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Colossians 2:16 (WEB)
Let no one therefore judge you in eating or drinking, or with respect to a feast day or a new moon or a Sabbath day,

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Origen, Against Celsus VIII.23Book VIII
“It is to this practice of setting apart some days distinct from others, that Paul seems to me to refer in the expression, “part of the feast;” and by these words he indicates that a life in accordance with the divine word consists not “in a part of the feast,” but in one entire and never ceasing festival.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 16. The whole passage in the English version is, “Let no man judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday” (ἐν μέρει ἑορτῆς). Origen’s…
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Origen, De Principiis IV.1Book IV
“In the Epistle to the Colossians, again, briefly summing up and condensing the meaning of the whole law, he says: “Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of holy days, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath, which are a shadow of things to come.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 16.
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Origen, De Principiis IV.2Book IV
“And in the Epistle to the Colossians, briefly abridging the meaning of the whole legislation, he says: “Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a festival, or of a new moon, or of Sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 16.
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Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies Fragments from.38Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus
“The apostles ordained, that “we should not judge any one in respect to meat or drink, or in regard to a feast day, or the new moons, or the sabbaths.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 16.
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Augustine of Hippo, Confessions X.31Book X
“…nothing to be refused, if it be received with, thanksgiving;” and that “meat commendeth us not to God;” and that no man should “judge us in meat or in drink;” and that he that eateth, let him not despise him that eateth not; and let not him that eateth not judge him that eateth.” — editor's note: Col. ii. 16.
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Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 86
““Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days, which are a shadow of things to come.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 16, 17.
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John Chrysostom, Homilies on John Homily 26
“And this is what Paul also declares, “And having spoiled principalities and powers, He made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it.” ( Col. ii. 16.)” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nyssa, Letters Letter 1
“…her exactly opposite to the rays of the sun, full with all the wealth of his brightness, and not permitting any interval of darkness to take place in its turn: for, after taking the place of the sun at its setting, she does not herself set before she mingles her own beams with the genuine rays of the sun, so that one…” — editor's note: ἐν τῷ μέρει, or “on her part” or “at that particular season.” To support this last, Col. ii. 16, ἐν μέρει ἑορτῆς, may be compared, as Origen interprets it, “in…
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Ambrose of Milan, On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus Book 2
““Let no man therefore judge us in any meats or in drink, or in respect of a feast day or new moons, or a sabbath day, which are a shadow of the things to come, but the body is of Christ.”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 16.
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Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.18Book V
“Now tell me, Marcion, what is your opinion of the apostle’s language, when he says, “Let no man judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath, which is a shadow of things to come, but the body is of Christ?”” — editor's note: Col. ii. 16, 17.
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