Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

1 Samuel 23

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 7, page 228, footnote 7 (Image)

Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzen

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CCEL Footnote 2926 (In-Text, Margin)

... in due measure, the Sacred Flock, the praise-worthy nurselings of Christ, the Divine inheritance; by which, O God, Thou art rich, even wert Thou poor in all other respects. To Thee, I think, are fitting those words, “The lot is fallen unto Thee in a fair ground: yea Thou hast the goodliest heritage.” Nor will I allow that the most populous cities or the broadest flocks have any advantage over us, the little ones of the smallest of all the tribes of Israel, of the least of the thousands of Judah,[1 Samuel 23:23] of the little Bethlehem among cities, where Christ was born and is from the beginning well-known and wor shipped; amongst those whom the Father is exalted, and the Son is held to be equal to Him, and the Holy Ghost is glorified with Them: we who are ...