Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Jeremiah 5:6

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 7, page 289, footnote 7 (Image)

Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzen

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CCEL Footnote 3425 (In-Text, Margin)

... doctrine to pieces by his misrepresentations, but let him stand yet afar off and withdraw from the Mount, or he shall be stoned and crushed, and shall perish miserably in his wickedness. For to those who are like wild beasts true and sound discourses are stones. If he be a leopard let him die with his spots. If a ravening and roaring lion, seeking what he may devour of our souls or of our words; or a wild boar, trampling under foot the precious and translucent pearls of the Truth; or an Arabian[Jeremiah 5:6] and alien wolf, or one keener even than these in tricks of argument; or a fox, that is a treacherous and faithless soul, changing its shape according to circumstances or necessities, feeding on dead or putrid bodies, or on little vineyards when the ...