Lamentations 4:20

Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa, Against Eunomius II.14Book II

  “…that of “Holy,” are by the Scriptures equally applied to the Father and the Son (for “God is a Spirit,” and “the anointed Lord is the Spirit before our face,” and “the Lord our God is Holy,” and there is “one Holy, one Lord Jesus Christ”) lest there should, by the use of these terms, be bred in the minds of his…” — editor's note: Cf. Lam. iv. 20 in LXX.

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Irenaeus of Lyons

• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies III.10Book III

  “For He is indeed Saviour, as being the Son and Word of God; but salutary, since [He is] Spirit; for he says: “The Spirit of our countenance, Christ the Lord.”” — editor's note: Lam. iv. 20, after LXX.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, Against Praxeas Chapter 14

  ““The Spirit of His person is Christ the Lord.”” — editor's note: Lam. iv. 20. Tertullian reads, “Spiritus personæ ejus Christus Dominus.” This varies only in the pronoun from the Septuagint, which runs, Πνεῦμα προσώπου ἡμῶν…

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion III.5Book III

  “…know for certain that Christ always spoke in the prophets, as the Spirit of the Creator (for so says the prophet: “The person of our Spirit, Christ the Lord,” who from the beginning was both heard and seen as the Father’s vicegerent in the name of God), are well aware that His words, when actually upbraiding Israel,…” — editor's note: This seems to be a translation with a slight alteration of the LXX. version of Lam. iv. 20, πνεῦμα προσώπου ἡμῶν Χριστὸς Κύριος .

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Jerome

• Jerome, Against the Pelagians Book 2

  “Lam. iv. 20.” — the author cites it

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Catena Aurea on Luke

• Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke

  “…of Persons with the unity of the substance, since Christ both God and man is one Spirit, as it is written, The Spirit before our face, Christ the Lord; (Lam. 4:20.) the same Spirit is holy, for both the Father is holy, and the Son holy, and the Spirit holy.” — the author cites it

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Cyril of Jerusalem

• Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 14

  “Lamenting then he says, The breath of our countenance, Christ the Lord was taken in our corruptions.” — editor's note: Lam. iv. 20: The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord, was taken in their pits.

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• Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 18

  “…it is said of the Father, God is a Spirit, as it is written in the Gospel according to John; and of the Son, A Spirit before our face, Christ the Lord, as Jeremias the prophet says; and of the Holy Ghost, the Comforter, the Holy Ghost, as was said;—yet the arrangement of articles in the Faith, if religiously…” — editor's note: Lam. iv. 20. The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord: referring to the captive king.

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Eusebius of Caesarea

• Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History I.3Book I

  “Jeremiah, for instance, speaks as follows: “The Spirit before our face, Christ the Lord, was taken in their destructions; of whom we said, under his shadow we shall live among the nations.”” — editor's note: Lam. iv. 20.

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Origen

• Origen, De Principiis II.6Book II

  “I think, indeed, that Jeremiah the prophet, also, understanding what was the nature of the wisdom of God in him, which was the same also which he had assumed for the salvation of the world, said, “The breath of our countenance is Christ the Lord, to whom we said, that under His shadow we shall live among the nations.”” — editor's note: Lam. iv. 20.

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• Origen, De Principiis IV.3Book IV

  “…thus spake the prophet regarding it: “The breath of our countenance, Christ the Lord, to whom we said, that under Thy shadow we shall live among the nations;” at the time, viz., when He will more worthily transfer all the saints from a temporal to an everlasting Gospel, according to the designation, employed by John…” — editor's note: Lam. iv. 20.

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Basil the Great

• Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit Chapter 18

  “He is called Spirit, as “God is a Spirit,” and “the breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Lam. iv. 20. Sic in A.V. and R.V., the reference being to Zedekiah. cf. Jer. xxxix. 5. The Vulgate reads, “Spiritus oris nostri Christus Dominus,” from the…

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, On the Holy Spirit I.9Book I

  “Yet since most suitable place occurs here, that we may not seem to have passed on without a conclusion, let them read that both the Father is called Spirit, as the Lord said in the Gospel, “for God is Spirit;” and Christ is called Spirit, for Jeremiah said: “The Spirit before our face, Christ the Lord.”” — editor's note: Lam. iv. 20.

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• Ambrose of Milan, On the Mysteries Chapter 9

  “Whence the Apostle says of its type: “Our fathers ate spiritual food and drank spiritual drink,” for the Body of God is a spiritual body; the Body of Christ is the Body of the Divine Spirit, for the Spirit is Christ, as we read: “The Spirit before our face is Christ the Lord.”” — editor's note: Lam. iv. 20.

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Aphrahat

• Aphrahat, Select Demonstrations Demonstration 5

  “And he was overshadowing all his people, as Jeremiah said:—The anointed of the Lord is the breath of our nostrils, he of whom we said that in his shadow shall we live amongst the Gentiles.” — editor's note: Lam. iv. 20.

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• Aphrahat, Select Demonstrations Demonstration 21

  “For Josiah the daughters of Israel mourned and wailed, as Jeremiah said:—O daughters of Israel, weep for Josiah; and over Jesus did the daughters of Israel weep and mourn, as Zechariah said:—The land shall mourn, families over families.” — editor's note: 2 Chron. xxxv. 25; Lam. iv. 20.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XVIII.33Book XVIII

  “Jeremiah, in prophesying of Christ, says, “The breath of our mouth, the Lord Christ, was taken in our sins,” thus briefly showing both that Christ is our Lord and that He suffered for us.” — editor's note: Lam. iv. 20.

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• Mark 9:4

  Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 14.

• Luke 4:18

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• John 4:24

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• Acts 10:37

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• Acts 10:38

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• 2 Corinthians 2:15

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• 2 Corinthians 5:21

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• 1 Peter 2:24

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• Exodus 33:13

  Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 14.

• Numbers 12:6

  Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 14.

• Numbers 12:7

  Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 14.

• Numbers 12:8

  Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 14.

• Psalm 4:7

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• Psalm 45:8

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• Psalm 119:120

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• Isaiah 53:5

  Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.9.

• Jeremiah 52:9

  Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 14.