Ecclesiastes 3:21

• §703Article 8 · "I Believe in the Holy Spirit"Read at vatican.va

  “The Word of God and his Breath are at the origin of the being and life of every creature:” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Pss 33:6; 104:30; Gen 1:2; 2:7; Eccl 3:20-21; Ezek 37:10.

Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 39

  “…did so because Christ had not yet broken open the door of paradise, nor quenched with his blood the flaming sword and the whirling of the guardian cherubim.” — editor's note: Gen. iii. 24: cf. Ezek. i. 15–20. Here as in his Comm. on Eccles. iii. 16–22, Jerome follows Origen, who, in his homily de Engastrimytho, lays down that until…

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity XIV.16Book XIV

  “We speak also of the spirit of a beast, as it is expressly written in the book of Solomon called Ecclesiastes; “Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?”” — editor's note: Eccles. iii. 21

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XIII.24Book XIII

  “…him?” or of beast, as in the book of Solomon, “Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?” or of that physical spirit which is called wind, for so the Psalmist calls it: “Fire and hail; snow and vapors; stormy wind;” or of the uncreated Creator…” — editor's note: Eccles. iii. 21.

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Cyprian of Carthage

• Cyprian of Carthage, Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54Book III

  “Also in the same: “Seek not things higher than thyself, and look not into things stronger than thyself.”” — editor's note: Eccles. iii. 21.

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• Wisdom 1:1

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54.

• Sirach 7:17

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54.

• Isaiah 29:15

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54.

• Ezekiel 37:10

  Cited together in Catechism §703.

• Romans 11:33

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54.

• Romans 11:35

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54.

• Romans 11:36

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54.

• 1 Corinthians 13:12

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54.

• 1 Corinthians 14:14

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.16.

• 2 Timothy 2:24

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54.

• Genesis 1:2

  Cited together in Catechism §703.

• Genesis 2:7

  Cited together in Catechism §703.

• Genesis 7:22

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.16.

• 1 Maccabees 2:60

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54.

• Psalm 33:6

  Cited together in Catechism §703.

• Psalm 104:30

  Cited together in Catechism §703.

• Psalm 148:8

  Cited together in On the Holy Trinity XIV.16.

• Proverbs 10:9

  Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.54.