Luke 1:78

• §718Article 8 · "I Believe in the Holy Spirit"Read at vatican.va

  “John is "Elijah (who) must come."” — Catechism footnote: Mt 17:10-13; cf. Lk 1:78.

Irenaeus of Lyons

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

  “…from on high hath looked upon us, and appeared to those who sat in darkness and the shadow of death, and has guided our feet into the way of peace;” as Zacharias also, recovering from the state of dumbness which he had suffered on account of unbelief, having been filled with a new spirit, did bless God in a…” — editor's note: Luke i. 78.

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• Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies V.17Book V

  “And in what way can sins be truly remitted, unless that He against whom we have sinned has Himself granted remission “through the bowels of mercy of our God,” in which “He has visited us” through His Son?” — editor's note: Luke i. 78.

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Tertullian

• Tertullian, Against the Valentinians Chapter 2

  “As the symbol of the Holy Spirit, it loves the (radiant) East, that figure of Christ.” — editor's note: By this remark it would seem that Tertullian read sundry passages in his Latin Bible similarly to the subsequent Vulgate version. For instance, in Zech. vi.…

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• Tertullian, An Answer to the Jews Chapter 6

  “…of the New Testament, supervene; while the light from on high would beam upon us who were sitting in darkness, and were being detained in the shadow of death.” — editor's note: Comp. Luke i. 78, 79, Isa. ix. 1, 2, with Matt. iv. 12–16.

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Justin Martyr

• Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 100

  “…before all creatures from the Father by His power and will (for He is addressed in the writings of the prophets in one way or another as Wisdom, and the Day, and the East, and a Sword, and a Stone, and a Rod, and Jacob, and Israel); and that He became man by the Virgin, in order that the disobedience which proceeded…” — editor's note: It is not easy, says Maranus, to say in what Scripture Christ is so called. [Clearly he refers to the Dayspring (St. Luke i. 78) as the LXX. render many texts…

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Augustine of Hippo

• 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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Gregory of Nazianzus

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations Oration 13

  “…than that he should be intermingled with God, and by this intermingling should be deified, and that we should be so visited by the Dayspring from on high, that even that Holy Thing that should be born should be called the Son of the Highest, and that there should be bestowed upon Him a Name which is above every…” — editor's note: Luke i. 78.

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Catena Aurea on Luke

• Theophylact of OhridCatena Aurea on Luke

  Because God hath forgiven our sins not for our works’ sake, but through His mercy, it is therefore fitly added, Through the tender mercy of our God.

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• John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Luke

  Which mercy we find not indeed by our own seeking, but God from on high hath appeared to us, as it follows; Whereby (i. e. by His tender mercy) the dayspring from on high (that is, Christ) hath visited us, taking…

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• A Greek expositorCatena Aurea on Luke

  Abiding on high yet present upon the earth, suffering neither division nor limitation, which thing neither can our understanding embrace, nor any power of words express.

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• Luke 5:20

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.

• 1 Corinthians 9:16

  Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 6.

• Colossians 2:14

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.

• 1 Timothy 2:5

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.

• Genesis 3:8

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.

• 2 Kings 6:6

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.

• Psalm 32:1

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.

• Psalm 32:2

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.

• Psalm 118:24

  Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 100.

• Isaiah 9:1

  Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 6.

• Jeremiah 23:29

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.

• Zechariah 3:8

  Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 100 and 1 other place.

• Zechariah 6:12

  Cited together in Against the Valentinians Chapter 2.

• Matthew 3:10

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.

• Matthew 4:12

  Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 6.

• Matthew 4:13

  Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 6.

• Matthew 4:14

  Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 6.

• Matthew 4:15

  Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 6.

• Matthew 4:16

  Cited together in An Answer to the Jews Chapter 6.

• Matthew 6:12

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.

• Matthew 9:2

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.

• Matthew 9:8

  Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.

• Matthew 11:27

  Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 100.

• Matthew 16:21

  Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 100.

• Matthew 17:10

  Cited together in Catechism §718.

• Matthew 17:11

  Cited together in Catechism §718.

• Matthew 17:12

  Cited together in Catechism §718.

• Matthew 17:13

  Cited together in Catechism §718.