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Isaiah 65:15

Michelangelo, The Prophet Isaiah, c. 1509 · Sistine Chapel · Public domainMichelangelo, The Prophet Isaiah, c. 1509, Sistine Chapel

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Isaiah 65:15 (WEB)

You will leave your name for a curse to my chosen, and the Lord GOD will kill you. He will call his servants by another name,

Fathers and councils · 8

Cyril of Jerusalem

  • “The prophet made this point safe beforehand, saying, But upon My servants shall a new name be called, which shall be blessed upon the earth.” — editor's note: Isa. lxv. 15, 16. The LXX. here depart from the meaning of the Hebrew: “He shall call His servants by another name: so that he who blesseth himself in the…

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  • “And when crowds had been instructed by them and assembled in the Church, it came to pass that the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch; the Holy Ghost, methinks, bestowing on the believers that new Name, which had been promised before by the Lord.” — editor's note: Ib. v. 26. Cf. Is. lxv. 15.

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  • “…who have been counted worthy of the name of Faithful (of whom it is written, Upon My servants shall be called a new name which shall be blessed on the earth,) ye shall say with gladness, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places…” — editor's note: Ib. lxv. 15.

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Eusebius of Caesarea

Theodoret of Cyrus

  • “Of this name the Lord of all says, “The Lord God shall call His servants by another name which shall be blessed on the earth” and the following is the reason why the Church specially clings to this name.” — editor's note: Isaiah lxv. 15, 16, lxx.

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Hilary of Poitiers

Clement of Alexandria

Cyprian of Carthage

Cross-references · 14

  • Cited together in Church History I.4.

  • Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

  • Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

  • Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

  • Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

  • Cited together in Church History I.4.

  • Cited together in Church History I.4.

  • Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

  • Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

  • Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

  • Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

  • Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

  • Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

  • Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews I.23.

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