Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Hosea 4:13

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 7, page 432, footnote 19 (Image)

Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzen

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CCEL Footnote 4682 (In-Text, Margin)

... Light, uncultured in respect of Wisdom, for whom Christ died in vain, unthankful creatures, the work of the Evil One. Do you turn this benefit into a reproach to God? Will you deem Him little on this account, that He humbled Himself for your sake, and because to seek for that which had wandered the Good Shepherd, He who layeth down His life for the sheep, came upon the mountains and hills upon which you used to sacrifice, and found the wandering one; and having found it, took it upon His shoulders,[Hosea 4:13] on which He also bore the wood; and having borne it, brought it back to the life above; and having brought it back, numbered it among those who have never strayed. That He lit a candle, His own flesh, and swept the house, by cleansing away the sin ...