Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Psalms 105:11
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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 6, page 330, footnote 4 (Image)
Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius the Great, Julius Africanus, Anatolius and Minor Writers, Methodius, Arnobius
Methodius. (HTML)
The Banquet of the Ten Virgins; or Concerning Chastity. (HTML)
Agathe. (HTML)
What the Oil in the Lamps Means. (HTML)
Now they offered, in Leviticus, oil of this kind, “pure oil olive, beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually, without the veil…before the Lord.” But they were commanded to have a feeble light from the evening to the morning. For their light seemed to resemble the prophetic word, which gives encouragement to temperance, being nourished by the acts and the faith of the people. But the temple (in which the light was kept burning) refers to “the lot of their inheritance,”[Psalms 105:11] inasmuch as a light can shine in only one house. Therefore it was necessary that it should be lighted before day. For he says, “ they shall burn it until the morning,” that is, until the coming of Christ. But the Sun of chastity and of ...