Catena Fidei

Luke 1:75 (WEB)
in holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life.

Fathers and councils · 5

Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies IV.20Book IV
“…us from the hands of all that hate us, that is, from every spirit of wickedness; and causing us to serve Him in holiness and righteousness all our days, in order that man, having embraced the Spirit of God, might pass into the glory of the Father.” — editor's note: Luke i. 71, 75.
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Augustine of Hippo, Harmony of the Gospels II.6Book II
Chapter V.—A Statement of the Manner in Which Luke’s Procedure is Proved to Be in Harmony with Matthew’s in Those Matters Concerning the Conception and the Infancy or Boyhood of Christ, Which are Omitted by the One…
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Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 109
“…aged Simeon, who believed on Him when an infant; of Anna the prophetess; of Zachariah and Elisabeth, who prophesied of Him before He was born of the Virgin; of their son John, His forerunner, the friend of the Bridegroom, who both recognized Him in the Holy Spirit, and preached Him in His absence, and pointed Him…” — editor's note: Luke i. 41–45, 67–79.
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John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke
Zacharias glorifies the Lord, because He hath made us to serve Him with full confidence, not in the flesh as Judah did with the blood of victims, but in the spirit with good works. And this is what he means by in…
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BedeCatena Aurea on Luke
For whosoever either departs from God’s service before he dies, or by any uncleanness stains either the strictness or purity of his faith, or strives to be holy and righteous before men, and not before God, does not…
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