Exodus 3:2 (WEB)
The LORD’s angel appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Catechism · 1
“From the midst of the burning bush he calls Moses.” — Catechism footnote: Ex 3:1-10.
Fathers and councils · 16
Gregory of Nyssa
“But he contradicts what has been said above, alleging the Scripture itself which informs us that the voice of an angel was interposed, and that it was thus that the discourse of the Existent was conveyed.” — editor's note: Cf. Exod. iii. 2
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Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.3Discourse III
“…out of the bush, and the Lord called Moses out of the bush, saying, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob,’ yet was not the Angel the God of Abraham, but in the Angel God spoke.” — editor's note: Vid. Ex. iii. 2–6.
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis II.8Book II
“Respecting the substance of the angels also it speaks as follows: “Who maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a burning fire;” and in another place, “The angel of the Lord appeared in a flame of fire in the bush.”” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 2.
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Justin Martyr
“And when the Lord saw that he is turning aside to behold, the Lord called to him out of the bush.’” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 2–4.
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Sozomen
“And of the rest of the prophets some declared beforehand the birth of Christ, His ineffable conception, the mother remaining a virgin after His birth, His people, and country.” — editor's note: Isa. vii. 14, foretells that “a virgin shall conceive and bear a son”; but he does not declare, in words, the perpetual virginity of the mother of God. The…
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Gregory of Nazianzus
- Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters Letter 101Letters on the Apollinarian Controversy
“…mask and the drama which they represent is a pretty one, not to say that it was open to Him to converse with us in other ways, as of old, in the burning bush and in the appearance of a man.” — editor's note: Exod. iii. 2.
Read the whole comment “And, to mention more Lights—it was Light that appeared out of Fire to Moses, when it burned the bush indeed, but did not consume it, to shew its nature and to declare the power that was in it.” — editor's note: Ib. iii. 2.
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Augustine of Hippo
“The dove and the fire, indeed, seem to me more like that flame which appeared to Moses in the bush, or that pillar which the people followed in the wilderness, or the thunders and lightnings which came when the Law was given in the mount.” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 2
Read the whole comment“And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 1–6
Read the whole comment“An angel speaks in the person of God to man, saying, “I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;” the Scripture having said just before, “The angel of the Lord appeared to him.”” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 6, 2
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John Cassian
“…the gospel that the star appeared to the wise men in the East: and in Exodus: “There appeared,” he says, “to Moses an angel in a flame of fire in the bush:” for in all these and in the case of other visions in the Holy Scripture, Scripture determined that this word in particular should be used, that it might speak…” — editor's note: Exod. iii. 2.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“And He said unto him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” — editor's note: Exod. iii. 2, 4–6.
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Tertullian
“When, therefore, faith is greatly agitated, and the Church burning, as represented by the bush, then the Gnostics break out, then the Valentinians creep forth, then all the opponents of martyrdom bubble up, being themselves also hot to strike, penetrate, kill.” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 2.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“Moses mentions this fiery God as having spoken from the bush, (batos,) that is, from the darkish air.” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 2.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And He said unto him, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.”” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 2–6.
Read the whole comment“In Exodus: “The angel of the Lord appeared in a flame of fire from the bush.”” — editor's note: Ex. iii. 2.
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Cross-references · 16
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Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.102.
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Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius II.4.
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Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.102.
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Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews III.102.
Cited together in Scorpiace Chapter 1.
Cited together in On the Holy Trinity II.13.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Lord, Against Nestorius II.4.
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Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 60.
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Acts 7:30 takes up the words of Exodus 3:2 (9 words in common).