Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Psalms 115:11
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 5, page 46, footnote 3 (Image)
Gregory of Nyssa: Dogmatic Treatises; Select Writings and Letters
Dogmatic Treatises. (HTML)
Against Eunomius. (HTML)
Book I (HTML)
All his insulting epithets are shewn by facts to be false. (HTML)
... Joseph in love to his brethren deceived them; and that too while swearing ‘by the life of Pharaoh;’ but his brethren had really lied to him, in their envy plotting his death and then his enslavement. There are many such cases: Sarah lied, because she was ashamed of laughing: the serpent lied, tempting man to disobey and change to a divine existence. Falsehoods differ widely according to their motives. Accordingly we accept that general statement about man which the Holy Spirit uttered by the Prophet[Psalms 115:11], ‘Every man is a liar;’ and this man of God, too, has not kept clear of falsehood, having chanced to give a place the name of a neighbouring district, through oversight or ignorance of its real name. But Eunomius also has told a falsehood, and what ...