Where the Fathers quote Leviticus 21
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Expounded by the Fathers
Maximus the ConfessorPG 91:696expounds v.8“και αγιασεις αυτον. τα δωρα Κυριου του Θεου υμων ουτος προσφερει· αγιος εσται οτι αγιος εγω Κυριος ο αγιαζων αυτους.”On the meaning of the concluding liturgical hymns: «One is holy, one is Lord»
2Lev 21:2
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:1041…vow to the lord he shall not enter upon any dead soul for his father and for his mother and for his brother and for his sister he shall not be defiled by them when they…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:263…he also celebrated the funeral procession with orations for his sister gorgonia and for his father and for his dearest basil declares this to be alien to our philosophy for the memory of the just he…
4Lev 21:4
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:539…soul that is dead because he is the great priest a and he shall not defile himself for his father and his mother this place of scripture is most difficult to explain but if you entreat…
6Lev 21:6
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:809…make cuttings they shall be holy to their god and they shall not profane the name of their god for they themselves offer the sacrifices of the lord the gifts of their god and they shall…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1055…and shall not pollute his name for the incense of the lord and the bread of their god they offer and therefore they shall be holy how priests pollute the name of god the prophet malachi…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1673…discernible and these things he says they did so that they might profane the name of their god for the neighboring foreigners hearing these things moved their tongues against the god of all either as if…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:473…son and his father went in to the same young woman to profane the name of their god b but judah when he knew her to be his daughter in law henceforth abstained from her bed…
9Lev 21:9
Pseudo-Justin Martyr 2nd-4th c. (uncertainPG 6:1339C…sword. For it consumes the priest’s daughter who has fornicated with fire, the daughter of a layman with stones, and that of the married woman with the sword (Levit. xxi, 9; Deut. xxii, 21). And nowhere in the la…
10Lev 21:10
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:813…a certain manner for he says again and the high priest from among his brethren upon whose head the oil of anointing has been poured and who has been consecrated to wear the garments d shall…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1057…utterly burned up vers the high priest that is the priest greatest among his brethren upon whose head the oil of unction has been poured and whose hands have been consecrated in the priesthood and who…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1059…been made his brethren and kinsmen rightly did he say the pontiff that is the high priest among his brethren upon whose head the oil of the anointing was poured so that it may be openly…
12Lev 21:12
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:659…he shall rend over all dead souls and from the sanctuary because the crown of the anointing oil of his god is upon him bread vulgate latin for the incense of the lord and the bread…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:813…sanctified name of his god for the holy oil of the anointing of his god is upon him i am the lord this man shall take a virgin as a wife from his own kindred but…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1057…the sanctuary of the lord because the oil of the holy unction of his god is upon him i the lord who is the great priest among his brethren if not surely he of whom david…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1059…the sanctuary of the lord because the oil of the holy anointing of his god is upon him therefore even if you see him conversing with publicans and with harlots saying to sinners i came not…
14Lev 21:14
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:535…the cast out and the polluted and the harlot these he shall not take but he shall take a virgin of his own kin as a wife and he shall not defile his seed among his…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:539…divine chrism has always remained but what is added after this and he shall take a virgin of his own kin but a widow…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:813…one cast out and one profaned and a harlot these he shall not take but he shall take a virgin from his own people as a wife and he shall not profane his seed among his…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1061…her through a good life and faith when he had once said he shall take a virgin of his people or of his own race he was not content but added he shall not take a…
17Lev 21:17
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1821…of him who is cleansed. Concerning the integrity of the members of the body which is required in a priest who serves the altar, it is treated in Leviticus XXI, 17: Ἄνθρωπος τυφλὸς, ἢ χωλός, ἢ ὠτότμητος, ἢ ἄνθρωπος ᾧ ἂν ᾖ…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1535D…cerning a matter that is not necessary for you, do not dispute.” TIT. XVII. — Concerning upright bishops, and those who keep the commandments of God. Levit. xxi, 17, 23, 14. — “Every man in whom there sha…
18Lev 21:18
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1061…moses saying speak to aaron whosoever of thy seed throughout their families hath a blemish he shall not offer bread to his god nor approach to his ministry if he be blind if he be lame…
21Lev 21:21
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1267B…ests when they offered sacrifices had to ensure that no stain, no reproach, no defect(46) was in the victim, so that it might be acceptable and pleasing to God(Levit. xxi, 21; Deut. xv, 21); so too he who sacrifice…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1061…moses saying speak to aaron whosoever of thy seed throughout their families hath a blemish he shall not offer bread to his god nor approach to his ministry if he be blind if he be lame…
Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1067…holy things but forbids it before repentance but those who are from the seed of aaron the priest since you have learned that christ is our priest and that aaron bears the figure of him you…