Ecclesiastes 7:29 (WEB)
Behold, I have only found this: that God made mankind upright; but they search for many inventions.”
Fathers and councils · 8
Jerome
““Behold, this have I found,saith the Preacher, one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.” — editor's note: Eccles. vii. 28, 29.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“For God, according to the Preacher, made man upright, and they have themselves sought out many inventions.” — editor's note: Eccles. vii. 29.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VII.4Conference VII
“For it is a true statement of Scripture, that “God made man upright; but they themselves found out many thoughts.”” — editor's note: Eccl. vii. 29 (LXX.).
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIII.12Conference XIII
“Moreover as the wisest Solomon says: “God made man upright,” i.e., always to enjoy the knowledge of good only, “But they have sought out many imaginations,” for they came, as has been said, to know good and evil.” — editor's note: Eccl. vii. 29 (LXX.).
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…the former treatise), received the condemnation of death with which they had been threatened; and from thenceforth no longer remained as they were made, but were being corrupted according to their devices; and death had the mastery over them as king.” — editor's note: Eccles. vii. 29; Rom. i. 21, 22.
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Augustine of Hippo
“We were created good by The Good; for “God made man upright,” but by our own free will, we became evil.” — editor's note: Eccles. vii. 29.
Read the whole comment“God made man good; so runs the Scripture, “God made man upright; and men themselves found out many cogitations.”” — editor's note: Eccles. vii. 30, Sept. (vii. 29, English version).
Read the whole comment“Accordingly God, as it is written, made man upright, and consequently with a good will.” — editor's note: Eccles. vii. 29.
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Cross-references · 14
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.4.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.4.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.4.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.11.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.11.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.11.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.11.
Cited together in The City of God XIV.11.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VII.4.