Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

2 Kings 14

There are 2 footnotes for this reference.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 5, page 462, footnote 7 (Image)

Augustine: Anti-Pelagian Writings

A Treatise on Grace and Free Will. (HTML)

Abstract. (HTML)

God Does Whatsoever He Wills in the Hearts of Even Wicked Men. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 3202 (In-Text, Margin)

... in war by giving them confidence, and put others to flight by injecting fear into them, except it be that He who has made all things according to His own will, in heaven and on earth, also works in the hearts of men? We read also what Joash, king of Israel, said when he sent a message to Amaziah, king of Judah, who wanted to fight with him. After certain other words, he added, “Now tarry at home; why dost thou challenge me to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?”[2 Kings 14:10] Then the Scripture has added this sequel: “But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might be delivered into their hands, because they sought after the gods of Edom.” Behold, now, how God, wishing to punish the sin of idolatry, wrought ...

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 14, page 199, footnote 1 (Image)

Chrysostom: Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and the Epistle to the Hebrews

The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Gospel of St. John. (HTML)

John 9.1,2 (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1506 (In-Text, Margin)

... one’s very birth, and be punished for it; so when He said, “nor his parents,” He said not that one may be punished for his parents’ sake. This supposition He re moveth by the mouth of Ezekiel; “As I live saith the Lord, this proverb shall not be, that is used, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.” (Ezek. xviii. 3, 2.) And Moses saith, “The father shall not die for the child, neither shall the child die for the father.” (Deut. xxiv. 16.) And of a certain king[2 Kings 14:6] Scripture saith, that for this very reason he did not this thing, observing the law of Moses. But if any one argue, “How then is it said, ‘Who visiteth the sins of the parents upon the children unto the third and fourth generation’?” (Deut. v. 9); ...