Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Ninth " "And the stones, sir," I said, "which were taken out of the pit and fitted into the building: what are they? ""The first," he said, "the ten, viz, that were placed as a foundation, are the first generation, and the twenty-five the second generation, of righteous men; and the thirty-five are the prophets of God and His ministers; and the forty are the apostles and teachers of the preaching of the Son of God."[26] Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI Certainly He is called "the chief corner stone; in whom the whole building, fitly joined together, groweth into an holy temple of God,"[169] Tertullian An Answer to the Jews , among the Jews from Jerusalem," among the other things named, "the wise architect" too,[308] Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV Stones are they, even foundation stones, upon which we are ourselves edified-"built," as St. Paul says, "upon the foundation of the apostles,"[1544] Tertullian Against Marcion Book V since the apostle himself never fails to build us up everywhere with (the words of) the prophets. For whence did he learn to call Christ "the chief corner-stone,"[809] Origen Against Celsus Book VIII and Paul also says, "Being built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ our Lord being the chief cornerstone."[40] Cyprian Epistle LXVIII Peter speaks there, on whom the Church was to be built,[21]