Hebrews 1:7 (WEB)
Of the angels he says, “He makes his angels winds, and his servants a flame of fire.”
Fathers and councils · 7
Gregory of Nyssa
“…He saith, And let all the angels of God worship Him,” and, “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever,” and, “Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail”?” — editor's note: Cf. Heb. i. 6–12. The passages there cited are Ps. xcvii. 7; Ps. xlv. 6; Ps. cii. 25, sqq.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“And of the Angels He saith, Who maketh His Angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire.’” — editor's note: Heb. i. 7.
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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: Ps. civ. 4; cf. Heb. i. 7.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…say that God is One, neither dividing His Son from Him, as do the heathen, nor denying, with the Jews, that He was begotten of the Father before all worlds, and afterwards born of the Virgin; nor yet, like Sabellius, confounding the Father with the Word, and so maintaining that Father and Son are one and the same…” — editor's note: The original is ante tempora—“before the ages”—“before time was.” Cf. 1 Cor. viii. 6; Phil. ii. 6–8; Col. i. 15 (πρωτότοκος πάσης κτίσεως—“first-born of all…
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John Chrysostom
“Hebrews i. 6–8” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundations of the earth” ( c. i. 6, 5, 7, 10 ):—so also here he saith, “but one in a certain place testified, saying.”” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“And of the angels He saith, who maketh His angels spirits; but unto the Son, ‘Thy throne, O God.’”” — editor's note: Heb. i. 7, 8.
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Cross-references · 1
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