Where the Fathers quote Genesis 8
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John ChrysostomPG 53:239expounds v.20“και ωκοδομησε Νωε θυσιαστηριον τω Κυριω, και ελαβεν απο παντων των κτηνων των καθαρων και απο παντων των πετεινων των καθαρων και ανηνεγκεν εις ολοκαρ”On «And Noah built an altar to the Lord, etc.»: Cleansing sins through repentance and avoiding resentment
Theodoret of CyrrhusPG 80:156expounds v.21“και ωσφρανθη Κυριος ο Θεος οσμην ευωδιας και ειπε Κυριος ο Θεος διανοηθεις· ου προσθησω ετι καταρασασθαι την γην δια τα εργα των ανθρωπων οτι εγκειται”Meaning of «And the Lord smelled a sweet savour»
1Gen 8:1
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:227…always and unto the ages of ages amen h homily xxi h and god remembered noah and every living thing and all the cattle and all the birds and all the creeping things that were with…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:229B…tle, and all the birds, and all the creeping things, whatsoever was with him in the ark. And God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the water was calmed" (Gen. 8:1). 1. Great and unspeakable is the lovi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:231D…h⟧ 1. And God remembered Noe, and all the wild beasts, and all the cattle, and all the fowls, and all the creeping things, which were with him in the ark (Gen. 8. 1). That the divine Scripture speaks…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:233…the cattle and all the creeping things and as many as were with him in the ark and god brought a wind upon the earth and the water subsided having remembered he says noah and those…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:733A…the cattle, and all the birds, and all the creeping things, whatsoever were with him in the ark. And God brought a Spirit upon the earth, and the water ceased (Gen. 8. 1). — He who sins against us should be bo…
2Gen 8:2
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:233…of the abyss were closed he says and the cataracts of heaven and the rain from heaven was restrained as if to say that it pleased the master and again the waters remained within their own…
3Gen 8:3
Antonius Augustinus Touttée 1677-1718PG 33:93…both the city and the sanctuary and the end thereof is waste and after the end of the war is appointed desolation and there shall be in the temple the abomination of desolation and even unto…
4Gen 8:4
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:1463…they were beheaded in the same manner as the former martyr procopius on the seventeenth day of the month of dius which is among the romans the fifteenth day before the kalends of december h caput…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1429…we shall celebrate the solemnity at the rising of the lord's day on the seventeenth day of the month pharmuthi after this with seven weeks of pentecost continued in holiness we shall rejoice and praise god…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:349…of the egyptians and the jerusalemites when zechariah had entered the temple on the seventeenth day of the seventh month according to the tradition of the law and had received the message concerning john who was…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:233…knows the master who created it and the ark rested he says in the seventh month on the twenty seventh day of the month upon the mountains of ararat and the water was diminishing until the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1117…and grow together in the same virtue the holy youths were perfected on the seventeenth day of the month of december…
Socrates Scholasticus c. 380–c. 450PG 67:457…in the year of the consulship of himself and his son varronianus on the seventeenth day of the month of february having reigned for seven months and lived for thirty three years this book comprises events…
Socrates Scholasticus c. 380–c. 450PG 67:653…night came on he died in the consulship of olybrius and probinus on the seventeenth day of the month of january d this was the first year of the two hundred and ninety fourth olympiad the…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:283…of creation the spirit or wind was borne above the water vers and the ark rested in the seventh month on the seventeenth day of the month upon the mountains of armenia it is a wonderful…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:105…nights and the water was diminished after one hundred and fifty days and the ark rested in the seventh month on the twenty seventh day of the month upon the mountains of ararat and the water…
Theophanes the Confessor 9th–10th c.PG 108:187…blood having flowed forth he dies in a certain fort in gaul on the seventeenth day of the month of the tenth in the third indiction a since his son gratian was not there and valens…
Theophanes the Confessor 9th–10th c.PG 108:707…finally reached byzantium says the writer of his martyrdom that blessed man on the seventeenth day of the month of september into the harbor near euphemia etc subjected to various kinds of prisons examinations and torments…
Theophanes the Confessor 9th–10th c.PG 108:871…themselves to the emperor whom he established to dwell at artana but on the seventeenth day of the month of june the emperor set out towards thrace having also sent a fleet through the euxine sea…
Theophanes the Confessor 9th–10th c.PG 108:881…emperor had to cast out grapnels to retrieve and bury the dead on the seventeenth day of the month of july he returned to the city ingloriously and on the twenty first day of the month…
Theophanes the Confessor 9th–10th c.PG 108:897…the same irene took place in the church of the pharos then on the seventeenth day of the month of december the empress irene was crowned in the augusta s triclinium and having gone to the…
Theophanes the Confessor 9th–10th c.PG 108:927…letters came together with the patriarchs of antioch and alexandria then indeed on the seventeenth day of the month of august in the ninth indiction in the cathedral of the holy apostles in the imperial city…
Nicholas I Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople c. 852-925PG 111:11…day of the holy lights he crowns his wife theodora following this on the seventeenth day of the month of may in the fifth indiction christophorus son of romanus is proclaimed emperor and on the twenty…
John Kaminiates fl. c. 904PG 109:793…month of september romanus is honored with the dignity of caesar and on the seventeenth day of the month of december a in the year he is crowned with the imperial crown by the emperor constantine…
Eutychius of Alexandria c. 877-940PG 111:915…water began to continually subside and recede until the seventh month and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month namely the month of ilul which is the same as thut the ship rested on the…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:587…thrown to the dogs and beasts and birds of heaven xxv therefore on the seventeenth day of the month of august they went out together rejoicing and singing this verse of the psalm you have saved…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 122:235…in chains to the emperor in this same year of the world on the seventeenth day of the month of february an earthquake afflicted the cities in syria and orestes having been relieved of his command…
George Pachymeres c. 1242–c. 1310PG 143:925…place called diabaina were attacked by lachanas with a few men and on the seventeenth day of the month of anthesterion having joined battle he defeated them with great force and wrought much slaughter some in…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 146:583…son varonianus whom he had proclaimed most noble at ancyra in galatia on the seventeenth day of the month of february having reigned as has been said for about eight months and having lived in all…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 146:687…in a certain castle of germania d which had the name brigitio on the seventeenth day of the month of november when he was nearly fifty five years of age and had administered the empire very…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 146:919…and on the following night he succumbed to his fate this was on the seventeenth day of the month of january leaving behind him an immortal memory of praise and glory b he had reached a…
Thomas Magister c. 1275 – c. 1347PG 145:413…then i shall declare to you what befell me during this autumn on the seventeenth day of the month of gorpiaeus when i had returned home from the sacred synods while it was still deep dawn…
Matthaeus Cantacuzenus Imp. CP c. 1325 - c. 1391PG 152:1283…of all alania and soterioupolis and presiding officer laurentius h isidorus h on the seventeenth day of the month of may a thursday indiction was proclaimed our most holy master the ecumenical patriarch lord isidorus and…
Laonicus Chalcocondyles fl. 1439–1462PG 159:346…pomp with the nobles of the porte going out to meet him on the seventeenth day of the month of august the persian orator was granted the opportunity to explain his embassy although this seemed at…
Makarios Melissenos fl. c. 1573-1584PG 156:803…agas and after a short time he also made him vizier a on the seventeenth day of the month of july of the same year there was a global heatwave worthy of note during that summer…
OrigenesPG 16:2759…of the gate of the inner court and thus you shall do in the seventh month on the first of the month you shall take from everyone who errs and from the infant i e the…
Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:27…of the whole east bound the impious leo with an anathema b on the seventeenth day of the month of january in the thirteenth indiction on the third day of the week the irreligious leo held…
AnonymousPG 105:923…the monastery for a sufficient time and had departed to the lord on the seventeenth day of the month of july and hilarion who was altogether befitting his name in the cheerfulness of his character had…
5Gen 8:5
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:233…until the tenth month and the tops of the mountains were seen in the tenth month on the first day of the month observe how the change happened all at once and how much the nature…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:105…of the month upon the mountains of ararat and the water decreased until the tenth month in the tenth month on the first day of the month the tops of the mountains appeared and after forty…
Eutychius of Alexandria c. 877-940PG 111:915…omar and when the water had ceased to grow and recede until the tenth month on the first day of the tenth month the peaks of the mountains appeared then after forty days the door of…
OrigenesPG 16:2731…h chapter xxix h concerning egypt and pharaoh in the tenth year in the tenth month on the first of the month the word of the lord came to me saying son of man set your…
6Gen 8:6
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:233…up in darkness and it came to pass he says after the forty days that noah opened the window of the ark which he had made and sent forth the raven to see if the water…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:235…departed from the face of the earth and noah uncovered the roof of the ark which he had made and saw that the water had departed from the face of the earth b again here it…
Germanus II of Constantinople d. c. 1240PG 140:719…failed from the face of the earth and noah opened the covering of the ark which he had made and he saw that the water had failed from the face of the earth do you see…
7Gen 8:7
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:57B…ich is often observed, so that this word is not set for a defined time. For concerning the ark it says: And the raven did not return until the earth was dried (Gen. VIII, 7), even though it did not return after t…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:1025A…"until," which does not define a certain time? Yes. For when the raven was sent forth from the ark: It did not, he says, return until the earth was dried (Gen. 8. 7). And certainly, it was not found to ha…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:829D…Scripture often to do this, and not to set this expression for a defined time; as when it says the raven did not turn back to Noah until the earth was dried (Gen. 8:7); yet indeed it did not even turn back…
9Gen 8:9
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:1059…for as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth watch ye therefore and pray always that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things…
Apophthegmata Patrum (Desert Fathers) 4th–5th century (compiled)PG 65:99B…hem.'" He said to them, "Once again, therefore, people are going to say: 'The dove found no rest for the soles of her feet, and returned to Noah into the ark' (Gen. VIII, 9)." And in this manner they were reconci…
13Gen 8:13
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:105…water decreased until the tenth month in the tenth month on the first day of the month the tops of the mountains appeared and after forty days noe opened the window of the ark and sent…
Germanus II of Constantinople d. c. 1240PG 140:719…this unaccustomed winter but what does the same scripture say again it came to pass in the six hundred and first year of the life of noah in the first month on the first day of…
Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopoulos c. 1256–c. 1335PG 147:479…the week and he is interred on the thirtieth of the same month the first day of the week and his remains were deposited according to custom in the church of the holy apostles in this…
14Gen 8:14
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:105…the first day of the month the water ceased from the earth and in the second month on the twenty seventh day of the month the earth was dried there are x generations from adam to…
16Gen 8:16
Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:229B…the case is evident again from what it says when they emerged from the ark: "Go out of the ark, you and your wife, and your sons, and the wives of your sons" (Gen. viii, 16). The sinful race has been removed; you…
Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1643…h vers and the lord god spoke to noe saying go out thou and thy wife and thy sons and the wives of thy sons and the rest some considering the diverse order in which the…
18Gen 8:18
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:221…said subsequently for since the flood began he says and noah entered and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons into the ark because of the water of the flood and of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:231…things that follow for since the flood began he says noah entered and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons into the ark because of c the water of the flood and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:235…man for since he commanded him to go out from the ark and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons and all the wild beasts so that this very thing might not…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:67…water it is written therefore that c noah entered into the ark and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons with him he also brought in with them from every kind of…
John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:549…things that have happened moses says and noah entered into the ark and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons b and then he says and noah went out of the ark…
Makarios Melissenos fl. c. 1573-1584PG 156:933…and consider the events moses says and noah entered into the ark and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons and regarding the entry he says noah entered and his sons and…
Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:355…for now i need the ark of noah in which were noah and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons for although there was one ark and the door was shut yet…
PG 43 (anthology)PG 43:1293…and the flood of waters came upon the earth and noah entered and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons with him into the ark because of the water of the flood…
20Gen 8:20
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:741C…h, who pleased God and was translated (Gen. V, 22; Eccli. XLIV, 16); and Noah, who offered thank-offerings to the Lord from the surplus of what was in the ark (Gen. VIII, 20), showing proof of a grateful dispositi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:733A…229-239 HOMILY XXVII. And Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of all clean cattle, and of all clean birds, and offered a burnt offering upon the altar (Gen. 8. 20). — The memory of God's benefits. The c…
21Gen 8:21
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1145A…namely, that the Word truly became man. For you said that the word of God, saying, The imagination of man's heart is set upon evil diligently from his youth (Gen. VIII, 21), is proof; not understanding that when…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1043A…er the flood, God confirmed to them more openly the blessing with which he had blessed the protoplasts, and afterward said: "I will not again curse the earth" (Gen. 8:21). But when you hear that until the ark…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:547D…which you have uttered in your holy Scriptures. Remember, O Master, that "The imagination of man is intensely and diligently inclined to evil from his youth" (Gen. VIII, 21). Remember, O Master, that you fashione…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:849…his own intellect created for him by god for unless he had said in his heart i will not it could not happen that he at some time sins as the prophet says the unjust hath…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:291D…to this: for neither did God stand in need, and yet He received: so much so that divine Scripture did not fear to say, "The Lord smelled an odor of sweetness" (Gen. 8:21), how much the soul is affected by the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:111…he who of old because of the transgression in adam and because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth was justly averted has turned to us again as if from natural gentleness and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:941D…outh 70." And besides these, the things in the Law are "old"; truly— 66 Malach. IV, 2. 67 Osee XIII, 14. 68 John 1, 14. 68 Rom. VI, 9, 10. 69 Gen. III, 19. 70 Gen. VIII, 21.…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:189…compassion the scripture continues saying and the lord god said knowing that i will not again curse the earth because of the works of men because the imagination of man's heart is diligently bent upon evil…
22Gen 8:22
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:199…the formation of the heart of man is evil from his youth all the days of the earth day and night hebrew version of the text the thought of the heart of man is evil from…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:57…will not therefore further strike every living flesh as i have done all the days of the earth seed and harvest cold and heat summer and spring day and night shall not cease and in addition…