Isaiah 11:6

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  “Before his Ascension Christ affirmed that the hour had not yet come for the glorious establishment of the messianic kingdom awaited by Israel which, according to the prophets, was to bring all men the definitive order of justice, love and peace.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Is 11:1-9.

Tertullian

• Tertullian, Against Hermogenes Chapter 11

  “…restored in the innocence and integrity of their nature shall be at peace with the beasts of the field, when also little children shall play with serpents; when the Father shall have put beneath the feet of His Son His enemies, as being the workers of evil,—if in this way an end is compatible with evil, it must…” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 6.

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Concerning Repentance I.13Book I

  “And then it is written: “Then shall the wolves and the lambs feed together, the lion and the ox shall eat straw, and they shall not hurt nor destroy in My holy mountain, saith the Lord.”” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 6, 8, 9.

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Origen

• Origen, De Principiis IV.2Book IV

  “…by a little child, and that the ox and bear were to pasture together, their young ones growing up together, and that the lion was to eat straw like the ox: seeing none of these things visibly accomplished during the advent of Him who is believed by us to be Christ, they did not accept our Lord Jesus; but, as…” — editor's note: Cf. Isa. xi. 6, 7.

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Theodoret of Cyrus

• Theodoret of Cyrus, Dialogues (Eranistes) §2

  “For he goes on, “The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,” and so on, whereby he teaches at once the distinction of modes of life and the harmony of faith; and experience furnishes a proof of the prediction, for they…” — editor's note: Is. xi. 6

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John Chrysostom

• John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 10

  “And in other words also again the prophet declared the self-same thing, thus saying, “Then wolves and lambs shall feed together.”” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 6.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 130

  “Meanwhile the leopard lies down with the kid and the lion eats straw like the ox; not of course that the ox may learn ferocity from the lion but that the lion may learn docility from the ox.” — editor's note: Isa. xi. 6–8.

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• Micah 7:17

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• 1 Corinthians 4:21

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• 1 Corinthians 5:1

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• 1 Corinthians 5:5

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• 1 Corinthians 5:13

  Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 11.

• Genesis 3:14

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• Genesis 3:19

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• Job 2:6

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• Job 41:1

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• Job 41:5

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• Job 41:8

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• Psalm 80:5

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.

• Proverbs 23:13

  Cited together in Concerning Repentance I.13.