Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Ezekiel 34:31

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 404, footnote 5 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 4848 (In-Text, Margin)

... and vigour? especially when by the authoritative utterances of His own prophet Ezekiel God clearly points out the difference between flock and flock of His rational sheep, saying, “Behold I judge between cattle and cattle, and between the rams and the he-goats, and between the fat cattle and the lean. Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, until they were scattered abroad.” And that we might know what the cattle were, He immediately added:[Ezekiel 34:31] “Ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men.” Will Paul and that penitent who had lain with his father’s wife be on an equality, because the latter repented and was received into the Church: and shall the offender because he is with him on the ...

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 13, page 384, footnote 5 (Image)

Gregory the Great II, Ephriam Syrus, Aphrahat

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CCEL Footnote 1024 (In-Text, Margin)

... my sheep.  Because thou didst say concerning the sheep, let that which dieth, die, and let that which perisheth perish, and whatever is left, let them devour the flesh of one another; therefore, behold I will make blind thy right eye and I will wither up thy right arm. Thy eye which regarded a bribe shall be blinded, and thy hand which did not rule in righteousness shall waste away. And as for you, my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, ye are men; but I am the Lord your God.[Ezekiel 34:31] Behold henceforth will feed you in a good and rich pasture.