Where the Fathers quote Esth 14

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Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1149…adore them, and worship them." You will say that a similar thing is said about her in the book of Esther, when it is written: "Having put off all her ornament (Esth. xiv, 2)." For the world is not simply the same… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:49D…mane God to go in with her to the king, and praying such words to Him, she said: "Make my words graceful, O Lord, and give me well-ordered speech in my mouth" (Esth. 14:15). We, too, now beseech God for our teac…