Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Joshua 10:16

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 362, footnote 4 (Image)

Jerome: Letters and Select Works

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Against Jovinianus. (HTML)

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CCEL Footnote 4377 (In-Text, Margin)

... preaching of the Gospel. And to pass over endless details (for it is not my purpose now to unfold all the mysteries of the Old Testament), five kings who previously reigned in the land of promise, and opposed the Gospel army, were overcome in battle with Joshua. I think it is clearly to be understood that before the Lord led his people from Egypt and circumcised them, sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch had the dominion, and that to these, as to five princes, everything was subject. And when they[Joshua 10:16] took refuge in the cave of the body and in a place of darkness, Jesus entered the body itself and slew them, that the source of their power might be the instrument of their death.