Ecclesiastes 1:10 (WEB)
Is there a thing of which it may be said, “Behold, this is new”? It has been long ago, in the ages which were before us.
Fathers and councils · 5
John Damascene
“And God being perfect becomes perfect man, and brings to perfection the newest of all new things, the only new thing under the Sun, through which the boundless might of God is manifested.” — editor's note: Eccles. i. 10.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.21Conference VIII
“And there is nothing new that can be said under the sun, so that a man can say: Behold this is new; for it hath already been in the ages which were before us.”” — editor's note: Eccl. i. 9, 10.
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis III.6Book III
“It hath already been in the ages which have been before us.”” — editor's note: Cf. Eccles. i. 9, 10. The text is in conformity with the Septuag.: Τί τὸ γεγονός; Αὐτὸ τὸ γενησόμενον. Καὶ τί τὸ πεποιημένον ; Αὐτὸ τὸ ποιηθησόμενον. Καὶ οὐκ…
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Jerome
“Is there anything whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.’” — editor's note: Eccles. i. 9, 10.
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Augustine of Hippo
“It hath been already of old time, which was before us.”” — editor's note: Eccles. i. 9, 10. So Origen, de Prin. iii. 5, and ii. 3.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.1.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.1.
Cited together in The City of God XII.13.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.1.
Cited together in The City of God XII.13.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.1.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.1.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.1.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.1.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.1.
Cited together in De Principiis III.6.
Cited together in The City of God XII.13.