Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Psalms 96:7
There are 2 footnotes for this reference.
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 2, page 89, footnote 1 (Image)
Socrates: Church History from A.D. 305-438; Sozomenus: Church History from A.D. 323-425
The Ecclesiastical History of Socrates Scholasticus. (HTML)
Book III (HTML)
The Emperor consulting an Oracle, the Demon gives no Response, being awed by the Nearness of Babylas the Martyr. (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 539 (In-Text, Margin)
... an oracle from Apollo of Daphne. But the demon that inhabited the temple remained silent through fear of his neighbor, Babylas the martyr; for the coffin which contained the body of that saint was close by. When the emperor was informed of this circumstance, he commanded that the coffin should be immediately removed: upon which the Christians of Antioch, including women and children, transported the coffin from Daphne to the city, with solemn rejoicings and chanting of psalms. The psalms[Psalms 96:7] were such as cast reproach on the gods of the heathen, and those who put confidence in them and their images.
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 3, page 98, footnote 6 (Image)
Theodoret, Jerome and Gennadius, Rufinus and Jerome
The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret. (HTML)
The Ecclesiastical History of Theodoret. (HTML)
Book III (HTML)
Of Apollo and Daphne, and of the holy Babylas. (HTML)
... by the holy influence of Babylas. Julian was aware of this, for his ancient piety had taught him the power of victorious martyrs, and so he removed no other body from the spot, but only ordered the worshippers of Christ to translate the relics of the victorious martyrs. They marched with joy to the grove, put the coffin on a car and went before it leading a vast concourse of people, singing the psalms of David, while at every pause they shouted “Shame be to all them that worship molten images.”[Psalms 96:7] For they understood the translation of the martyr to mean defeat for the demon.