Where the Fathers quote Ecclesiastes 4

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John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:605…harshness of the struggle says i saw the slanders that take place under the sun and behold the tears of the slandered and there was no one to comfort them but if the struggle is great… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:489…my heart to seek and to scrutinize in wisdom regarding all things that are done under the sun and since i had received wisdom as a gift from god he says i gave my whole mind… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:523…did wrongly h chapter iv h vers and i returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun and behold the tears of such as were oppressed and they had no comforter and… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:779…solomon when he contemplated the troublesome struggle says i saw the calumnies that are done under the sun and behold the tears of those who are calumniated and there was no one to comfort them if… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1559…into it and ecclesiastes i turned myself and saw all the slanders that are done under the sun and behold the tears of those who are oppressed by slanders and there is no one to comfort… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:791…wise ecclesiastes then adds xv h verse i saw all the works that are done under the sun and behold all is vanity and presumption of spirit h it should by no means be thought that… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:897…follows for he says d h xxvi i turned and i saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun and behold the tears of such as were oppressed and they had no comforter and… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1579…with the same vanity of vanities and all is vanity all things that are done under the sun and behold all is vanity and affliction of spirit it is certain that pisides did not hesitate to… Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1297…of men to be exercised thereby and i saw all the works that are done under the sun and behold all is vanity and a striving after wind and again behold i myself have been magnified… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:599B…his same man report? "I praised," he says, "the dead who are already dead more than the living, and better than both of these is he who has not yet been born" (Eccl. 4:2). Truly this man is a trustworthy accus… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:549C…n also calls the man who has not been born blessed, saying: Blessed is he who is dead more than the living, and better than both is he who has not been born (Eccl. 4:2-3). And if he has not been born, how is h… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:523…and the apostate powers are always slandering and weaving falsehoods c vers wherefore i praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive yea better is he than both they… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:899…a and i praised the dead who are already dead more than the living who are yet alive even until now and better than both of these is he who has… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1115A…, as grass are his days.» Psal. CXLIII, 4. — «Man is made like to vanity; my days pass away like a shadow.» Eccle. I, 2. — «Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.» Eccle. IV, 2. — «I praised rather the dead, who have… John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:921C…omon declares him blessed who is not begotten, for he says thus: Blessed is he who is dead, more than he who is living, and above the two, who is not begotten (Eccle. IV, 2). The names of unbegotten nature. He ca… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:347…about them saying a man will not be able to find the work that is done under the sun however much a man may labor in seeking he will not find it he also condemns the… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:687…speaks word for word as follows and i hated life because the work that is done under the sun is grievous to me for all is vanity and a striving of spirit and i hated all… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:691…that life saying word for word and i hated life because the work that is done under the sun is evil unto me for not for another he says but for myself have i become evil… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:683…of god that a man shall not be able to find the work that is done under the sun however much a man may labor to seek he will not find it which it is fitting… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:501…works of each shall follow him and i hated life because the work that is done under the sun is evil upon me for all is vanity and choice of spirit for this reason the wise… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:523…which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive yea better is he than both they which hath not yet been who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:577…have faith in his words and i applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun that i might see all things that man has potently wrought upon man to afflict him and… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:583…of god that a man shall not be able to find the work that is done under the sun how much so ever a man shall labour to seek and he shall not find yea and… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:899…both of these is he who has not yet been who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun for the love of riches alienates the covetous man from the counsels he… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:901…is he above these two who has not yet been who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun b by this he does not call him good who has by no… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1047…and all this i saw and i gave my heart to every work that is done under the sun which man has done by his power over man so as to afflict him the wise ecclesiastes… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1049…and i saw all this and i gave my heart to every work that is done under the sun not indeed of those things made by god the creative cause of all things clearly but those… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1063…god that a man shall not be able to find out the work that is done under the sun for they neither knew nor understood but walked in the darkness of their own blindness saying to… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1115…who has not yet been born who has not known all the work that is done under the sun eccle vi all the labor of man is for his mouth eccle iii what more has a… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:525…works of god because man will not be able to find the work that is done under the sun however much a man may labor to seek he will not find and whatever a wise man… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1757…incur envy otherwise than by the pretext of acquaintance and familiarity; since indeed, according to the word of Solomon, "Envy is unto a man from his friend" (Eccl. iv, 4). For the matter is truly so. For the S… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:789…(Matt. 5:7). And this too is scattered everywhere: "Do not withhold," he says, "the life of the poor, and do not turn away from the supplicant in tribulation" (Eccl. 4:4). And the discourse about philanthropy… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:879…is sufficient for you lest you be filled and vomit it sirach better is an handful with quietness than both hands full with travail to a wise man a little is sufficient the life of one… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:907…for this reason the ecclesiastes c adds h xxx h vers and i returned and i saw vanity under the sun there is one and there is no second and indeed he has neither son nor… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1385A…e kingdom of glory, and the crown of beauty from the hand of the Lord: because with his right hand he will protect them, and with his arm he will defend them. Eccle. iv, 7, 15. — If the just man be overtaken by… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:909…he condemned the clear folly of such men saying there is one and there is not a second yea he has neither son nor brother and for whom does this man labor to the wind he… OrigenesPG 16:1517…two handfuls and of ambition of spirit and i turned and saw and there is not a second temptation from goodness and distraction better are the two above the one to whom there is for them… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:85C…es to the poor man, and speaks with gentleness: "For bow down," he says, "your ear to the poor without grief, and answer him with peaceable words in meekness" (Eccl. 4:8). "Silver and gold have I none; but wha… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:529…added to this one as well two are better than one for they have a good reward for their labor he praises the concord of two when it happens for the sake of what is good… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:911…always and for ever and ever amen h fourth book h vers two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor for if they fall the one will lift up his… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:403…not cease but will be to you like death d ecclesi iv two are better than one because they have a good reward for their labor for if the two fall the one will raise up… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1197…him who is alone when he falls," etc., will be word for word: "Woe to the one, when he shall fall, and he has not him who may raise him up," which is Ecclesiastes iv, 10: "And woe to him who is one, when he shall fall, and the se… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1675…city and two are better than one for they have a reward for if they fall the one will raise up his companion and woe to him who is alone if he falls and there is… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:911…better than one because they have a good reward for their labor for if they fall the one will lift up his fellow but woe to him that is alone when he falleth for he hath… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:915…or into homicide or into some act c of the aforementioned that if they fall the one will raise up his partner that is but how are two better than one if the body behaves temperately… Andrea Gallandi 1709-1779PG 2:43D…our own living in common to all brothers in God, knowing that by giving temporal things, you will receive eternal ones. Much more, feed the hungry, and (a) Eccl. iv, 10. RUFINUS' INTERPRETATION VII… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1107…one who have for themselves a better reward in their common labor for if they fall the one will raise up his companion and woe to him who is alone if he falls for there is… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:911…when he falleth for he hath not another to help him up again if two lie together then they have heat but how can one be warm alone and if one prevail against him two shall… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:365A…like tent-cloths—let the rest of the believing people be understood, who cling to and hang upon the ropes of faith. For a threefold cord is not easily broken (Eccl. IV, 12), which is the faith of the Trinity, fr… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1479B…if you should be unanimous, you will by no means be overcome, with justice aiding and the Lord also bringing help: "For a threefold cord is not easily broken" (Eccl. IV, 12). For if human law assists secular offi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:719B…Let there remain with us, therefore, brothers, an unbroken faith, an inseparable Trinity. For the blessed Solomon says, "A threefold cord shall not be broken" (Eccl. 4:12). For God sanctifies, illuminates, vivi… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:3659A…hese has grown weak, ceasing and desisting from its intensity; although from the wise Solomon’s writing we learn that “a threefold cord is not quickly broken” (Eccl. iv, 12). But these things, being three, and ha… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:533…are in accord bring the third who is resisting into servitude b a threefold cord is not quickly broken again ecclesiastes by the example of a triple cord leads us to spiritual contemplations and first he… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1675…him up and if one should stumble two shall stand against him a threefold cord is not quickly broken but in the acts of the apostles it is written that as many as believed were in… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:911…together then they have heat but how can one be warm alone and if one prevail against him two shall withstand him and a threefold cord is not quickly broken after he has portrayed and reproved… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:915…to the best manner of life now what the wise ecclesiastes adds and if one prevail against him two shall withstand him signifies that one has fallen away from the straight institution of morals but two… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1127…is said of him a good poor and wise child is better than an old and foolish king b whom i take to be the devil the one grown old in evil days he is indeed… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:533…by resisting heretics and adversaries c vers better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king who knows not how to provide for the future for out of the house of prisoners… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:919…hopes then the ecclesiastes says b v better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king who knows not how to provide moreover out of the house of bonds he shall go… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:357D…Prov. XXIV, 3. — « With wisdom a house is built, and with discernment it is restored. » Prov. XXIX, 3. — « A father rejoices over a man who loves wisdom. » Eccl. IV, 13. — « Better is a poor and wise boy than… Nicetas Stethatos c. 1005–c. 1090PG 120:877…is better than a dead lion and better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to restrain himself c terrible and difficult to overcome is the… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1127…the kingdom is consumed by poverty i saw all the living who walk under the sun with the second youth who shall stand in his stead there is no limit to all the people to all… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:535…and humble of heart h verses i saw all the living who walk under the sun with the second youth who shall rise up in his stead there is no end of all the people of… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:925…adds and says iii b vers i saw all the living who walk under the sun with the second youth who shall stand in his stead neither is there any end to all the people to… Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1049…his own as in that passage i saw all the living who walk under the sun with the second youth who shall stand in his stead when the hellenists say walking with the second youth who… OrigenesPG 16:1517…also born poor in his kingdom i saw all the living who walk under the sun with the second youth who shall stand in his place there is no temptation to all the people symmachus d… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:535…sun with the second youth who shall rise up in his stead there is no end of all the people of all i say who were before them and those who come last shall not rejoice… Leo the Deacon 9th–11th c.PG 117:801B…s the comitial disease (epilepsy). And, by Hercules, I have not dared to change those [words], even though Valesius has already demonstrated in Euseb. Histor. Eccl. IV, 19, that it ought often to be understood… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:433…ch more necessary to do so with words, so that nothing is lacking or redundant. Wherefore someone also says: Do not restrain a word in the time of salvation (Eccl. 4. 28). You have seen the time of exit? But a… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:437B…e life; and those are called words of salvation which procure salvation. Therefore, a certain wise man says: Do not withhold a word in the time of salvation (Eccl. 4. 28). Words of malice are also those that m…