Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Exodus 25:2
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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 7, page 192, footnote 6 (Image)
Lactantius, Venantius, Asterius, Victorinus, Dionysius, Apostolic Teaching and Constitutions, 2 Clement, Early Liturgies
Lactantius (HTML)
The Divine Institutes (HTML)
Book VI. Of True Worship (HTML)
Chap. XXV.—Of sacrifice, and of an offering worthy of God, and of the form of praising God (HTML)
There are two things which ought to be offered, the gift[Exodus 25:2] and the sacrifice; the gift as a perpetual offering, the sacrifice for a time. But with those who by no means understand the nature of the Divine Being, a gift is anything which is wrought of gold or silver; likewise anything which is woven of purple and silk: a sacrifice is a victim, and as many things as are burnt upon the altar. But God does not make use either of the one or the other, because He is free from corruption, and that is altogether corruptible. ...