Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Leviticus 25:13

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 408, footnote 4 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 4881 (In-Text, Margin)

... persecuted the Church of Christ, afterwards bore good fruit? And Judas, though he was a good tree and wrought miracles like the other Apostles, afterwards turned traitor and brought forth evil fruit? The truth is that a good tree does not bear evil fruit, nor an evil tree good fruit, so long as they continue in their goodness, or badness. And if we read that every Hebrew keeps the same Passover, and that in the seventh year every prisoner is set free, and that at Jubilee, that is the fiftieth year,[Leviticus 25:13] every possession returns to its owner, all this refers not to the present, but to the future; for being in bondage during the six days of this world, on the seventh day, the true and eternal Sabbath, we shall be free, at any rate if we wish to be ...