Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

1 Kings 19:13

There are 2 footnotes for this reference.

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 3, page 717, footnote 2 (Image)

Tertullian (I, II, III)

Ethical. (HTML)

On Patience. (HTML)

General Summary of the Virtues and Effects of Patience. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 9180 (In-Text, Margin)

... silence; her hue such as theirs who are without care and without guilt; the motion of her head frequent against the devil, and her laugh threatening; her clothing, moreover, about her bosom white and well fitted to her person, as being neither inflated nor disturbed. For Patience sits on the throne of that calmest and gentlest Spirit, who is not found in the roll of the whirlwind, nor in the leaden hue of the cloud, but is of soft serenity, open and simple, whom Elias saw at his third essay.[1 Kings 19:4-13] For where God is, there too is His foster-child, namely Patience. When God’s Spirit descends, then Patience accompanies Him indivisibly. If we do not give admission to her together with the Spirit, will (He) always tarry with us? Nay, ...

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 236, footnote 17 (Image)

Jerome: Letters and Select Works

The Letters of St. Jerome. (HTML)

To Ageruchia. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 3327 (In-Text, Margin)

... in their purses, or staves in their hands, or shoes on their feet; and yet they could speak of themselves as “having nothing and yet possessing all things.” “Silver and gold,” say they, “have we none, but such as we have give we thee: in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.” For they were not weighed down with the burthen of riches. Therefore they could stand, as Elijah, in the crevice of the rock, they could pass through the needle’s eye, and behold the back parts of the Lord.[1 Kings 19:11-13]