Isaiah 64:4 (WEB)
For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides you, who works for him who waits for him.
Fathers and councils · 18
Irenaeus of Lyons
“…in a paternal manner those things which neither the eye has seen, nor the ear has heard, nor has [thought concerning them] arisen within the heart of man, For there is the one Son, who accomplished His Father’s will; and one human race also in which the mysteries of God are wrought, “which the angels desire to…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9; Isa. lxiv. 4.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…which Thou art, of what nature the eternal life of the saints would be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9.; Isa. lxiv. 4.
Read the whole comment“What “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, or hath entered into the heart of man.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 4; 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“That therefore which God promiseth us is ineffable sweetness and a good, as the Scripture saith, and as ye have often heard by us rehearsed, which “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath entered into the heart of man.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 4.
Read the whole comment“Understanding corresponds to the pure in heart, the eye being as it were purged, by which that may be beheld which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, and what hath not entered into the heart of man: and of them it is here said, “Blessed are the pure in heart.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 4 and 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“For what is faith, but believing what you see not?” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 4; 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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Origen
- Origen, De Principiis III.7Book III
“From which comparison it may be conceived how great are the comeliness, and splendour, and brilliancy of a spiritual body; and how true it is, that “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive, what God hath prepared for them that love Him.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9; cf. Isa. lxiv., 4.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Dost thou deny His goodness, Who hath given us what “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard?”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9; Isa. lxiv. 4.
Read the whole comment“And therefore is He called the Spirit of revelation, as you read: “For God giveth to those who thus prepare themselves the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, that He may be known.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 4.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…those things which the eye hath not seen, nor the ear heard, and which have not entered into the heart of man, which God hath prepared for those that love Him, through His only Son, our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ; through Whom, to the Father alone, by the Holy Ghost, be glory and dominion for ever and ever.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. ii. 9; Is. lxiv. 4.
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Jerome
“…of the world men have not heard nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee what thou hast prepared for them that wait for thee.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 4, lxx. A.V. has ‘what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.’
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Hilary of Poitiers
“I answer that in the beginning of that utterance in which it is said that the servants of the true God shall bless Him and swear by Him, we read this adoration by the prophet:—From everlasting we have not heard, nor have our eyes seen God, except Thee, and Thy works which Thou wilt do for them that await Thy mercy.” — editor's note: Isai. lxiv. 4.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“As to what concerns us, it is not only the Peace of God which passeth all understanding and knowledge, nor only the things which God hath stored up in promise for the righteous, which “eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor mind conceived” except in a very small degree, nor the accurate knowledge of the Creation.” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 4; 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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Leo the Great
“…see; and through the unspeakable joy of eternal contemplation obtains that “which eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has entered into the heart of man.”” — editor's note: Is. lxiv. 4 ; 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“For how is that possible with things which “eye hath not seen, neither ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man”?” — editor's note: Is. lxiv. 4; 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“But swear, says Justinus, if you wish to know “what eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and the things which have not entered into the heart;” that is, if you wish to know Him who is good above all, Him who is more exalted, (swear) that you will preserve the secrets (of the Justinian) discipline, as…” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 4; 1 Cor. ii. 9.
Read the whole comment“And immediately the gate was opened, and the Father, without the angels, entered, (advancing) towards the Good One, and beheld “what eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and what hath not entered into the heart of man to (conceive).”” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 4; 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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Clement of Alexandria
““Lo, I make new things,” saith the Word, “which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man.”” — editor's note: Isa. lxiv. 4; 1 Cor. ii. 9.
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Cross-references · 30
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.4.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.19.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.4.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.4.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.4.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.36.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.21.
Cited together in The Great Catechism Chapter 42.
Cited together in The Great Catechism Chapter 42.
Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in The Great Catechism Chapter 42.
Cited together in The Great Catechism Chapter 42.
Cited together in The Refutation of All Heresies V.21.
Cited together in Confessions IX.10.
Cited together in On the Sermon on the Mount I.4.
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