — editor's note: Ibid. 18, 19.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, On the Advantage of Patience

  “Worship Jesus the Lord.”” — editor's note: Rev. xxii. 9; [also xix. 10. And compare Acts x. 26, and xiv. 14, 15; also Col. ii. 18.]

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Synod of Laodicea (c. 363)

• Synod of Laodicea (c. 363), Synod of Laodicea, Canon 35

  “Theodoret makes mention of this superstitious cult in his exposition of the Text of St. Paul, Col. ii. 18, and when writing of its condemnation by this synod he says, “they were leading to worship angels such as were defending the Law; for, said they, the Law was given through angels.” — the author cites it

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.18Book V

  “…meats—“you must not touch, you must not taste”—in a voluntary humility, (at the same time) “vainly puffed up in the fleshly mind, and not holding the Head,” (the apostle) does not in these terms attack the law or Moses, as if it was at the suggestion of superstitious angels that he had enacted his prohibition of…” — editor's note: Col. ii. 18, 19, 21.

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• Tertullian, The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31

  “The doctrine, however, of Simon’s sorcery, which inculcated the worship of angels, was itself actually reckoned amongst idolatries and condemned by the Apostle Peter in Simon’s own person.” — editor's note: Referred to perhaps in Col. ii. 18.

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Clement of Alexandria

• Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies Book 3

  “Et rursus dicit: “Nemo vos seducat in voluntaria humilitatis religione, et parcimonia corporis.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 18, 23.

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• 1 Timothy 1:4

  Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36 and 1 other place.

• 1 Timothy 6:4

  Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.

• 1 Timothy 6:5

  Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.

• 2 Timothy 2:3

  Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31.

• 1 Peter 2:3

  Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.

• Jude 1:3

  Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.

• Revelation 2:14

  Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31.

• Deuteronomy 30:14

  Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.

• Jeremiah 7:17

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.8.

• Jeremiah 7:18

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.8.

• Matthew 24:19

  Cited together in Letters Letter 121.

• Matthew 24:20

  Cited together in Letters Letter 121.

• Luke 7:18

  Cited together in Letters Letter 121.

• Luke 7:19

  Cited together in Letters Letter 121.

• Luke 9:53

  Cited together in Letters Letter 121.

• John 1:36

  Cited together in Letters Letter 121.

• Acts 7:42

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.8.

• Acts 7:43

  Cited together in Against Celsus V.8.

• Romans 5:7

  Cited together in Letters Letter 121.

• Romans 7:8

  Cited together in Letters Letter 121.

• Romans 9:3

  Cited together in Letters Letter 121.

• Romans 10:8

  Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.

• 1 Corinthians 2:14

  Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.

• 1 Corinthians 15:12

  Cited together in The Prescription Against Heretics Chapter 31.

• Philippians 3:10

  Cited together in Against Heresies Fragments from.36.