Ante-Nicene Fathers/Volume VIII/Remains of the Second and Third Centuries/Quadratus, Bishop of Athens

Remains of the Second and Third Centuries.

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Quadratus, Bishop of Athens.

[a.d. 126.]&#160; Quadratus is spoken of by Eusebius as a &#8220;man of understanding and of Apostolic faith.&#8221;&#160; And he celebrates Aristides as a man of similar character.&#160; These were the earliest apologists; both addressed their writings to Hadrian, and they were extant and valued in the churches in the time of Eusebius.

From the Apology for the Christian Religion.

Our Saviour&#8217;s works, moreover, were always present:&#160; for they were real, consisting of those who had been healed of their diseases, those who had been raised from the dead; who were not only seen whilst they were being healed and raised up, but were afterwards constantly present.&#160; Nor did they remain only during the sojourn of the Saviour on earth, but also a considerable time after His departure; and, indeed, some of them have survived even down to our own times.

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