Leviticus 11:13 (WEB)
“‘You shall detest these among the birds; they shall not be eaten because they are an abomination: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,
Fathers and councils · 3
Origen
- Origen, De Principiis IV.1Book IV
“…an animal called the goat-stag, which cannot possibly exist, but which, as being in the number of clean beasts, Moses commands to be eaten; and a griffin, which no one ever remembers or heard of as yielding to human power, but which the legislator forbids to be used for food.” — editor's note: Gryphus; “ossifrage,” Auth. Vers. Lev. xi. 13; Heb. סרֶפֶ.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…carcases of the dead, and which the law prohibited, commanding figuratively, ‘Thou shalt not eat the eagle, nor any other bird that feedeth on a dead carcase;’ and it pronounced unclean whatsoever eateth the dead.” — editor's note: Lev. xi. 13.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Further, He says: “Thou art not to eat a kite or swift-winged ravenous bird, or an eagle,” meaning: Thou shalt not come near men who gain their living by rapine.” — editor's note: Lev. xi. 13, 14; Deut. xiv. 12.
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