Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Psalms 88:12

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 13, page 378, footnote 7 (Image)

Gregory the Great II, Ephriam Syrus, Aphrahat

Selections from the Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian and from the Demonstrations of Aphrahat the Persian Sage. (HTML)

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Of the Resurrection of the Dead. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 986 (In-Text, Margin)

... thus in her prayer:— The Lord causeth to die and quickeneth; He bringeth down to Sheol and bringeth up (therefrom). The Prophet Isaiah also said thus:— Thy dead shall live, O Lord, and their bodies shall rise, and they that sleep in the dust shall awake and praise thee.   David also proclaimed, saying:— For lo! for the dead Thou workest wonderful things, and the mighty ones shall rise and make confession unto Thee, and those that are in the tombs shall recount Thy grace.[Psalms 88:10-12] And how in the tombs shall they recount the grace of God? Clearly, when they shall hear the sound of trumpet summoning them, and the cornet sounding forth from on high, and the earthquake that shall be, and the tombs that shall be ...