Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Luke 2:9

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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 8, page 375, footnote 1 (Image)

Twelve Patriarchs, Excerpts and Epistles, The Clementina, Apocryphal Gospels and Acts, Syriac Documents

Apocrypha of the New Testament. (HTML)

The Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew. (HTML)

Chapter 13. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1644 (In-Text, Margin)

And some shepherds also affirmed that they had seen angels singing a hymn at midnight, praising and blessing the God of heaven, and saying: There has been born the Saviour of all, who is Christ the Lord, in whom salvation shall be brought back to Israel.[Luke 2:8-12]

Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 9, page 46, footnote 10 (Image)

Gospel of Peter, Diatessaron, Apocalypses, Visio Pauli, Testament of Abraham, Acts of X/P, Zosimus, Aristides, Clement, Origen

The Diatessaron of Tatian. (HTML)

The Diatessaron. (HTML)

Section II. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 194 (In-Text, Margin)

[16] And there were in that region shepherds abiding, keeping their flock in the watch [17] of the night.[Luke 2:9] And behold, the angel of God came unto them, and the glory of the [18] Lord shone upon them; and they were greatly terrified. And the angel said unto them, Be not terrified; for I bring you tidings of great joy which shall be to the [19] whole world; there is born to you this day a Saviour, which is the Lord the Messiah, [20] in the city of David. And this is a sign for you: ye shall find a babe wrapped [21] in swaddling cloths and laid in a ...

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 7, page 361, footnote 12 (Image)

Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzen

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The Oration on Holy Baptism. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 4027 (In-Text, Margin)

... the sacrament of the great Light, for Moses’ face was made glorious by it. And, to mention more Lights—it was Light that appeared out of Fire to Moses, when it burned the bush indeed, but did not consume it, to shew its nature and to declare the power that was in it. And it was Light that was in the pillar of fire that led Israel and tamed the wilderness. It was Light that carried up Elias in the car of fire, and yet did not burn him as it carried him. It was Light that shone round the Shepherds[Luke 2:9] when the Eternal Light was mingled with the temporal. It was Light that was the beauty of the Star that went before to Bethlehem to guide the Wise Men’s way, and to be the escort of the Light That is above us, when He came amongst us. Light was That ...