Leviticus 4:5 (WEB)
The anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull, and bring it to the Tent of Meeting.
Fathers and councils · 3
Cyril of Jerusalem
“…two titles on two men distinguished above all: his own successor in the government, Auses, he renamed Jesus; and his own brother Aaron he surnamed Christ, that by two well-approved men he might represent at once both the High Priesthood, and the Kingship of the One Jesus Christ who was to come.” — editor's note: Eusebius: “He consecrated a man high-priest of God, in so far as that was possible, and him he called Christ.” Cf. Lev. iv. 5, 16; vi. 22: ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ Χριστός
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“When he delivered types and symbols of heavenly things, and mysterious images, in accordance with the oracle which said to him, “Look that thou make all things according to the pattern which was shown thee in the mount,” he consecrated a man high priest of God, in so far as that was possible, and him he called Christ.” — editor's note: “Eusebius here has in mind the passages Lev. iv. 5, 16, and Lev. vi. 22, where the LXX. reads ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ χριστός: The priest, the anointed one” (Closs). The…
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Tertullian
“Whence Aaron is called “Christ,” from the “chrism,” which is “the unction;” which, when made spiritual, furnished an appropriate name to the Lord, because He was “anointed” with the Spirit by…” — editor's note: i.e. “Anointed.” Aaron, or at least the priest, is actually so called in the LXX., in Lev. iv. 5, 16, ὁ ἱερεὺς ὁ Χριστός: as in the Hebrew it is the word…
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Cross-references · 6
Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 6.
Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 6.
Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 6.
Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 6.
Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 6.
Cited together in On Baptism Chapter 6.
