Where the Fathers quote Tob 12

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Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:73B…implicity are commended. Not that it is not sometimes permitted, indeed even necessary, to hide and cover the truth: "It is good to hide the secret of a king" (Tob. XII, 7). "He who is of a faithful mind conceal… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:211D…l in good works”; and again, “For these things are good and useful to men” (Tit. 3:14, 8). But hear also another saying thus: “Almsgiving delivers from death” (Tob. 12:9); and another, “If You, O Lord, should… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:833A…not be harsh to your heir, while you yourself escape punishment and fire. "For in many things we offend all" (James 3:2), and "Alms and faith purge away sins" (Tob. 12:9), as it is written. Homily XIX… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:553…that he brought the prayer of Tobias alone as a memorial, and then that of Sarah, who had become his daughter-in-law by having been married to Tobias (Tob. xii, 12), what must be said of many who are running together with t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:709…oceeds from the mouth, the angels receive it with their hands, and offer it before God, just as the archangel says to Tobias: I offered your prayer before God (Tob. 12:12). Do you wish to know its power? The pr… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:263…s; IV Reg. XIX, 35: "The angel of the Lord struck in the camp of the Assyrians," etc. The fourth is to present our prayers and alms to God, and to pray for us; Tob. XII, 12: "When you were praying with tears, etc… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:263…back." The sixth is to teach in the conduct of affairs; Zachary I, regarding the angel who instructed him. The seventh is to reveal himself and other secrets; Tob. XII, 15: "I am Raphael the angel," etc. The eig…