Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Hosea 6:5

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 214, footnote 2 (Image)

Jerome: Letters and Select Works

The Letters of St. Jerome. (HTML)

From Theophilus to Jerome. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 3052 (In-Text, Margin)

1. At the outset the verdict which is in accordance with the truth satisfies but few. But the Lord speaking by the prophet says: “my judgment goeth forth as the light:”[Hosea 6:5] and they who are surrounded with a horror of darkness and do not with clear comprehension perceive the nature of things, are covered with eternal shame and know by the issues of their acts that their efforts have been in vain. Wherefore we also have always desired for John who has for a time ruled the church of Constantinople grace that he might please God, and we have been slow to attribute to him the rash acts ...

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 13, page 395, footnote 15 (Image)

Gregory the Great II, Ephriam Syrus, Aphrahat

Selections from the Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian and from the Demonstrations of Aphrahat the Persian Sage. (HTML)

Aphrahat:  Select Demonstrations. (HTML)

Of Persecution. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1120 (In-Text, Margin)

... the Philistines in the days of Samson, and also in the days of Eli and of Samuel the Prophet; the Edomites in the days of Ahab; the Assyrians in the days of Hezekiah. The king of Babylon uprooted them from their place and dispersed them; and after he had tried and persecuted them much, they did not amend, as He said to them:— In vain have I smitten your sons, for they did not accept chastisement. And again He said:— I have cut off the Prophets, and slain them by the word of My mouth.[Hosea 6:5] And to Jerusalem He said:— By afflictions and scourges be instructed, O Jerusalem, lest thy life depart from thee. But they forsook Him, and worshipped idols, as Jeremiah said concerning them: — Go to the distant isles, and send to Kedar, ...