Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Ezekiel 21:27

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 12, page 145, footnote 10 (Image)

Leo the Great, Gregory the Great

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CCEL Footnote 862 (In-Text, Margin)

Now the manifestation of this unspeakable mercy, dearly-beloved, came to pass when Herod held the royal power in Judea, where the legitimate succession of Kings having failed and the power of the High-priests having been overthrown, an alien-born had gained the sovereignty: that the rising of the true King might be attested by the voice of prophecy, which had said: “a prince shall not fail from Juda, nor a leader from his loins, until He come for whom it is reserved[Ezekiel 21:27], and He shall be the expectation of the nations.” Concerning which an innumerable succession was once promised to the most blessed patriarch Abraham to be begotten not by fleshly seed but by fertile faith; and therefore it was compared to the stars in multitude ...