Revelation 3:21

Tertullian

• Tertullian, Against Praxeas Chapter 30

  ““He sitteth at the Father’s right hand”—not the Father at His own.” — editor's note: Mark xvi. 19; Rev. iii. 21.

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• Tertullian, On Idolatry Chapter 18

  “For avoiding it, remedies cannot be lacking; since, even if they be lacking, there remains that one by which you will be made a happier magistrate, not in the earth, but in the heavens.” — editor's note: i.e., Martyrdom (La Cerda, quoted by Oehler). For the idea of being “a magistrate in the heavens,” [sitting on a throne] compare such passages as Matt. xix.…

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• Tertullian, On Repentance Chapter 8

  “This if you doubt, unravel the meaning of “what the Spirit saith to the churches.”” — editor's note: Rev. ii. 7, 11, 17, 29; iii. 6, 13, 21.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Epistles Letter 25

  “And again, “Because ye shall stand before kings and powers, and the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the son, and he that endureth to the end shall be saved;” and “To him that overcometh will I give to sit on my throne, even as I also overcame and am set down on the throne of my Father.”” — editor's note: Rev. iii. 21.

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Hippolytus of Rome

• Hippolytus of Rome, The Discourse on the Holy Theophany

  “If, therefore, man has become immortal, he will also be God.” — editor's note: ἔσται καὶ Θεός, referring probably to 2 Pet. i. 4, ἵνα διὰ τούτων γένησθε θείας κοινωνοὶ φύσεως, “that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature.”…

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• Hippolytus of Rome, The Refutation of All Heresies X.30Book X

  “For thou hast become God: for whatever sufferings thou didst undergo while being a man, these He gave to thee, because thou wast of mortal mould, but whatever it is consistent with God to impart, these God has promised to bestow upon thee, because thou hast been deified, and begotten unto immortality.” — editor's note: [This startling expression is justified by such texts as 2 Pet. i. 4 compared with John xvii. 22, 23, and Rev. iii. 21. Thus, Christ overrules the Tempter…

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• Revelation 5:10

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.30.

• Matthew 5:10

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 25.

• Matthew 5:11

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 25.

• Matthew 5:12

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 25.

• Matthew 10:18

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 25.

• Matthew 10:37

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 25.

• Matthew 10:38

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 25.

• Matthew 21:22

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 25.

• John 10:34

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.30.

• John 17:22

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.30.

• Romans 8:35

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 25.

• Philippians 1:24

  Cited together in Epistles Letter 25.

• 2 Peter 1:4

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.30.

• 2 Peter 2:4

  Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies X.30.