Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Judges 11:1

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 126, footnote 6 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 1845 (In-Text, Margin)

... that he has conferred lustre upon a lineage in itself obscure. But as my duty is to sing the praises of the soul, I will not dwell upon those fleshly advantages which Nepotian for his part always despised. Nor will I boast of his family, that is of the good points belonging not to him but to others; for even those holy men Abraham and Isaac had for sons the sinners Ishmael and Esau. And on the other hand Jephthah who is reckoned by the apostle in the roll of the righteous is the son of a harlot.[Judges 11:1] It is said “the soul that sinneth, it shall die.” The soul therefore that has not sinned shall live. Neither the virtues nor the vices of parents are imputed to their children. God takes account of us only from the time when we are born anew in ...