Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Deuteronomy 33:24

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 10, page 448, footnote 17 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 3602 (In-Text, Margin)

20. But the Church has oil wherewith she dresses the wounds of her children, lest the hardness of the wound spread deeply; she has oil which she has received secretly. With this oil Asher washed his feet as it is written: “A blessed son is Asher, and he shall be acceptable to his brothers, and shall dip his feet in oil.”[Deuteronomy 33:24] With this oil, then, the Church anoints the necks of her children, that they may take up the yoke of Christ; with this oil she anointed the Martyrs, that she might cleanse them from the dust of this world; with this oil she anointed the Confessors, that they might not yield to their labours, nor sink down through weariness; that they ...