Ezekiel 28:12 (WEB)
“Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre, and tell him, ‘The Lord GOD says: “You were the seal of full measure, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Fathers and councils · 6
Cyril of Jerusalem
“…prophet Ezekiel: for he takes up a lamentation over him and says, Thou wast a seal of likeness, and a crown of beauty; in the Paradise of God wast thou born: and soon after, Thou wast born blameless in thy days, from the day in which thou wast created, until thine iniquities were found in thee.” — editor's note: Ezek. xxviii. 12–17, an obscure passage, addressed to the Prince of Tyre, and meaning that he was “the perfect pattern” of earthly glory, set in a condition…
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.8Conference VIII
“Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thy iniquities and by the iniquity of thy traffic.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xxviii. 11–18.
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Origen
“Thou hast been made destruction, and thou shalt exist no longer for ever.”” — editor's note: Ezek. xxviii. 11–19.
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“And what shall I say of Ezekiel, who in his second vision prophesies most unmistakeably to the prince of Tyre regarding an opposing power, and who says also that the dragon dwells in the rivers of Egypt?” — editor's note: Ezek. xxviii. 12 sq.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“For the diadem of beauty, the signet of glory, the crown of magnificence has been changed for me into shame; and if anyone, in face of these things, is daring and courageous, he has my blessing on his daring and courage.” — editor's note: Ezek. xxviii. 12.
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Tertullian
“By the abundance of thy merchandise thou hast filled thy storehouses, and thou hast sinned,” etc. This description, it is manifest, properly belongs to the transgression of the angel, and not to the prince’s: for none among human beings was either born in…” — editor's note: Ezek. xxviii. 11–16 (Sept.).
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Cited together in The Five Books Against Marcion II.10.
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