Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book III Quinam sunt autem illi "duo et tres, qui congregantur in nomine Domini, in" quorum "medio" est Dominus?[111] Tertullian On Repentance is the church;[97] Tertullian On Baptism inasmuch as, wherever there are three, there is the Church, which is a body of three.[51] Tertullian To His Wife Book II Where two (are), there withal (is) He Himself.[66] Tertullian On Modesty (The Spirit) combines that Church which the Lord has made to consist in "three." And thus, from that time forward,[285] Origen Against Celsus Book II For if he had thought that the Son of God was only there, where was the visible body of Jesus, how could he have said, "There stands in the midst of you One whom ye know not? "And Jesus Himself, in raising the minds of His disciples to higher thoughts of the Son of God, says: "Where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of you."[32] Cyprian Treatise I On the Unity of the Church Nor let any deceive themselves by a futile interpretation, in respect of the Lord having said, "Wheresoever two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."[37] Constitutions of the Holy Apostles Book VIII If it be not possible to assemble either in the church or in a house, let every one by himself sing, and read, and pray, or two or three together. For "where two or three are gathered together in my name, there all I in the midst of them."[173] Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIV Then the Word repeating that the agreeing of twoon the earth is the same thing as the agreeing with Christ, adds, "For where two or three aregathered together in My name."[9] And do not let this also pass unobserved, that Hedid not say, where two or three are gathered together in My name, there "shall I be" in the midst ofthem, but "there am I,"[34]