Daniel 12:1 (WEB)
“At that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people. There will be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time. At that time, your people will be delivered—everyone who is found written in the book.
Catechism · 1
“One cannot but choose to die at the hands of men and to cherish the hope that God gives of being raised again by him.” — Catechism footnote: 2 Macc 7:14; cf. 7:29; Dan 12:1-13.
Fathers and councils · 10
Origen
“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and (those) of the many righteous as the stars for ever and ever,” etc. And hence Paul, too, when speaking of the resurrection, says: “And there are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial…” — editor's note: Cf. Dan. xii. 1, 2, 3.
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John Damascene
“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and out of the multitude of the just shall shine like stars into the ages and beyond.” — editor's note: Dan. xii. 1, 2, 3.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“For he says, I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints; and again elsewhere, there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation upon earth, even to that same time.” — editor's note: Ib. xii. 1.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“You will perceive also from the same words that this was no other than he who talked with Moses.” — editor's note: Eusebius agrees with other earlier Fathers (e.g. Justin Martyr, Origen, and Cyprian) in identifying the one that appeared to Joshua with him that had appeared…
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.13Conference VIII
“And again: “At that time shall Michael rise up, the great prince, who standeth for the children of thy people.”” — editor's note: Dan. xii. 1.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“Chap. xii. 1 “There shall be a time of trouble.”” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“For angels also are called princes, even as we read in Daniel, “Michael, your prince.”” — editor's note: Dan. xii. 1.
Read the whole comment“And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and many of the just as the stars for ever.”” — editor's note: Dan. xii. 1–3.
Read the whole comment“And many of them that sleep in the dust” (or, as some interpret it, “in the mound”) “of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.”” — editor's note: Dan. xii. 1, 2.
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Ambrose of Milan
“And they that have understanding shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and of the just many shall be as the stars for ever.”” — editor's note: Dan. xii. 1, 2, 3.
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Cross-references · 25
Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §21.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.
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Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.
Cited together in Against Celsus V.10.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §21.
Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §21.
Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §21.
Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §21.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in The City of God XXII.3.
Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §21.
Cited together in Exegetical Fragments §21.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.13.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.13.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.13.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.13.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.13.