Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Ezekiel 37

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 9, page 142, footnote 3 (Image)

Chrysostom: On the Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises, Select Homilies and Letters, Homilies on the Statutes

Homilies on S. Ignatius and S. Babylas. (HTML)

On the Holy Martyr, S. Babylas. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 385 (In-Text, Margin)

... dignity of a virgin, and to lament at the failure of the shameless deed, this is worthy of accusation, and punishment. There were at all events, many wonderful and great prophets among ourselves, who spake also many things concerning the future, and they in no case used to bid those who asked them to dig up the bones of the departed. Yea Ezekiel standing near the bones themselves was not only not hindered by them, but added flesh, and nerves and skin to them, and brought them back to life again.[Ezekiel 37] But the great Moses did not stand near the bones of the dead, but bearing off the whole dead body of Joseph, thus foretold things to come. And very reasonably, for their words were the grace of the Holy Spirit. But the words of these, a deceit, and ...