Ezekiel 16:15 (WEB)
“‘“But you trusted in your beauty, and played the prostitute because of your renown, and poured out your prostitution on everyone who passed by. It was his.
Fathers and councils · 2
“For hence it is that it is said through the voice of the prophet to the soul that waxes proud, Having trust in thy beauty thou playedst the harlot because of thy renown (Ezek. xvi. 15).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Hence under the figure of Jerusalem the soul that is proud in virtue is reproved, when it is said, Thou wert perfect in my comeliness which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord, and having confidence in thy beauty thou hast committed fornication in thy renown (Ibid. xvi. 14, 15).” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule Chapter 1 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.57.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.57.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.57.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.57.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.57.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.57.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule Chapter 1.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule Chapter 1.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.57.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule Chapter 1.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule Chapter 1.
Cited together in Epistles, Books IX–XIV IX.57.