Isaiah 61:2 (WEB)
to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn,
Catechism · 1
“This is why Christ inaugurates the proclamation of the Good News by making his own the following passage from Isaiah:” — Catechism footnote: Isa 61:1-2; cf. Lk 4:18-19.
Fathers and councils · 6
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…and they endeavour to establish this point out of the prophet (for it is written, “To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of retribution”), being truly blind, inasmuch as they affirm they have found out the mysteries of Bythus, yet not understanding that which is called by Isaiah the acceptable…” — editor's note: Isa. lxi. 2.
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Tertullian
“For, again, it is for these deserts of yours that Ezekiel announces your ruin as about to come: and not only in this age—a ruin which has already befallen—but in the “day of retribution,” which will be subsequent.” — editor's note: Comp. Isa. lxi. 2.
Read the whole comment““To comfort all that mourn.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxi. 2.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“And “The blessed crown of Goodness,”—being on every side equal to Himself and alike; and not only this, but also as giving life to all the circle of the virtues, gently commingled and intermixed with each other, according to the Law of Love and Order.” — editor's note: Christ is “a blessed crown of goodness” according to the saying of David, Thou shalt bless the crown of the year with Thy goodness (Ps. lxv. 11). The idea of a…
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Clement of Alexandria
“And that it was necessary for Him to preach only a year, this also is written: “He hath sent Me to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”” — editor's note: [A fair parallel to the amazing traditional statement of Irenæus, and his objection to this very idea, vol. i. p. 391, this series. Isa. lxi. 1, 2.]
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; on account whereof He hath anointed me: He hath sent me to tell good tidings to the poor; to heal the bruised in heart, to preach deliverance to the captives, and sight to the blind, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of retribution.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxi. 1, 2.
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Cross-references · 12
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.11.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.11.
Cited together in Catechism §714.
Cited together in Catechism §714.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.11.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.11.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.11.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.11.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.11.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.11.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.11.
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