Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Psalms 49:7

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 109, footnote 1 (Image)

Jerome: Letters and Select Works

The Letters of St. Jerome. (HTML)

To Furia. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1620 (In-Text, Margin)

... gospel. Anna “lived with an husband seven years from her virginity”; Marcella lived with one for seven months. Anna looked for the coming of Christ; Marcella holds fast the Lord whom Anna received in her arms. Anna sang His praise when He was still a wailing infant; Marcella proclaims His glory now that He has won His triumph. Anna spoke of Him to all those who waited for the redemption of Israel; Marcella cries out with the nations of the redeemed: “A brother redeemeth not, yet a man shall redeem,”[Psalms 49:7] and from another psalm: “A man was born in her, and the Highest Himself hath established her.”