Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Habakkuk 2:3
There are 5 footnotes for this reference.
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 1, page 11, footnote 11 (Image)
Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus
Clement of Rome (HTML)
First Epistle to the Corinthians (HTML)
Chapter XXIII.—Be humble, and believe that Christ will come again. (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 100 (In-Text, Margin)
... none of them has happened unto us.” Ye foolish ones! compare yourselves to a tree: take [for instance] the vine. First of all, it sheds its leaves, then it buds, next it puts forth leaves, and then it flowers; after that comes the sour grape, and then follows the ripened fruit. Ye perceive how in a little time the fruit of a tree comes to maturity. Of a truth, soon and suddenly shall His will be accomplished, as the Scripture also bears witness, saying, “Speedily will He come, and will not tarry;”[Habakkuk 2:3] and, “The Lord shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Holy One, for whom ye look.”
Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 9, page 236, footnote 10 (Image)
Gospel of Peter, Diatessaron, Apocalypses, Visio Pauli, Testament of Abraham, Acts of X/P, Zosimus, Aristides, Clement, Origen
The Epistles of Clement. (HTML)
The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians. (HTML)
Be Humble, and Believe that Christ Will Come Again. (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 4112 (In-Text, Margin)
... none of them has happened unto us;” Ye foolish ones! compare yourselves to a tree; take [for instance] the vine. First of all, it sheds its leaves, then it buds, next it puts forth leaves, and then it flowers; after that comes the sour grape, and then follows the ripened fruit. Ye perceive how in a little time the fruit of a tree comes to maturity. Of a truth, soon and suddenly shall His will be accomplished, as the Scripture also bears witness, saying, “Speedily will He come, and will not tarry;”[Habakkuk 2:3] and, “The Lord shall suddenly come to His temple, even the Holy One, for whom ye look.”
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 2, page 377, footnote 6 (Image)
Augustine: The City of God, Christian Doctrine
City of God (HTML)
A parallel history of the earthly and heavenly cities from the time of Abraham to the end of the world. (HTML)
Of the Predictions Concerning the Salvation of the World in Christ, in Obadiah, Nahum, and Habakkuk. (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 1172 (In-Text, Margin)
Of what else than the advent of Christ, who was to come, is Habakkuk understood to say, “And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision openly on a tablet of boxwood, that he that readeth these things may understand. For the vision is yet for a time appointed, and it will arise in the end, and will not become void: if it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, and will not be delayed?”[Habakkuk 2:2-3]
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 14, page 462, footnote 3 (Image)
Chrysostom: Homilies on the Gospel of St. John and the Epistle to the Hebrews
The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom on the Epistle to the Hebrews. (HTML)
Hebrews 10.32–34 (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 3186 (In-Text, Margin)
He then also hinting this, what does he say? (Ver. 37) “Yet a little while and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry.” For lest they should say, And when will He come? He comforts them from the Scriptures. For thus also when he says in another place, “Now is our salvation nearer” (Rom. xiii. 11), he comforts them because the remaining time is short. And this he says not of himself but from the Scriptures.[Habakkuk 2:3] But if from that time it was said, “Yet a little while, and He that shall come will come, and will not tarry,” it is plain that now He is nearer. Wherefore also waiting is no small reward.
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 8, page 280, footnote 2 (Image)
Basil: Letters and Select Works
The Letters. (HTML)
To the presbyters of Nicopolis. (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 3014 (In-Text, Margin)
... over the Church has gone out with you. So they lie down in empty places day by day, bringing upon themselves heavy judgment through the dispersion of the people. And, if in all this there is sorrow to be borne, I trust in the Lord that it will not be without its use to you. Therefore, the more have been your trials, look for a more perfect reward from your just Judge. Do not take your present troubles ill. Do not lose hope. Yet a little while and your Helper will come to you and will not tarry.[Habakkuk 2:3]