Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Ecclesiasticus 43:12

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 9, page 409, footnote 13 (Image)

Chrysostom: On the Priesthood, Ascetic Treatises, Select Homilies and Letters, Homilies on the Statutes

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CCEL Footnote 1459 (In-Text, Margin)

8. And both of these points the Scriptures teach, for one in treating of the beauty of the heavens thus speaks; “The heavens declare the glory of God.” And again, “Who hath placed the sky as a vault, and spread it out as a tent over the earth.” And again, “Who holdeth the circle of heaven.”[Ecclesiasticus 43:12] But another writer, shewing that although the world be great and fair, it is yet corruptible, thus speaks; “Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of Thine hands. They shall perish, but Thou remainest, and they all shall wax old as doth a garment, and as a vesture shalt Thou fold them up, and ...