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John ChrysostomPG 48:1017expounds v.13“Ου θελομεν δε υμας αγνοειν, αδελφοι, περι των κεκοιμημενων, ινα μη λυπησθε καθως και οι λοιποι οι μη εχοντες ελπιδα.”On the Apostle’s teaching: «I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow» Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:861expounds v.13“Ου θελομεν δε υμας αγνοειν, αδελφοι, περι των κεκοιμημενων, ινα μη λυπησθε καθως και οι λοιποι οι μη εχοντες ελπιδα.”168. Why the Apostle calls Christ’s death «death» but ours «sleep» John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:911…be afflicted h chapter iv h vers furthermore then brethren we beseech and exhort you by the lord jesus that as you have received of us how you ought to walk and to please god so… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:83…labor in one's own work iv furthermore therefore brethren we ask you and exhort you by the lord jesus c as you have received from us how you ought to walk and to please god that… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1305…thessalonians chapter iv h a ver furthermore then brethren we beseech you and exhort you by the lord jesus that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please god so… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:911…to please god so you would abound more and more for you know what commandments we gave you by the lord jesus for this is the will of god even your sanctification that you should abstain… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:83…god that you may abound the more for you know what precepts we gave you by the lord jesus for this is the will of god your sanctification that you should abstain from fornication and that… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1305…to stand still at the commandments but to transcend them b ver for ye know what commandments we gave you by the lord jesus to command concerns things to be avoided which if done bring punishment… Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:957…one to flee the communion of impious heretics and receive the penitent for this is the will of god in christ c h notes of various authors h are not but it is permitted to those… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1295…the lord and the apostles for ours immediately the divine apostle says for this is the will of god your sanctification that you abstain from fornication and that each of you know how to possess his… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:451…be made and this the apostle signifies again writing to the thessalonians for this is the will of god in christ jesus toward you if then that in which he acts is the same as that… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:815…all men rejoice evermore pray without ceasing in every thing give thanks for this is the will of god in christ jesus concerning you quench not the spirit despise not prophesyings prove all things hold fast… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:779…and elsewhere pray without ceasing he says in everything give thanks for this is the will of god thess and elsewhere again pray at all times in the spirit and keeping alert in it with… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:599…says not to be more wise than it behooveth to be wise for this is the will of god but to be wise unto sobriety that is we have received prudence not so that we might… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:457…he also showed the way pray without ceasing in everything give thanks for this is the will of god to give thanks always this is of a philosophical soul have you suffered some evil but if… Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:285…are grieved and rejoice always pray without ceasing in everything give thanks for this is the will of god… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1491…and impurity let it not be so much as named among you for this is the will of god your sanctification to abstain from fornication that each one of you may know how to possess his… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1787…and peter be subject for the lord's sake to every human institution for this is the will of god that by doing right you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men and the lord… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1793…snatched from us they may be released from the crime of greed for this is the will of god that we gain the greedy person himself not the thing that was taken for he who is… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:911…for you know what commandments we gave you by the lord jesus for this is the will of god even your sanctification that you should abstain from fornication that every one of you should know from… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:913…were delivered to them long ago by himself through the lord jesus for this is the will of god a that each one of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:917…all men always rejoice pray without ceasing in all things give thanks for this is the will of god in christ jesus for you he weaves together for them a discourse on various virtues vers extinguish… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1561…faith has made you whole ' b in all things give thanks for this is the will of god in christ jesus regarding you i thess v a fitting subject for praise is the recounting of… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:83…for you know what precepts we gave you by the lord jesus for this is the will of god your sanctification that you should abstain from fornication and that every one of you should know how… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:101…even unbelievers d rejoice evermore pray without ceasing in everything give thanks for this is the will of god in christ jesus towards you quench not the spirit despise not prophesyings prove all things hold fast… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1109…men you as prudent ones make haste to give them no occasion for this is the will of god that you keep yourselves blameless in all things while also guarding the faith… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1305…that he is either hearkened to or set at naught c ver for this is the will of god even your sanctification that is temperance everywhere however he gives commandments concerning this for he writes to… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1323…a ver for this is the will of god in christ jesus for you but how will you always give thanks if you acknowledge that this… Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 145:1087…in a certain epistle to origen as men familiar to him saying for this is the will of god as… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:73…and of god and again this is the will a of god your sanctification that ye should abstain from fornication for god hath not called us unto uncleanness but unto sanctification he therefore that despiseth despiseth… Isaias AbbasPG 40:1131…i do not only with my family but even with my adversaries for this is the will of god he who wishes to enjoy the quiet of his cell b and not be overcome by the… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1147…he was a samaritan ii thess v in all things give thanks for this is the will of god in christ jesus regarding you d ii tim i may the lord grant mercy to the house… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1021B…wrote, saying thus: Each of you possess his own body in sanctification and honor, not in the passion of dishonor, even as the nations that do not know God (1 Thess. 4:4-5). And again: Just as the other nations… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:35A…who have no hope" (1 Thess. 4:13); and again, "That each one of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in passion of desire" (1 Thess. 4:4). And he was not content with this, but… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:121B…salonians he said: That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor, not in the passion of lust, even as the Gentiles (1 Thess. 4:4, 5); and to the Colossians and Ephesian… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:423…said from all fornication he leaves the rest to those who know that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor not in the passion of desire as also… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:605C…«Let every one of you know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God.» 1 Thess. iv, 4, 5. « That one should have his father'… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:911…will of god even your sanctification that you should abstain from fornication that every one of you should know from this point he begins his advice for he had heard that certain faults were taking root… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:83…will of god your sanctification that you should abstain from fornication and that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor not with the affection of concupiscence as also… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:85…he says from all fornication for there are many kinds of uncleanness that every one of you should know chastity b is a matter of practice and learning how to possess his own vessel by vessel… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1305…not even endure to name but said simply from all d ver that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour he calls the body a vessel when therefore… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:815A…for that very reason let him be all the more excluded, that he may learn to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in the passion of desire (1 Thess. iv, 4). The measure of the epistle restrains… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:459…him for that very reason be the more excluded that he may know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor not in the passion of desire c the measure of the epistle restrains me… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:807C…nly one helper has been given by God, and to woman one head has been fitted. If, therefore, someone possesses his "own vessel," as the divine Apostle names it (1 Thess. iv, 4), the law of nature grants the just use… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:35A…cation and honor, not in passion of desire" (1 Thess. 4:4). And he was not content with this, but added, "Just as the rest of the nations who do not know God" (1 Thess. 4:5). For this manner of speech is wont to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:89B…writing to the Thessalonians also, he does the same by saying: “Not in the passion of desire, like the other Gentiles” (1 Thess. 4:5). You are separated, he says, by your d… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:605…of you know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour not in the lust of concupiscence even as the gentiles which know not god thess iv that one should have his father's wife d… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:411B…bandoned his wife, breaks up the marriage of another. Paul certainly calls this fraud, saying: "That no one should oppress or defraud his brother in a matter" (1 Thess. 4:6). Others, in turn, do not undermine a n… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:423…ones you ought to abstain from all fornication therefore he says because the lord is the avenger of all these things he asked them first and struck them with shame saying as also the nations then… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:913…signifies adultery by calling it an injustice inflicted upon a brother because the lord is the avenger of all these things as we have foretold you and testified for god has not called us to impurity… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1481A…the kingdom of God?” Coloss. iii, 25. “He that doeth wrong, shall receive for that which he hath done wickedly. And there is no respect of persons with God.” 1 Thess. iv, 6. “Not to overreach, nor circumvent his… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:83…god that no man overreach nor circumvent his brother in business because the lord is the avenger of all these things as we have told you before and have testified for god has not called us… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:85…have no hope of retribution therefore they do everything according to desire that no man go beyond and defraud to each he says god has distributed a wife and has set bounds namely the union with… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1307…the union especially when it is done against a brother b because the lord is the avenger of all these things as we have also told you before and testified do not think he says that… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:425…for god hath not called us unto uncleanness but unto sanctification since he had said the brother and had added that god is the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:645…a for god has not called us unto uncleanness but unto sanctification the devil filled those who are not gods with the dogmas of intemperance urging men to… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:73…will a of god your sanctification that ye should abstain from fornication for god hath not called us unto uncleanness but unto sanctification he therefore that despiseth despiseth not man but god who hath also given… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:545…which worship god in the spirit and rejoice in christ jesus and he therefore that despiseth despiseth not man but god who hath also given unto us his holy spirit… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:849A…Therefore, he who despises, does not despise man, but God, who also gave his Holy Spirit to us (1 Thess. IV, 8). That we ought to accept the teaching… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:103A…ich indeed he also says in the Epistle to the Thessalonians; for to them also he says something of this kind: For he who rejects, does not reject man, but God (1 Thess. IV, 8). So here also: if you say a railing wo… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:425…called you and you have insulted him who called therefore he added he therefore that despiseth despiseth not man but god who has also given his holy spirit unto us wherefore even if you corrupt a… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:645…us to decline this and exhorts us to pursue temperance therefore he that despiseth despiseth not man but god who hath also given his own holy spirit unto us to him then the god of all… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:73…fornication for god hath not called us unto uncleanness but unto sanctification he therefore that despiseth despiseth not man but god who hath also given his holy spirit unto us and who could recount all the… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:215…u may gather from those things which Paul says concerning adulterers: "He who despises, does not despise man, but God, who has given His Holy Spirit unto you" (1 Thess. 4:8). You see how by so many words it is sh… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:281B…therefore, whom He has called, whom He has saved; for He has called and saved at the same moment. "For you yourselves," says the Apostle, "are taught by God" (I Thess. IV, 9). It is not right, therefore, for us to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:391…harity of brotherhood, we have no need to write to you: for yourselves have learned of God to love one another: and indeed you do it towards all the brethren (1 Thess. 4:9, 10); then he wrote to the Corinthians;… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:645…the instruction concerning temperance he passes to another form of exhortation b but as touching brotherly love ye need not that i write unto you for ye yourselves are taught of god to love one another… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1727B…ove to one another, and to all" (I Thess. 3, 12). He says also to others: "But concerning brotherly love you yourselves are taught by God to love one another" (I Thess. 4, 9). Therefore, brethren, let us love thos… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:87…which was given iv as touching brotherly love you have no need that i write unto you for you yourselves are taught of god to love one another and indeed you do it toward all the… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1309…thinking that they had already perfected the things of charity for you yourselves are taught of god to love one another observe with what praise he says these things for he makes god himself the teacher… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:819A…ness and silence, and to be occupied with your own business, working with your own hands; and that there be no craving in any of you for those who are outside (1 Thess. 4. 10-14). For if you remain in the forum, you w… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:249A…meddle with the affairs of others, that you may walk becomingly towards those who are without" (1 Thess. 4:10, 11); and again, "He that stole, let hi… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:645…you for ye yourselves are taught of god to love one another and indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all macedonia by brotherly love here he refers to the liberality of… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1349…working he says they might eat their own bread and again elsewhere to be quiet and to do your own business and to work with your own hands it is fitting for the ascetic to be… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:669B…rethren, to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own business, and to work with your hands, and let there be no desire in you for things that are outside" (1 Thess. 4:11). And again: "Having food and clothing,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:863…hren, to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, and that there may be no desire in you toward those who are without" (1 Thess. 4. 11): for the work of merchandise, whether… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:429…brothers to abound more that is to increase and to be ambitious to be quiet and to do your own business and to work with your own hands as we commanded you that you may walk… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:645…but we beseech you brethren that ye increase more and more ver and that ye study to be quiet and to do your own business and to work with your own hands as we commanded you… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:849…tha, thou art careful and art troubled about many things. But one thing is necessary. Mary hath chosen the best part, which shall not be taken away from her." I Thess. iv, 11. — "We beseech you, therefore, brethren… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:913…and more and that you aspire to live quietly and to mind your own business and to work with your own hands as we commanded you that you may walk honestly toward those who are outside… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1245A…sleep in the salvation of the Lord, and there will be no one to trouble him.” Luc. x, 41. — “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things.” I Thess. iv, 11. — “We beseech you, brethren, that you… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:87…macedonia now we beseech you brothers that you abound more and strive to be quiet and to do your own business and to work with your own hands as we commanded you that you may walk… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1309…vers but we beseech you brethren to abound more and to aspire to be quiet and to do your own business and to work with your own hands as we commanded you h that you are… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1119…exhort you brethren that you be more abundant and that you strive to be quiet and to do your own business and to work with your own hands… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:535C…f the great Paul: "But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope" (I Thess. iv, 12). If, therefore, we have learned anyth… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1017…JOANNIS CHRYSOSTOMI ARCHIEP. CONSTANTINOP. 1018 ON THE DICTUM OF THE APOSTLE: BUT I WOULD NOT HAVE YOU IGNORANT, BRETHREN, CONCERNING THEM THAT ARE ASLEEP (1 Thess. 4:12), AND ON JOB AND ABRAHAM. 1. W… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1017…outing today and saying: But I would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope (1 Thess. 4:12). That was the evangelical strain, that… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1137…garding those who are asleep. 1015-1018 HOMILY V on the saying of the Apostle: "But concerning those who are asleep, I would not have you ignorant, brothers" (1 Thess. 4:12), and on Job and Abraham.—Against the M… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:269D…r friend sleepeth (John 11. 11): and Paul, writing to the Thessalonians, says: But concerning those who are asleep, I would not have you ignorant, brethren (1 Thess. 4. 12). And slavery, likewise, is also a name… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:297B…d holding it with the full strength of his faith, taught: "I will not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are asleep, that you be not sorrowful" (1 Thess. 4. 12). O wondrous pronouncement of the Apost… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:645…business and to work with your own hands as we commanded you that ye may walk honestly toward them that are without and that ye may have lack of nothing this exhortation is not contrary to… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:899C…. John XI, 25. — He that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live: and every one that liveth, and believeth in me, shall not die for ever. 1 Thess. IV, 12 [13]. — I will not have you ignorant,… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:31B…Thus, also, Paul said: "But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope" (I Thess. IV, 12). Be sorrowful, but not as a Gentile wh… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:325A…es, then certainly in the meanings. For the passage read before was this: "But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are asleep" (1 Thess. 4:12), and many things were said then concer… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:899B…we declare to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who have fallen asleep." ⟦I Thess. IV, 13 sqq.⟧ The interpretation of these p… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:857…and stable and they are comforted who become participants in apostolic grace but i would not have you ignorant brethren that i have often proposed to come unto you and have been hindered until now that… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:71…is accustomed to call it a falling asleep as paul also says but i would not have you to be ignorant brethren concerning them which are asleep and the old testament also says david slept with… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:805B…orrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him (I Thess. IV, 13, 14). RULE LXVIII. That we must not e… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:417…to look toward the commandments of the apostle and not to sorrow even as others which have no hope yet not to be unaffected by the event but to feel the loss while not falling under… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:535…in squalor and mourning by using the words of the great paul but i would not have you to be ignorant brethren concerning them which are asleep that ye sorrow not even as others which have… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1021A…e you imitating and emulating? The unbelievers, those who have no hope, just as Paul also said: That you may not grieve, as also the others who have no hope (1 Thess. 4:13). And observe the precision of the stat… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1021A…e too: But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that you may not grieve, as also the others who have no hope (1 Thess. 4:13). For it is not the nature of things, b… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:767A…to the Thessalonians, says: "I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope" (1 Thess. 4:13). And again elsewhere: "Then also those… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:313A…have passed away "dead," but "those who have fallen asleep," writing: "I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep" (1 Thess. 4. 13). For the just man, even if he passes a… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:35A…as when he says, "But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that you may not sorrow as others who have no hope" (1 Thess. 4:13); and again, "That each one of you know… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:295A…tiles, who says thus: "I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope" (1 Thess. 4:13). The clarity of the Gospel cannot be o… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:297B…hope is, he himself commemorates, saying: "If we believe that Christ died and rose again: even so them who have slept, God will bring through Jesus with him" (1 Thess. 4. 13). For Jesus is to us salvation both her… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:43A…Paul also says, "But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that you may not grieve as others who have no hope" (1 Thess. 4:13). He was not writing these things to mo… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:267D…nt of which also Paul says: "But I would not have you to be ignorant concerning them which are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others which have no hope" (I Thess. iv, 13). For he did not write these things to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:1357…Montf. IV, 683. The excellence of the praises. To Moyses the presbyter, epist. 92. III, 656. — Montf. III, 641. We spent four days. On that passage: I Thessalonians iv, 13: "But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concer… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1035…the face nor corrupts the body from which paul prohibiting us says i would not have you to be ignorant brethren that ye may not mourn even as others who have no hope for to do… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:645…of the resurrection comforting those who were grieving for the dead d but i would not have you to be ignorant brethren concerning them which are asleep that ye sorrow not even as others which have… Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1103C…ed that grief be moderated according to human custom, although it is a festive and joyful day: "That you may not be sorrowful, even as others who have no hope [1 Thess. IV, 13]," etc.… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1181C…per things of the body, according as he hath done, whether it be good or evil. » Gal. vi, 8. — « For what things a man shall sow, those also shall he reap. » I Thess. iv, 13. — « And I will not have you ignorant,… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:37D…ns how the Apostle writes concerning those who have fallen asleep—he did not say "concerning the dead"—that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope (I Thess. IV, 13). To lament, therefore, over those who… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 102:977…world that he may announce the heavenly decree with his own voice i would not have you to be ignorant brethren concerning them which are asleep that ye sorrow not even as others… Manuel Kalekas d. 1410PG 152:633A…n our sins" (I Cor. xv, 16). And again: "For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them who have slept, God will bring with him through Jesus" (I Thess. iv, 13). And again: "If Christ is preached… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:61B…saying: “But regarding those who have fallen asleep, I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, so that you do not grieve as also the rest who have no hope” (1 Thess. 4:13). He did not say, “Regarding those dyin… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:325…then certainly in the meanings for the passage read before was this but i would not have you to be ignorant brethren concerning them that are asleep thess and many things were said then concerning the… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:807…form of grace in baptism, are no longer considered to be mortal. Whence he even calls those who die "those who are asleep" in the Epistle to the Thessalonians (1 Thess. iv, 13). Therefore, the text: The passion… Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:785…that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope for if we believe that jesus died and rose again c even so through jesus god will bring with him those who have fallen… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:899…that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope for if we believe that jesus died and rose again even so will god bring those who have fallen asleep through jesus with him… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:805…asleep that ye sorrow not even as others which have no hope for if we believe that jesus died and rose again even so them also which sleep in jesus will god bring with him i… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1017C…hem a third time, for the third time he called their death a sleep. Concerning Christ, however, it is not so; but how? For if we believe that Jesus died (1 Thess. 4:14). And he did not say, "fell asleep," bu… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:393A…hed" (1 Cor. 15:18)? he says to some. Again elsewhere, speaking of the departed, "We," he says, "who are alive shall not precede those who have fallen asleep" (1 Thess. 4:14). And elsewhere: "Arise, you who sleep"… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:767A…who are asleep" (1 Thess. 4:15). And elsewhere again: "If we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus" (1 Thess. 4:14). You see everywhere, then, that w… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:297B…l rise first. Then we who are alive, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet Christ into the air: and so shall we be always with the Lord" (1 Thess. 4. 14–16). This is what he says: that when the L… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:819D…the sake of demonstrating His immense mercy, just as it is there, where the Apostle says: And we who live, who remain, shall not prevent those who have slept (1 Thess. 4. 14). For it was more in accordance with th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:391B…g within him. For if we believe, he says, that Jesus died and rose again and lives, so also will God bring with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus (1 Thess. 4:14). Therefore, if you seek your son,… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:811…have fallen asleep lest you sorrow as others who have no hope for if we believe that jesus died and rose again even so god will bring with him those who sleep in jesus and will… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:647…they had received he offers the proof of the resurrection a vers for if we believe that jesus died and rose again even so them also which sleep in jesus will god bring with him if… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:261…the argument concerning the general resurrection for if we believe he says that jesus died and rose again even so god will bring with him those who sleep in jesus eran the apostle indeed demonstrated the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:515…have fallen asleep lest you sorrow as others who have no hope for if we believe that jesus died and rose again even so god will bring with him those who sleep in jesus and lest… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1223…them that slept and the firstborn from the dead c and again for if we believe that jesus died and rose again even so them also which sleep in jesus will god bring with him just… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:913…that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope for if we believe that jesus died and rose again even so god will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in jesus… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1455…bloom there is no man who shall live and not see death if we believe that jesus died and rose again even so god will also bring with him those who have fallen asleep through jesus… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:89…that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope for if we believe that jesus died and rose again even so through jesus god will bring with him those who have fallen asleep… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:399…to be rendered fruitful in a not dissimilar manner you too must believe that jesus died and rose again and it shall be imputed to you also for righteousness even as it was to your forefather… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1311…grieve yes he says because this grief brings on the punishment vers for if we believe that jesus died and rose again even so will god bring with him those who have fallen asleep through jesus… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 131:51…might attain unto the resurrection of the dead and to the thessalonians for if we believe that jesus died and rose again even so them also which sleep in jesus will god bring with him and… Manuel Kalekas d. 1410PG 152:633…and we are yet in our sins i cor xv and again for if we believe that jesus died and rose again even so them who have slept god will bring with him through jesus i… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:303A…afflicted along with us (2 Thess. 1:6-7). And again: For we who are left alive until the coming of the Lord shall not precede those who have fallen asleep (1 Thess. 4:14). By all these, he teaches that we ough… Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:785…with him those who have fallen asleep for this we declare to you by the word of the lord that we who are alive who are left until the coming of the lord shall not precede… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:899…have fallen asleep through jesus with him for this we declare to you by the word of the lord that we who are alive who are left until the coming of the lord shall not precede… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1205…being other than those who have fallen asleep such things as these for this we say unto you by the word of the lord that we who are alive and remain unto the coming of the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1681…forth the evangelical trumpets also in the first to the thessalonians saying for this we say unto you by the word of the lord that we that are alive that are left unto the coming of… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:633A…st; then we who are alive, who remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord (1 Thess. iv, 15 sq.). And I suppose that those who… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:589B…divine Apostle makes clear, saying: "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God" (I Thess. IV, 15). This departure also signifies the… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:765…shall live this he says we also say that we who live and remain unto the coming of the lord will not precede those who have fallen asleep those who are found then at the resurrection… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:807B…r the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first (I Thess. iv, 15, 16). REGULA LXIX. That whatso… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1547…adds his testimony where he writes thus for this we say to you by the word of the lord that we who are alive d and remain until the coming of the lord will by no… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1017B…im; and he did not say, "them that have died." And again: We which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep (1 Thess. 4:15). And not even here did he say "they th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:767A…those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished" (1 Cor. 15:18). And again: "We who are alive and remain shall by no means precede those who are asleep" (1 Thess. 4:15). And elsewhere again: "If we believe t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:619…received reconciliation through Christ? And again, when he was magnificently celebrating the resurrection, he says: The Lord himself shall descend from heaven (1 Thess. 4:15). See how there too everything is accom… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:297…of our hope this he says we say to you in the word of the lord that we who live who are left unto the coming of the lord shall not prevent them who have slept… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:435…places he speaks thus for this we say to you in the word of the lord that we who live who remain until the coming of the lord shall not precede those who have fallen asleep… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:439A…sto sunt, resurgent primi. Deinde nos qui vivimus, qui relinquimur, simul rapiemur cum illis in nubibus obviam Domino in aera, et sic semper cum Domino erimus [1 Thess. iv. 15-17]. a'. The prophets, when they wished t… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:823A…Lord Himself will descend from heaven at a command, at the voice of an archangel, and at the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise incorruptible” (1 Thess. iv, 15). Since, therefore, the Judge of all ha… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:185B…first. Then we who live, who remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord" (I Thess. iv, 15-16). XIV 4. And where I go, you know, an… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:647…by this name those who are disheartened for waking follows sleep vers for this we say unto you by the word of the lord for we do not use our own reasoning but the teaching has… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:515…things by his own reasoning he added for this we say to you by the word of the lord that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the lord will by no means… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2619…o the most holy Paul’s sentiment: “The dead who are in Christ shall rise first: then we who are left shall be caught up in the clouds to meet Christ ⟦1 Thessalonians 4:15, 16 ⟧.” It is to such persons, therefore, that this exhorta… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:615D…ay." In this place our wise Ecclesiastes speaks of the final day of judgment, when the dead will rise at the command and voice of the trumpet of the archangel [1 Thess. IV, 15; 1 Cor. XV, 52]. The command, however,… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:299…are above not the things that are upon the earth and again for this we say unto you in the word of the lord that we who live who are left unto the coming of the… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:315D…caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Therefore comfort one another with these words (I Thess. IV, 15 sqq.). Similarly, he has in the first E… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:569…things above not on things on the earth and in another place for this we say unto you by the word of the lord that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:89…those who were dying for this we declare to you by a word of the lord that we who are alive who are left until the coming of the lord shall not precede those who have… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1311…also all the things that follow vers for this we declare to you by the word of the lord he is about to say something c new and for that reason he secures faith for it… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:93…im. 3:1); and again, I say to you in the word of the Lord, that in His coming we who are alive, who remain, shall not forestall those who have fallen asleep (1 Thess. 4:15). And this also is prophecy. Do you see… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:303…with us thess and again for we who are left alive until the coming of the lord shall not precede those who have fallen asleep thess by all these he teaches that we ought all together… Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:785…the lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command with the voice of the archangel and with the sound of the trumpet of god and the dead in christ will rise… Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:787…and with the trumpet of god shall descend from heaven and the dead in christ shall rise first then we who are alive who remain shall be caught up together with them in the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1205…the coming of the lord shall not prevent them which are asleep for the lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of god then… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1753C…mpet, the Lord shall descend from heaven; and the dead shall rise first, then we who are left shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet Him" (I Thess. IV, 16, 17); just as Daniel also says: "I saw… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1681…the lord shall in no wise precede them that are fallen asleep for the lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of god likewise… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:633B…meet the Lord in the air, before the dead who are in Christ rise first; wherefore it is written: The dead in Christ shall rise first, then we who are alive (1 Thess. iv, 16), and what follows. You will also c… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1301…god may rest in it as an eternal seat a it follows for the lord himself shall descend with a commandment and the rest for he shall descend as one sent by the father not by… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:887A…charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. In their hands they shall bear thee, lest by chance thou dash thy foot against a stone." But from that of Paul, 1 Thess. iv, 16: "Then we who are alive, who are left,… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:119…us in a certain place saying the lord himself with a command with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of god will descend from heaven and the dead who are in christ shall… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:313…be of incorruption and not incorruption of the body vii that text and the dead in christ shall rise first then we who are alive is thus explained by st methodius that is to say these… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:975…trump and again the lord himself shall descend with a shout and with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of god b to these things the savior also initiated his own disciples saying… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:589…how he will make his return the divine apostle makes clear saying for the lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of god i… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1027…second descent from heaven concerning which the a apostle teaches saying for the lord himself shall descend from heaven with a cry with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of god and… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:807…the coming of the lord shall not prevent them which are asleep for the lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of god and… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1549…for the lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of god and the dead in christ will… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 32:197BLatin…dignitatem, concedimus? Et tibi quidem pro merito licet semper esse cum Domino: et exspectas, ut raptus in nubibus in occursum in aerem, semper sis cum Domino [1 Thess. IV, 16]: Spiritum autem nunc esse cum Christo… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:449C…heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel; and we who are alive, who remain, shall be caught up together in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air (1 Thess. 4:16). But not all. For that we shall not al… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:793B…le," according to the imitation of the Master. And just as a cloud received him, so also we, according to the word of Paul, "shall be caught up in the clouds" (1 Thess. 4:16). And as he ascended with a shout and t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:619…christ and again when he was magnificently celebrating the resurrection he says the lord himself shall descend from heaven thess see how there too everything is accomplished through the lord and here not through some servant… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:243A…, it is known to all. So also says Paul: For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a cry, with the voice of the archangel, and at the last trumpet (I Thess. IV, 16). So also the prophet saw him being car… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:313A…id he not say, "The living," but added, "We"? Because Paul also said in this way, that "We the living, who are left, shall not precede the coming of the Lord" (1 Thess. 4. 16). Just as there the "We," being added,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:843D…t, will always be with us, with the Apostle saying: "We shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord" (1 Thess. 4:16). Therefore, He was hungry returning in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:699…this also when he was discoursing about the resurrection for he says the lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel so angels will gather them after they have… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:649D…on the earth, but will be caught up in the air, says: We shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so shall we ever be with the Lord (1 Thess. 4:16). 5. This occasion of the boldness of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:775…their tombs just as the apostle paul said the trumpet shall sound and the dead in christ shall rise incorruptible in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trumpet cor and the… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:399B…a command, and with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, will descend from heaven, and the dead who are in Christ will rise incorruptible" (1 Thess. iv, 16). The Law of Moses also foreshadowed th… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:823…a command at the voice of an archangel and at the trumpet of god and the dead in christ shall rise incorruptible thess iv since therefore the judge of all has not yet descended from heaven… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:383…to us the lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of god to judge the world in justice and to render to each according… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:471…meeting is the blessed paul will declare saying at one time that the lord himself shall descend from heaven in commandment and in the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of god and at… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:185…a command with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of god and the dead in christ will rise first then we who live who remain shall be caught up together with them in… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:265…a cry with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of god and the dead in christ will rise first then we who are alive who are left shall be caught up together with… Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1309A…years old, and a turtledove, and a pigeon," and the rest; and, "Take your beloved son, whom you loved, Isaac." (IV Reg. v, 19; Jerem. xxxi, 31; Ezech. iii, 22; I Thess. iv, 16; Dan. vii, 9; Gen. xv, 9; xxii, 1.) ⟦B… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1089…of great and terrible trumpets at the commandment of the lord in the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of god as paul taught this time shall be called holy to the lord because… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1425…heaven with his angels and the blessed paul that the lord will descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of god and the dead will rise incorruptible… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:647…has been said by the power of the one who works vers for the lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of god for… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:525…jesus and likewise to the thessalonians for the lord himself he says shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of god and the dead in christ… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:345D…; and again: "Now we see as in a mirror and in an enigma, but then face to face" ; that is, we shall be taught the knowledge of the things that are. I Thess. iv, 16. I Cor. xiii, 12.… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1005C…nourishment is supplied from heaven. And even the air is a ford to him, according to that which is written: We shall be caught up in the clouds into the air [I Thess. IV, 16]. In general, for he heard, not to fear… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1013B…themselves are a sign of the final trumpet. For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with the exhortation and voice of the archangel and with the trumpet [1 Thess. IV, 16]. Concerning which Zechariah also says:… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:315…and again the apostle says in the first epistle to the thessalonians for the lord himself shall descend from heaven with a commandment with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of god and… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:569…shall not prevent them which are asleep for the lord himself d shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of god and the dead in christ… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:885…lord and after him the divine apostle for the trumpet shall sound and the dead in christ shall rise first then we who are alive who remain shall be caught up together with them in the… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:915…who have fallen asleep vers for the lord himself with a command with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of god will descend from heaven he declares also in what way he will… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:527…awake he fears the encounter as the apostle again c demonstrating says the lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of god and the… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1127…be an incorruption not an incorruption the body regarding the statement that the dead in christ shall rise first then we who are alive st methodius thinks in this way this is he says our very… Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:807B…he says, "we say to you, in the word of the Lord, that we who live, who remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet Christ in the air" (I Thess. iv, 16), while others are left to the punishme… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:419B…But how are the righteous taken? Let Paul say: “The living in the Lord shall be caught up in the clouds into the air, and so shall they ever be with the Lord” (1 Thess. iv, 16). How are the unrighteous left? “The an… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1313…he also calls left behind inasmuch as they are immortal b vers for the lord himself shall descend from heaven with a command with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of god do… John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:855C…he same beatitude shall they be conformed, having been made conformable and fellow-sitters with me, the Son. [76] Exod. iii, 14. [77] Matt. xxii, 30. [78] I Thess. iv, 16. [a] That is, truly and in His substanc… Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:623C…re Paul, showing that that course cannot be hindered, calls the thing a "rapture." "We shall be caught up," he says, "in the clouds to meet Christ in the air" (I Thess. iv, 16). And the Savior says that He will take… Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:1049C…aven like the angels of God. "For we shall be caught up," says the Apostle, "in the clouds to meet Christ in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord" (I Thess. iv, 16). For just as the Son of God, havin… Manuel Kalekas d. 1410PG 152:637A…ation of the world shall rise from the dead. "And we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air" (I Thess. iv, 16-17), and every race of men shall stand bef… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:895…also struggled beyond human measure just as the apostle paul writing says for the lord himself shall descend from heaven with a command with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of god and… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:897…let us see what voice it is for the lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of an archangel and with the trumpet of god an archangel calls out and says… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:1037…have no hope and all that follows c but especially the words and the dead in christ shall rise first xvii and yet there would be many other things to be said on this subject if… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:411A…so 'to live'." Verse last, "might be swallowed up," II Cor. V, 4, "so that the mortal might be swallowed up by life." Page 924, verse 4, "that even the dead." I Thess. IV, 16. Verse 16, H. St. I. C. "fire, a chaste… Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:787…dead in christ shall rise first then we who are alive who remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1205…adds saying the dead in christ shall rise first then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air d since he… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1753…heaven and the dead shall rise first then we who are left shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet him i thess iv just as daniel also says i saw as… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:605…the clouds when he says but we who live who are left shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet christ in the air those who have been thoroughly purified and rendered… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:867…first then we who are alive who are left shall be taken up together with them in the clouds to meet christ in the air and so we shall always be with the lord and speaking… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1677…use also of that which is said we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the lord and he will say if… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:633…dead in christ shall rise first then we who are alive who remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:887…iv then we who are alive who are left shall be taken up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air b and so we shall ever be with the lord… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:119…upon the resurrection of all the saints shall be caught up on the clouds to meet the lord for careful note must be taken that the scripture says that after the cry all the virgins arose… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:373…apostle being aware of this said we shall be caught up together in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the lord he terms it the admirable… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:403…apply this apostolic voice as he says we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so we shall always be with the lord for the virgins will not… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:611…heaven for a dwelling place having been lifted up and caught up in the clouds to meet the lord and thus always being with the lord but the impious and sinners shall descend into the lowest… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:257…shall be portions for foxes c but the pious being snatched up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so being always with the lord ver and it shall be as the… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:491…who re main until the coming of christ shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:493…to meet the lord in the air and so we shall always be with the lord a joined that is to say and enrolled… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1027…christ shall rise first then we who are alive who are left shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be with… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:211…her this is similar to the passage we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air again by the virgin he indicates the church for i have espoused you to… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:765…living will be changed and will be caught up in an instant to meet the lord in the air now hear how this catching up will happen just as the lord will come with a command… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1549…god and the dead in christ will rise first then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and thus we… Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:517…been glorified by the divine light and snatched up into the heavens to meet the lord in the air according to what is written we shall always be with the lord reigning with him unto the… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:207…the very air for the apostle added we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so we shall always be with the lord therefore let one await the… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1165…the soul for we shall be caught up as the apostle says in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so we shall always be with the lord whether therefore this or something… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:1211…hope of those who shall be caught up as the apostle says in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so they shall always be with the lord what need then is there… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 45:891…the word of the apostle we too shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air a having heard thus that the true god and father has become the father… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:531…those recalled to life through the resurrection we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and thus we shall always be with the lord if therefore in those who… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1487…with power and great glory and the saints shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air so that they may always be with the lord therefore when the b lord… Macarius of Magnesia fl. c. 400PG 10:1373A…m. 154, where Macarius provides a reason why Paul enumerated himself as living among the dead (or rather, those who are to live in the day of judgment) (86) in 1 Thess. iv, 17: "For so, he says, if someone is a frie… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:697…how are the just taken let paul say we who are alive shall be caught up together with the lord in the clouds into the air and so c shall we ever be with the lord… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:879…the consensus of christ s church shall be caught up one day in the clouds to meet the lord in the heavens extended and dilated some indeed in the region of the living others however in… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:925…doves with their young these are the birds that are caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air of whom he also said where the body he says or carcass is the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:449…with the voice of the archangel and we who are alive who remain shall be caught up together in the clouds to meet the lord in the air thess but not all for that we shall… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:407C…same; rather, He promises resurrection, incorruption, dances with the angels, the meeting of the Son in the clouds, And so we shall always be with the Lord (1 Thess. 4:17), freedom from death, freedom from sin,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:793…sleep shall be with the author of life and so he says shall we ever be with the lord ibid minding the things of the lord keeping his commandments may it be that we all be… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:319…her, I walked. This, Paul also shows, saying: And we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord (1 Thess. 4:17). And he rightly said, In the land of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:297…who are in christ shall rise first then we who are alive shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet christ into the air and so shall we be always with the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:843…be with us with the apostle saying we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so we shall always be with the lord thess therefore he was hungry… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:649…be caught up in the air says we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the lord thess this occasion of the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:439…the dead who are in christ shall rise first then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so we… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:1349…thing who as the all wise paul says will be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and thus we shall always be with the lord d enjoying endless honors h… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:703…dead c have risen and we who are alive who are left shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be with… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:847…and we who are alive together with them will be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so we shall always be with the lord just as therefore when a… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:237…incorruptible c and in another place and we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the lord nothing therefore hinders the reason… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:471…the saints who shall have risen that we who are alive who remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet christ into the air and so shall we be always with… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:743…the resurrection and we who are living he says who are left shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and thus we shall always be with… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:185…the dead in christ will rise first then we who live who remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so we shall always be… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:265…christ will rise first then we who are alive who are left shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so we shall always be with… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:567…the dead shall rise he says but we who are alive who remain shall be caught up together c with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so we shall always… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1425…incorruptible and we the living who remain will be caught up together in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so we will always be with the lord this the blessed daniel clearly… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:649…ver then we who are alive who remain shall be snatched away together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and thus we shall always be with the lord he showed… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:521…learned these things the divine apostle said we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord and so we shall always be with the lord and again the saying is sure for if… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:65…of the resurrection and paul also says we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be with the lord so that for the two… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:693…up according to that oracle of scripture we shall be taken up in the clouds to meet the lord to this points the testimony of isaiah they shall be carried upon the shoulders and shall receive… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1797…when the just speak the truth saying we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air they cannot know the track of the eagle a beast unclean and rapacious and… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2197…shall be portions for foxes while the pious shall be snatched up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and thus they shall always be with the lord he called the surface of… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2627…paul makes the meaning clear by saying we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so we shall always be with the lord being joined that is to… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:4141…just will be in peace the just will be taken up into the clouds to meet the lord in the air so that they may dwell with him forever a young man in his morals that… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:301…a left shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be with… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:315…in christ shall rise first then we who live who are left shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be with… Anastasius I of Antioch d. 598PG 89:1295…if we walk in newness of life we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and thus we shall always be with the lord to whom be glory and… Anastasius I of Antioch d. 598PG 89:1375…we have walked in newness of life we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so shall we be forever with the lord to whom be glory and… Andrew of Caesarea fl. late 6th–early 7th c.PG 106:321…strength and they will likewise be snatched up also at that time in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and they will be with god and his throne that is to say they… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:569…this we say unto you by the word of the lord that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the lord shall not prevent them which are asleep for the lord himself d… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:467…being caught up into the clouds that is into the high contemplations to meet the lord in the air by which i mean mental illumination who is the spirit so that they might always be with… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:885…dead in christ shall rise first then we who are alive who remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so shall we be always… John VI of Constantinople Patriarch 712-715PG 96:1413…apostle says that after the general resurrection we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so we shall always be with the lord he also reminds them of… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1161…depart after the end of the age for the divine apostle says and so shall we ever be with the lord speaking after the common resurrection for how could she who had borne god and had… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:915…are in christ shall rise first then we who are alive who remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:527…the trump of god and the dead in christ shall rise first then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:1455…a little later when the last trumpet shall sound he shall rise to meet the lord in the air and there we shall see him he was struck a mortal blow here but there he shall… Joseph the Hymnographer c. 816–886PG 105:1351…according to that word of paul 'then we who are alive who remain shall be caught up together with christ in the air ' why therefore should the most chaste virgin not be excepted from the… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:509…which position paul also agrees affirming that we shall be caught up to meet the lord in the air those clearly who have lived according to paul in order to be always with the lord but… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:743…from things pressed to the earth according to the great paul proceed to meet the lord in the air gather yourselves unto the supper he calls it a supper and not a war referring to the… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:759…d then we who are alive who remain shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so we shall always be with the lord in this tabernacle therefore which… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:869…the end after the resurrection of the righteous and the snatching up in the clouds to meet the lord then is the end that is to say the resurrection of those who have died from the… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 118:1295…that glorious resurrection which leads to him concerning which he says elsewhere and so shall we ever be with the lord b not that i have already received since he said being made conformable unto his… Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:807…you in the word of the lord that we who live who remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet christ in the air i thess iv while others are left… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:419…and performing their own tasks one is taken that is the righteous to meet the lord in the air and the other the sinner is left below but even if some are servants and are grinding… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:1303…so the righteous both rise and are lifted up being caught up in the clouds to meet the lord but sinners rise only now the lord interpreting what is signified by all that the father gives… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1185…sinners remain below for the judge but the saints are caught up in the clouds to meet the lord you will understand what is said from the context as well he died he says so i… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1313…nor to occur c vers then we who live who are left shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so shall we ever be with… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:415…but before the gathering of these the former shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air as paul said but the latter being left below as unworthy shall be gathered… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:619…clouds will snatch up those who have been gathered as paul said to meet the lord in the air but that the angels will also gather the sinners christ taught interpreting the fourth parable of the… Elias Ecdicus fl. c. 1121PG 127:1179…that which was said by the apostle we shall be caught up to meet the lord in the air that saying of sabuchiminus also squares perfectly with these words christ on earth for because he the… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:333…with his disciples moreover paul says this we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so we shall always be with the lord these things are dealt with… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:393…world and yet paul says thus we shall be caught up together in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so we shall always be with the lord and these things are thus… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:737…has it not been bestowed if they shall be caught up through the clouds to meet the lord in the air it is no longer worthy for you to doubt further regarding the proposed question especially… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:859…paradise and hear ineffable words how shall the just be caught up to meet the lord in the air how did moses and elias stand together on the mountain with the transfigured christ just as all… Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:805…spirit as if they had acquired wings they will be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord as the most divine paul teacher of secrets says and so they will always be with the… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:27D…to God, just as the Apostle prophesied: "We shall be caught up," he says, "in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord" (1 Thess. IV, 17). For humility is a kind of cloud, form… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:277…paul also says of this we shall be caught up he says in the clouds to meet the lord in the air c and thus we shall always be with the lord do you see how… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:295…life for these alone after the general resurrection shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air for even he as he was taken up was received by a cloud as… Manuel Kalekas d. 1410PG 152:231…all be changed and we who are living who are left behind shall be caught up together with them just as god is powerful enough to effect all things of death and their regeneration in a… Manuel Kalekas d. 1410PG 152:637…creation of the world shall rise from the dead and we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air i thess iv… Laonicus Chalcocondyles fl. 1439–1462PG 159:1305…will set us with him moreover and we shall be caught up with them in the clouds to meet christ in the air and so shall we ever be with the lord the same paul in… Pseudo-Justin Martyr 2nd-4th c. (uncertainPG 6:1337…and for local transition for we shall be caught up he says in the clouds to meet the lord in the air h question xcvi h if praise from god is not due to those who… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:863…his heavenly gift may he count you worthy to be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air in the fitting time and until that time arrives of his glorious second coming… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:895…shall rise first then we who live who are left behind c shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the lord in the air and so we shall always be with… Pseudo-Cyril of Jerusalem unknown (pseudonymous; later antiquity)PG 33:1201…stone flying into the heavens like spotless doves let us go out in the clouds to meet the lord xvi may we all both today and always d… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:355D…and to show what kind our bodies will be after the resurrection. Again, he who said through Paul: We shall be caught up in the clouds to meet him in the air (1 Thess. 4.17), demonstrated this also by deed. For a… Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:455…the proximity from heaven as paul preached we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air he now seeks a place leveled with the clouds they were indeed congruent spectators… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:1287…to meet him according to the text we shall be caught up in the clouds to meet the lord in the air by the same bethphage is interpreted as house of jaws jaws are taken as… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:415A…justice." For almsgiving, for charity, John Chrysostom, homily on the ten virgins. Vers. 34, chronismon (delay). Matt. XXV, 5. Vers. 42, "to the meeting of," I Thess. IV, 17. Vers. 50, "the chosen one," H. St.… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:569…in the air and so shall we ever be with the lord wherefore comfort one another with these words…