Where the Fathers quote Leviticus 11
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Maximus the ConfessorPG 91:696expounds v.44“οτι εγω ειμι Κυριος ο Θεος υμων και αγιασθησεσθε και αγιοι εσεσθε οτι αγιος ειμι εγω Κυριος ο Θεος υμων και ου μιανειτε τας ψυχας υμων εν πασι τοις ερ”On the meaning of the concluding liturgical hymns: «One is holy, one is Lord»
2Lev 11:2
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:915…follows and the lord spoke to moses and aaron saying speak to the children of israel saying these are the beasts which you shall eat from all the beasts that are upon the earth every beast…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:725B…pe might merely be fulfilled. "And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: Say to the children of Israel: These are the animals which you shall eat, etc." (Lev. xi, 2). So that the present type may be narra…
3Lev 11:3
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:489A…ual understanding, as we have suggested. 6. "Every beast that divides the hoof and has cloven hoofs, and chews the cud among the beasts, these you shall eat" [Lev. xi, 3]. Furthermore, "of these you shall not…
4Lev 11:4
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:649C…gs," which are ranked among the unclean and weak animals. Moses, therefore, says: "The camel and the coney and the hare, which is the hare, you shall not eat" (Lev. XI, 4-8). Through these, therefore, David hints…
8Lev 11:8
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:681…separate," he says, "and touch no unclean thing" (Is. 52. 11); for those observances were symbols of purifications. "Touch not," he says, "that which is dead" (Lev. 11. 8); for such is sin, dead and loathsome.…
9Lev 11:9
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:221…bite them but also in job he himself is called the king of all that are in the waters but the prophet declares that evils are kindled from the north upon all who inhabit the earth…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1073…the reed grass and the cane for this one is the king of all that are in the waters therefore let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it so that i might become earthy instead…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:917…malignant whale of which god says to job he is the king of all that are in the waters i think therefore that for this reason in the generation of animals from the earth god said…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:65…were good and god blessed them saying increase and multiply and fill the waters in the seas and let the birds multiply on the earth behold for me again here how great the wisdom of the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:925…from all that are in the waters all that have fins and scales in the waters and in the seas and in the torrents these…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:985…shall eat of those that are in the waters all that have fins and scales in the waters and in the seas and in the torrents these you shall eat and all that have no fins…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1065B…a, Ps. vi, explained as logismoi, I, 641, 819. Osta, explained as apostles, I, 738, extra. Osta psychēs noēta, II, 374. Osphrontai, IV, 886. Osphys (Lev. 11, 9): by others translated as kerkos, I,…
10Lev 11:10
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:925…the waters all that have fins and scales in the waters and in the seas and in the torrents these you shall eat and all that do not have fins nor scales in the waters and…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:727…that end each contains some utility and purity these you shall eat of all that move in the waters whatsoever has fins and scales as well in the sea as in the rivers those you shall…
13Lev 11:13
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:929…saying and these you shall hold in abomination among the birds and they shall not be eaten they are an abomination the eagle and the gryphon and the sea eagle and the vulture and the kite…
14Lev 11:14
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 19:1395…, the wheat could not yet have been ripe. We answer that "green ears" are used here to mean fresh, not thoroughly unripe and immature. For in Hebrew, Leviticus 11:14 reads "fresh ears, roasted," and "bruised corn from full ea…
17Lev 11:17
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:33A…τὴν σιτίζουσαν. Θ. [Sexta] E., τὴν ὀστὸν ἣν ἡμεῖς καλοῦμεν φύσαν. Likewise Lev. ch. ii, v. 3, in the Appendix. Σ. [Quinta] E., ἀπὸ τῶν καρπωμά-των Κυρίου. And Lev. xi, 17. A. O'. Θ. [Sexta] E., νυκτικό-ραξ. 5.…
18Lev 11:18
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:909…hawk after his kind the heron and the cormorant and the ibis the swan and the pelican and the porphyrio the stork and the charadrius after his kind the hoopoe also and the bat b nor…
20Lev 11:20
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:911…or kin and deprived of the society of others like him vers all fowls that creep going upon all four shall be an abomination unto you but whatsoever walketh upon four feet but hath legs above…
21Lev 11:21
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:97A…he says, "you shall eat of the creeping things of the flying creatures which go upon four, which have legs above their feet, to leap with them upon the earth" (Lev. xi, 21). And consider, if it be possible,…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:929…you shall eat of the creeping birds that walk upon four feet which have legs above their feet to leap with them upon the earth and these you shall eat of them the bruchus and the…
22Lev 11:22
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:919C…ecause it is a restraint upon wrath, which that holy Moses, in his natural or physical writings, called by way of comparison and figure the slayer of serpents (Lev. 11, 22). Another of Isaac. Motions of the min…
27Lev 11:27
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1697…is clear from those things which are held in levit cap hebrew and whatsoever goeth upon his paws among all manner of beasts that go on all four those are unclean unto you whoso toucheth their…
29Lev 11:29
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:1067…birds of heaven and the cattle and all the earth and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth and god made man according to the image of god he made him male and female…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:95…over all the cattle and over all the earth and over all the creeping things that creep upon the earth gen i it must be observed that in the catalog of the creation of animals some…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:159…and the cattle and all things that are upon the earth and the creeping things that creep upon the earth now these things have been interpreted according to the letter when we were saying what god…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:157…of the heaven and the cattle and all the earth and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth and god made man according to the image of god he made him male and female…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:19…beasts of the earth the birds of the air the cattle and the creeping things that creep upon the earth it does not say let us make man in our image and likeness and immediately let…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:933…the air and the cattle and over all the earth and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth it makes us sluggish to say the same things over again because we have explained them…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:69…cattle and over all the beasts of the earth and over all the creeping things that creep upon the earth come let us also today since you listened with great eagerness yesterday to what was said…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:71…fish of the sea and the birds of the sky and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth therefore he says according to the image of rule not according to any other thing for…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:211…their kind and from the cattle according to their kind and from the creeping things that creep upon the earth according to their kind two by two of all shall enter to you to be fed…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:981…unclean robbers murderers the irascible and the merciless d he also forbids the weasel and the mouse and the stellion as being fearful…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:589…of the heavens and the cattle and all the earth and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth and god made man according to the image of god he made him male and female…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:985…other things again and these are unclean to you among the reptiles that creep upon the earth the weasel and the mouse and the land crocodile the shrew mouse and the chameleon and the gecko and…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:913…also shall be reputed among the polluted things of those that move upon the earth the weasel and the mouse and the crocodile each according to its kind the mygale and the chameleon and the newt…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:105…and over the cattle and over all the earth and over all the creeping things that creep upon the earth for just as he himself holds dominion over all things so he gave to man authority…
OrigenesPG 16:2747…fowls of the heaven and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep upon the earth and all the men that are upon the face of the earth shall shake at my presence…
32Lev 11:32
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:933…unclean until evening and everything upon which any of their carcasses falls shall be unclean whether it be any wooden vessel or garment or skin or sack every vessel in which work is done shall be…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:973…the garment and the skin which he had shall be washed with water and it shall be unclean until evening the woman with whom he has lain shall be washed with water and shall be unclean…
39Lev 11:39
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:111C…er, corpses were loathsome; when death occurs for Christ, the relics of His saints are precious. Before this, it was said to the priests and the Nazarites (Levit. xi, 39, 40): "You shall not be contaminated by…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:935C…er, and shall be clean. And he who removes any of their carcasses shall wash his garments, and shall be washed with water, and shall be unclean until evening" (Levit. xi, 39, 40). Which is clearly, as I think, tha…
40Lev 11:40
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:977…be unclean until evening everything on which she has sat whoever touches it shall wash his clothes and bathed in water he shall be unclean until evening a the intention of the legislator is to lead…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:745…set apart shall be unclean until evening and he who sleeps in it shall wash his clothes and shall be unclean until evening and he who eats in it for whoever has agreed in any way…
42Lev 11:42
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:1067…of heaven and the cattle and all the earth and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth and god made man according to the image of god he made him male and female he…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:95…all the cattle and over all the earth and over all the creeping things that creep upon the earth gen i it must be observed that in the catalog of the creation of animals some are…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:159…the cattle and all things that are upon the earth and the creeping things that creep upon the earth now these things have been interpreted according to the letter when we were saying what god says…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:157…the heaven and the cattle and all the earth and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth and god made man according to the image of god he made him male and female he…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:19…of the earth the birds of the air the cattle and the creeping things that creep upon the earth it does not say let us make man in our image and likeness and immediately let him…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:933…air and the cattle and over all the earth and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth it makes us sluggish to say the same things over again because we have explained them elsewhere…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:69…and over all the beasts of the earth and over all the creeping things that creep upon the earth come let us also today since you listened with great eagerness yesterday to what was said by…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:71…of the sea and the birds of the sky and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth therefore he says according to the image of rule not according to any other thing for god…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:211…kind and from the cattle according to their kind and from the creeping things that creep upon the earth according to their kind two by two of all shall enter to you to be fed with…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:589…the heavens and the cattle and all the earth and all the creeping things that creep upon the earth and god made man according to the image of god he made him male and female he…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:105…over the cattle and over all the earth and over all the creeping things that creep upon the earth for just as he himself holds dominion over all things so he gave to man authority over…
OrigenesPG 16:2747…the fowls of the heaven and the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep upon the earth and all the men that are upon the face of the earth shall shake at my…
44Lev 11:44
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1213…be ye holy in all manner of conversation because it is written ye shall be holy for i am holy i petr i b but indeed the refutation necessarily undertaken by us against those who simulate…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1395…perfect as the heavenly father is perfect and obeys the precept you shall be holy for i am holy the lord your god and having learned the command be imitators of god he receives into his…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:639…congregation of the children of israel and thou shalt say unto them ye shall be holy for i the lord your god am holy let every one fear his mother and ye shall keep my sabbaths…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:641…not put a stumbling block and thou shalt fear thy god i am the lord your god ye shall not do iniquity in judgment thou shalt not respect the person of the poor nor admire the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:643…year ye shall eat its fruit adding to yourselves its produce i am the lord your god ye shall not eat upon the mountains and ye shall not practice augury nor observe birds ye shall not…
Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:1121A…rld, made man according to His own image; [and] "according to the image," because he was capable of virtue and goodness; for He says, "Be holy, for I am holy" (Levit. xi, 44); and the Apostle: "As we have borne th…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1487…heavenly father is merciful and the father himself is perfect saying you shall be holy for i am holy this lord indeed shall come with power and great glory and the saints shall be caught up…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1759…yourselves shall be holy in all conduct because it is written you shall be holy for i am holy since god who has called us to salvation through the gospel is holy it is necessary for…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1785…a than he is sanctified surely knows that which is said you shall be holy for i am holy but it is well said who does for he did not say who has done or who…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:273…with all our strength from sinning and remember him who says you shall be holy for i am holy and i will not enter into the city i will walk after the lord h the perfect…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:535A…impurity, passion, and evil desire (Col. 3:5). For thus, yes, thus shall we be associated with the all-pure God, who says: “You shall be holy, for I am holy” (Lev. 11:44). Indeed, the most skilled physicia…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:601…away let us ponder moreover what has been said by god you shall be holy for i am holy for thus as though alive from the dead we shall present ourselves to god thus the pure…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:803…written mindful of god speaking through the voice of the prophets you shall be holy for i am holy and of one of the holy disciples whose words these are beloved i exhort you as sojourners…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:931…also become holy in all your behavior for it is written you shall be holy for i am holy i petr i for just as among those who rule over earthly affairs those are considered most…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:949…you also become holy in all conduct for it is written 'you shall be holy for i am holy ' for it is not among the possibilities that those who are filthy and defiled should draw…
Euthalius the Deacon fl. 5th c.PG 85:671…only time chap xi sancti d eritis quoniam ego sanctus sum you shall be holy for i am holy chap i ii vi from isaiah the first time chap xl omnis caro fenum et omnis gloria…
Antiochus of St. Sabas fl. c. 614-620PG 89:1497…in the spirit toward the lord as it has been written you shall be holy for i am holy says the lord for not by name alone is the holy man holy but the holy man…
Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:409B…to me. Shall the sun be called a sun without light? And shall a man who is devoid of the Holy Spirit be called holy? "Be holy," says the Lord, "for I am holy [Lev. 11:44]." By which words he exhorts us, having…
Nicetas Stethatos c. 1005–c. 1090PG 120:1035D…se with their wives, because they are occupied with the necessities of the daily ministry. For it is written: 'Be holy, for I am holy, says the Lord your God' (Lev. XI, 44). For in ancient times, they did not de…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:1201…also holy in all manner of conversation because it is written you shall be holy for i am holy he calls fashioning ourselves being carried about by present things as certain foolish people even now say…
45Lev 11:45
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:481…god i am the lord your god who led you out of the land of egypt to be your god i am the lord your god having therefore commanded us well to write the law in…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:957C…robable in the idea that, when we are prepared in this way, we should wish to be near the all-good God. "For you shall be holy," He says, "because I am holy." ⟦Levit. xi, 45⟧ Therefore, as the inspired Paul says,…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1079…of the land of egypt to be a god to you i am the lord a it is not satisfying for one while starting the…
Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:1149…having nothing to say he presses on saying b for i brought you up out of the land of egypt and redeemed you from the house of bondage and sent before your face moses and aaron…
Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:1101B…s to the Church must be renewed, so that he may be sanctified within by the holy ones. For it is written: ‘You shall be holy, as I am holy, says the Lord’ (Levit. XI, 45). So that he who has been led astray in…
47Lev 11:47
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:243…throughout your generations to discern between the holy and the profane and between the unclean and the clean and to teach the children of israel all the statutes which the lord has spoken to them by…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1549…my law void and have profaned my sanctuaries they did not distinguish between the unclean and the clean and they profaned me in the midst of them ibid…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:577…distinguish between the holy and the profane and they did not distinguish between the unclean and the clean and i was profaned in their midst to these let the man who is divine in his desires…