Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Hosea 13:4

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 9, page 219, footnote 1 (Image)

Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus

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De Trinitate or On the Trinity. (HTML)

De Trinitate or On the Trinity. (HTML)
Book XII (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 1308 (In-Text, Margin)

... Christ all things were created; and therefore it is His proper name that He should be the Creator. Does not both the reality and the title of His creative power belong to Him? Melchisedec is our witness, thus declaring God to be Creator of heaven and earth: Blessed be Abraham of God most high, Who created heaven and earth. The prophet Hosea also is witness, saying, I am the Lord thy God, that establish the heavens and create the earth, Whose hands have created all the host of heaven[Hosea 13:4]. Peter too is witness, writing thus, Committing your souls as to a faithful Creator. Why do we apply the name of the work to the Maker of that work? Why do we give the same name to God and to our fellowmen? He is our Creator, He is the ...

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 9, page 220, footnote 1 (Image)

Hilary of Poitiers, John of Damascus

Title Page (HTML)

De Trinitate or On the Trinity. (HTML)

De Trinitate or On the Trinity. (HTML)
Book XII (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 1313 (In-Text, Margin)

9. For often by means of these members of our bodies, God illustrates for us the method of His own operations, enlightening our intelligence by using terms commonly understood: as when He says, Whose hands created all the host of heaven[Hosea 13:4]; or again, The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous; or again, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart. Now by the heart is denoted the desire, to which David was well-pleasing through the uprightness of his character; and knowledge of the whole universe, whereby nothing is beyond God’s ken, is expressed under the term ‘eyes;’ and His ...

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