Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Baruch 6:11

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 3, page 319, footnote 18 (Image)

Theodoret, Jerome and Gennadius, Rufinus and Jerome

The Ecclesiastical History, Dialogues, and Letters of Theodoret. (HTML)

Letters of the Blessed Theodoret, Bishop of Cyprus. (HTML)

To John the Œconomus. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 2092 (In-Text, Margin)

... has been given by God to many. “The Lord the God of gods hath spoken and called the earth.” And “I have said Ye are gods,” and “Thou shalt not revile the gods.” Many too have appropriated this name to themselves. The dæmons who have deceived mankind have given this title to idols; whence Jeremiah exclaims, “The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth even they shall perish from the earth and from under these heavens;” and again “They made to themselves gods of silver and gods of gold;”[Baruch 6:11] and the prophet Isaiah when he had mocked the making of the idols, and said “He burneth part thereof in the fire with part thereof he eateth flesh he warmeth himself and saith Aha I am warm I have seen the fire,” went on “and the residue thereof he ...