archen

[3710] The Greek text here is, kratunai ten archen auton, translated into Latin by "possiderent regnum suum," -- words which are somewhat ambiguous in both languages.

ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

* Ten archen d 'eitis eterou deisthai hupolaboi, ouket' an ontos arche phulachtheie.

Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

And so he proceeds: Eikotos toinun pistei perilabontes anapodeikton ten archen ek periousias, kai tas apodeixeis par 'autes tes arches peri tes arches labontes, phone Kuriou paideuometha pros ten epignosin tes aletheias; -- "Wherefore, it is meet that, embracing by faith the most sufficient, indemonstrable principle, and taking the demonstrations of the principle from the principle itself, we are instructed by the voice of the Lord himself unto the acknowledgment of the truth."

Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

* Eikotos toinun pistei perilabontes anapodeikton ten archen ek periousias, kai tas apodeixeis par 'autes tes arches peri tes arches labontes, phone Kuriou paideuometha pros ten epignosin tes aletheias;: [4913] 1

Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

* Echomen gar ten archen tes didaskalias ton Kurion, dia te ton propheton, dia te tou euangeliou, kai dia ton makarion apostolon, polutropos kai polumeros ex arches eis telos hegoumenon tes gnoseos;: [4854] 1

Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

So he adds: Ten archen d 'eitis eterou deisthai hupolaboi, ouket' an ontos arche phulachtheie.

Pneumatologia 1616-1683 1967

Plato, "De Legibus", IV, 715, describes God in the same manner: archen te kai teleuten kai mesa ton onton apanton echon, and quotes this phrase as a palaios logos.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

An interpretation of John viii. 25, ten archen hoti kai lalo humin widely prevalent at all events in the Latin church, was "Initium quod et loquor vobis;" "I am the Beginning, that which I am even saying to you."

NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895

[418] The LXX. version is Kurios ektise me archen hodon autou.

NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895

Enteuthen archen lambanont 'hothen Theos,' Elampsen hemin sarkiko problemati.

NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895