Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Ephesians 2

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 7, page 310, footnote 1 (Image)

Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzen

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CCEL Footnote 3595 (In-Text, Margin)

II. In their eyes the following is only too ready to hand “The Lord created me at the beginning of His ways with a view to His works.”[Ephesians 2] How shall we meet this? Shall we bring an accusation against Solomon, or reject his former words because of his fall in after-life? Shall we say that the words are those of Wisdom herself, as it were of Knowledge and the Creator-word, in accordance with which all things were made? For Scripture often personifies many even lifeless objects; as for instance, “The Sea said” so and so; and, “The Depth saith, It is not in ...