Isaiah 60:17 (WEB)
For bronze I will bring gold; for iron I will bring silver; for wood, bronze, and for stones, iron. I will also make peace your governor, and righteousness your ruler.
Fathers and councils · 2
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Such presbyters does the Church nourish, of whom also the prophet says: “I will give thy rulers in peace, and thy bishops in righteousness.”” — editor's note: Isa. lx. 17.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X I.13Conference I
“…shall no more go down, neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: but the Lord shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended:” and therefore the holy Apostle does not say generally or without qualification that every joy is the kingdom of God, but markedly and emphatically that joy…” — editor's note: Is. lx. 17–20.
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