Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

2 Samuel 7:18

There is 1 footnote for this reference.

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 1, page 81, footnote 12 (Image)

Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus

Ignatius (HTML)

Epistle to the Philadelphians: Shorter and Longer Versions (HTML)

Chapter IV.—Have but one Eucharist, etc. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 915 (In-Text, Margin)

... the rest of the clergy, together with all the people, and the soldiers, and the governors, and Cæsar [himself], to the bishop; the bishop to Christ, even as Christ to the Father. And thus unity is preserved throughout. Let not the widows be wanderers about, nor fond of dainties, nor gadders from house to house; but let them be like Judith, noted for her seriousness; and like Anna, eminent for her sobriety. I do not ordain these things as an apostle: for “who am I, or what is my father’s house,”[2 Samuel 7:18] that I should pretend to be equal in honour to them? But as your “fellow-soldier,” I hold the position of one who [simply] admonishes you.