Ecclesiastes 1:9

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus IV.12Book IV

  “Even that which shall be done,” etc., etc., belongs not to the present occasion to discuss.” — editor's note: Cf. Eccles. i. 9.

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• 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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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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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 124

  “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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• Jerome, Letters Letter 133

  “Remarkable teachers truly, who maintain that a thing may be which on their own shewing, never has been; whereas the scripture says:—“The thing which shall be, it is that which hath been already of old time.”” — editor's note: Eccles. i. 9. Jerome inverts the words of the Preacher.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XII.13Book XII

  “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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• Isaiah 66:22

  Cited together in De Principiis III.6.

• Matthew 19:4

  Cited together in De Principiis III.6.

• Matthew 24:35

  Cited together in De Principiis III.6.

• Romans 6:9

  Cited together in The City of God XII.13.

• Romans 8:20

  Cited together in De Principiis III.6.

• Romans 8:21

  Cited together in De Principiis III.6.

• 1 Corinthians 7:31

  Cited together in De Principiis III.6.

• 1 Thessalonians 4:16

  Cited together in The City of God XII.13.

• Genesis 49:1

  Cited together in De Principiis III.6.

• Psalm 12:7

  Cited together in The City of God XII.13.

• Psalm 102:26

  Cited together in De Principiis III.6.

• Psalm 102:27

  Cited together in De Principiis III.6.