Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Ecclesiasticus 3:10

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 7, page 343, footnote 3 (Image)

Cyril of Jerusalem, Gregory Nazianzen

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On the Words of the Gospel, 'When Jesus Had Finished These Sayings,' Etc.--S. Matt. xix. 1. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 3837 (In-Text, Margin)

... danger. Imagine the Trinity to be a single pearl, alike on all sides and equally glistening. If any part of the pearl be injured; the whole beauty of the stone is gone. So when you dishonour the Son in order to honour the Father, He does not accept your honour. The Father doth not glory in the dishonour of the Son. If a wise Son maketh a glad Father, how much more doth the honour of the Son become that of the Father! And if you also accept this saying, My Son, glory not in the dishonour of thy Father,[Ecclesiasticus 3:10] similarly the Father doth not glory in the Son’s dishonour. If you dishonour the Holy Ghost, the Son receiveth not your honour. For though He be not of the Father in the same way as the Son, yet He is of the same Father. Either honour the whole or ...