Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Mark 5:12

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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 4, page 83, footnote 12 (Image)

Tertullian (IV), Minucius Felix, Commodian, Origen

Tertullian: Part Fourth. (HTML)

On Modesty. (HTML)

Certain General Principles of Parabolic Interpretation.  These Applied to the Parables Now Under Consideration, Especially to that of the Prodigal Son. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 811 (In-Text, Margin)

... by means of which power the apostle withal notes that “in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom knew not God,” —(wisdom) which, of course, it had received originally from God. This (“substance”), accordingly, he “squandered;” having been cast by his moral habits far from the Lord, amid the errors and allurements and appetites of the world, where, compelled by hunger after truth, he handed himself over to the prince of this age. He set him over “swine,” to feed that flock familiar to demons,[Mark 5:11-14] where he would not be master of a supply of vital food, and at the same time would see others (engaged) in a divine work, having abundance of heavenly bread. He remembers his Father, God; he returns to Him when he has been satisfied; he receives ...