Isaiah 48:12 (WEB)
“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last.
Fathers and councils · 6
Tertullian
“God will say, “I am the first!”” — editor's note: Isa. xli. 4; xliv. 6; xlviii. 12.
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John Damascene
“…deified and to become God and to be equally God with the Word; and God the Word is said to be made flesh, and to become man, and is called creature and last: not in the sense that the two natures are converted into one compound nature (for it is not possible for the opposite natural qualities to exist at the same…” — editor's note: Is. xlviii. 12.
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Ambrose of Milan
““I am the beginning,” He saith, “and I live for ever, and My hand hath laid the foundations of the earth, My right hand hath made the heaven to stand abidingly;” and further on: “I have spoken, and I have called; I have brought him, and have made his way to prosper.” — editor's note: Isa. xlviii. 12.
Read the whole comment“…had the Son of God any beginning, seeing that He already was at the beginning, nor shall He come to an end, Who is the Beginning and the End of the Universe; for being the Beginning, how could He take and receive that which He already had, or how shall He come to an end, being Himself the End of all things, so that…” — editor's note: Rev. i. 8, 17; ii. 8; iii. 14; xxii. 13; Isa. xli. 4; xliv. 6; xlviii. 12.
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Aphrahat
“That no one should suppose that there is another God, either before or afterwards, he said:—From age and unto age, just as Isaiah said:—I am the first and I am the last.” — editor's note: Is. xliv. 6; xlviii. 12.
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Augustine of Hippo
“I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; when they were made, there was I. And now the Lord God and His Spirit hath sent me.”” — editor's note: Isa. xlviii. 12-16.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 6.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 6.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 6.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 6.