Where the Fathers quote Ecclesiastes 6

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Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:436expounds v.3“εαν γεννησῃ ανηρ εκατον και ετη πολλα ζησεται, και πληθος ο,τι εσονται αι ημεραι ετων αυτου, και ψυχη αυτου ου πλησθησεται απο της αγαθωσυνης, και γε ”On the passage: «If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years... and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial» Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 35:459…seems to me fitting to apply to them that saying of solomon there is an evil which i have seen under the sun a man who appears wise in his own eyes and what is worse… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:545…but delivers them to eternal punishment d vers there is an infirmity which i have seen under the sun riches kept for their owner to his hurt and those riches perish in an evil occupation all… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:551…h chapter vi h a vers there is an evil which i have seen under the sun and it is frequent among men a man to whom god will give… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1465…rich from usury or from injustices thus declares there is a grievous evil which i have seen under the sun wealth kept… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1805…he eat little or much and he adds there is an infirmity which i have seen under the sun keeping riches to the hurt of their owner and those riches perish by an evil occupation and… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:955…is the worst then ecclesiastes says iii vers there is a languor which i have seen under the sun riches guarded to his own hurt by the one who guards them and those riches shall perish… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:967…of future goods then the wise ecclesiastes says v cap vi vers there is an evil which i have seen under the sun and it is great upon man a man to whom god shall give… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1095…struck with scourges and wounded then the wise ecclesiastes adds ix vers there is an evil which i have seen under the sun as an error that proceedeth from the face of the ruler folly is… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:411…2 — « There is a languor which I have seen under the sun, riches kept to the hurt of the owner thereof; and those riches shall perish in an evil temptation. » Eccle. vi, 1, 2 — « There is an evil which I have se… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:435…unjustly shall be vomited forth from solomon there is a great infirmity which i have seen under the sun riches kept by their owner to his own hurt from sirach he who gathers by his own… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:873…the bowels of the impious know not how to pity eccles v there is an evil which i have seen under the sun wealth kept for the hurt of its owner and that wealth shall perish… Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1805…so shall he depart and often god will not give him the power to eat thereof but a stranger shall eat them for the poor man knows how to set out to meet life and another… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:967…shall give riches and substance and glory and there is nothing wanting for his soul of all that he desired but god doth not give him power to eat thereof for a stranger shall eat it… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:411…i have seen under the sun and it is frequent among men a man to whom god hath given riches and substance and glory and there is nothing lacking to his soul of all that he… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:551…from the covenants of promise c vers if a man beget a hundred children and live many years and the days of his years be many and his soul be not filled with the good of… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:967…this is vanity and a grievous affliction if a man beget a hundred children and live many years and the days of his years be many and his soul be not filled with good and he… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1267…the justice of god question lxviii that if a man beget a hundred children and live many years and the number of the days of his c years be not filled with good and there be… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1651…better than him for such an abortion comes in birth and walks in darkness and his name shall be covered in darkness and i have examined these matters looking more abundantly at the consequences according to… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:967…birth is better than he for he came in vanity and goeth in darkness and his name shall be covered with darkness he hath not seen the sun nor known it he hath rest indeed more… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:435…untimely birth than he for he came in vanity and shall depart in darkness and his name shall be covered with darkness he hath not seen the sun nor known it he hath rest above this… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1267…abortive is better than he for he came in vanity and goeth in darkness and his name shall be covered with darkness and he hath not seen the sun nor known a rest for this than… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:285B…Sirach mentions the things that destroy it, and not yet those that bind, stating that reproach and the revealing of a mystery and a treacherous wound are such (Eccl. 6. 5). But in those cases, these things are… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:285B…fore act simply, but let us labor as for some kind of abundance. And how, you say, are we able? "A sweet throat multiplies his friends, and a gracious tongue" (Eccl. 6. 5). Let us acquire a well-spoken mouth, a… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:551…and departs into darkness and in darkness his name shall be hidden he hath not seen the sun nor known it he has rest above this one regarding the statement if a man beget a hundred… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:967…and goeth in darkness and his name shall be covered with darkness he hath not seen the sun nor known it he hath rest indeed more than he and he hath lived a thousand years and… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:435…shall depart in darkness and his name shall be covered with darkness he hath not seen the sun nor known it he hath rest above this one what discretion and elucidation can this saying demonstrate many… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1267…goeth in darkness and his name shall be covered with darkness and he hath not seen the sun nor known a rest for this than for the other this statement however what discretion and elucidation can… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:973…the jaws of hades and death and corruption then ecclesiastes says vi do not all go to one place all the labor of man is for his mouth and yet the soul will not be filled… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:553…earth and into earth thou shalt depart h vers all the labor of man is for his mouth and yet his soul shall not be satisfied h d because he had discussed meats and drinks above… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:973…says vi do not all go to one place all the labor of man is for his mouth and yet the soul will not be filled for there is an advantage to the wise man over… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1115A…who have already died, than the living; and better than both these is he who has not yet been born, who has not known all the work that is done under the sun.» Eccle. VI, 7. — «All the labor of man is for his mou… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:775A…his mouth" (Eccl. VI, 7). For they are clothed in rags, wearing… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:555…the face of life and became enriched with faith in him vers better is the sight of the eyes than the walking according to the desire of one s soul but this also is vanity and… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:973…the poor man knows how to walk before the face of life better is the sight of the eyes than a soul walking and this also is vanity and a striving of wind having declared the… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:539C…before the face of God; for God is in heaven above, and thou upon earth below: therefore let thy words be few" (Eccl. V, 1). "For many words multiply vanity" (Eccl. VI, 11). And: "Be not righteous over much." "T… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:759…and likeness one after another and that the demonstration of these was the number of the days of the year as we have mentioned and above these the virtue which they also call the unnameable and… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1337…land is not being cultivated but who is able to ascend to the number of the days of the abyss in the jubilee and by abyss i mean the depth of the doctrines so that one… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1345…when the earth is not being cultivated but who can ascend to the number of the days of the abyss in the jubilee and by abyss i mean the depth of the dogmas so that one… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:799…pattern for the celebration of the feasts of his economy according to the number of the days of the creation of the world the first root then of christ s feasts is his birth in the… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1449…in the sixth millennium of years the lord appeared fittingly corresponding to the number of the days of the fashioning of adam and saved the race of men others however say that the lord came in… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:283…lampstand and it had as many lamps placed upon it these signified the number of the days of the week and at the north was a golden table upon which he commanded twelve loaves to be… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:557…him and he made them in shadow for who shall declare to man what shall be after him under the sun he criticizes not an upright life but the vain life of men when he says… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:91…lampstand positioned in the southern part furnished with seven lamps according to the number of the days of the week being a type of the luminaries shining toward the table placed in the north that is… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:209…the earth from the north and again they are seven because of the number of the days of the week since all time beginning from weeks completes both months and years he commands them to be… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:801…for the sons of men which they shall do under the sun the number of the days of their life the joy b that dwells in the middle of the various and manifold pleasures of the… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:981…he says b vers what plus to man for who has known what is good for man in his life according to the number of the days of the life of his vanity and he made… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1073…says and see life with the woman whom you have loved all the days of the life of your vanity which have been given to you under the sun for this is your portion in your… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:777…lost and having become man followed the same pattern and according to the number of the days of the creation of the world he gave us the festivals of his own economy and the first and… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:111…perfect fasting and abstinence but if something must also be said concerning the number of the days of the fast we shall find that this is not irrational whether it was prefigured by moses num xxx… OrigenesPG 16:1549…lion he was pleased let it not fall short see life all the days of the life of your vanity as much as he might find not to the swift is the race not to the… PG 97 (anthology)PG 97:45…millennia the lord appeared on earth as the number of the days of the fashioning of adam as he saved the human race others however say that the lord came in… John MalalasPG 97:353…jesus christ appeared in the sixth millennium of years according c to the number of the days of the creation of adam he said that before the six thousandth year was completed our lord and god…