Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
1 Kings 5:1
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 10, page 201, footnote 2 (Image)
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1. The Queen of the South, as we read in the Book of the Kings, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon. Likewise King Hiram sent to Solomon that he might prove him.[1 Kings 5:1] So also your sacred Majesty, following these examples of old time, has decreed to hear my confession of faith. But I am no Solomon, that you should wonder at my wisdom, and your Majesty is not the sovereign of a single people; it is the Augustus, ruler of the whole world, that has commanded the setting forth of the Faith in a book, not for your instruction, but for your approval.