Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Leviticus 17:11

There are 2 footnotes for this reference.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 11, page 208, footnote 5 (Image)

Chrysostom: Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle to the Romans

A Commentary on the Acts of the Apostles (HTML)

Homily XXXIII on Acts xv. 13, 15. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 769 (In-Text, Margin)

... we not write the same injunctions to Jews also? Moses discourses unto them. See what condescension (to their weakness)! Where it did no harm, he set him up as teacher, and indulged them with a gratification which hindered nothing, by permitting Jews to hear him in regard of these matters, even while leading away from him them of the Gentiles. See what wisdom! He seems to honor him, and to set him up as the authority for his own people, and by this very thing he leads away the Gentiles from him![Leviticus 17:10-14] “Being read in the synagogues every sabbath day.” Then why do they not learn (what is to be learnt) out of him, for instance * *? Through the perversity of these men. He shows that even these (the Jews) need observe no more (than these necessary ...

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 8, page 95, footnote 5 (Image)

Basil: Letters and Select Works

The Hexæmeron. (HTML)

The creation of fowl and water animals. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1645 (In-Text, Margin)

2. “ Let the earth bring forth a living soul.” Why did the earth produce a living soul? so that you may make a difference between the soul of cattle and that of man. You will soon learn how the human soul was formed; hear now about the soul of creatures devoid of reason. Since, according to Scripture, “the life of every creature is in the blood,”[Leviticus 17:11] as the blood when thickened changes into flesh, and flesh when corrupted decomposes into earth, so the soul of beasts is naturally an earthy substance. “Let the earth bring forth a living soul.” See the affinity of the soul with blood, of blood with flesh, of flesh with earth; and remounting in an inverse sense from the ...