Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Hosea 8:11

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 7, page 329, footnote 8 (Image)

Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzen

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Against The Arians, and Concerning Himself. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 3762 (In-Text, Margin)

... with blood of massacre? What spiritual sighs have I put an end to by cries of death, or tears of penitence by tears of tragedy? What House of prayer have I made a burialplace? What liturgical vessels which the multitude may not touch have I given over to the hands of the wicked, of a Nebuzaradan, chief of the cooks, or of a Belshazzar, who wickedly used the sacred vessels for his revels, and then paid a worthy penalty for his madness? “Altars beloved” as Holy Scripture saith, but “now defiled.”[Hosea 8:11] And what licentious youth has insulted you for our sake with shameful writhings and contortions? O precious Throne, seat and rest of precious men, which hast been occupied by a succession of pious Priests, who from ancient times have taught the ...