Psalm 148:5 (WEB)
Let them praise the LORD’s name, for he commanded, and they were created.
Fathers and councils · 20
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus II.9Book II
“And we make these statements not from our own conjectures, but because we believe the prophecies circulated among the Jews, in which it is said of God, and of the works of creation, in express words, as follows: “He spake, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 5.
Read the whole comment “…and in this sense we understand the words, “Praise God, ye heaven of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens: let them praise the name of the Lord.”” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. cxlviii. 4, 5.
Read the whole comment- Origen, De Principiis II.1Book II
“Perhaps also the expression in the Psalms has reference to this: “He spake, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 5.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“…Whose power lags not behind His will and Whose will is the measure of His power (for “He spake the word and they were made, He commanded and they were created”), He Who made all things by Himself, and made them consist in Himself, without Whom no existing thing either came into being or remains in being,—He it is Who…” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 5, or xxxiii. 9 in LXX.
Read the whole comment“For learning as we do that “He spake the word and they were made: He commanded and they were created,” we know that the Word is the Creator of matter, by that very act also producing with the matter the qualities of matter, so that for Him the impulse of His…” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 5, or xxxiii. 9 in LXX.
Read the whole comment“…it leaves these, and asserts of God in lofty and magnificent language the creation of all existent things, when it says, “He spake the word and they were made, He commanded and they were created.”” — editor's note: Or “were generated.” The reference is to Ps. cxlviii. 5.
Read the whole comment“…fire and hail, snow and vapour, wind of the storm, mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars, beasts and all cattle, worms and feathered fowls.”” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. cxlviii. 2–10.
Read the whole comment“…of earth by undergoing mutation or alteration, but His will sufficed Him for the existence of all things that were made: “He spake and they were generated,” so that even the name of “generation” does not fail to accord with the existence of the earth.” — editor's note: Cf. Ps. xxxiii. 9, and Ps. cxlviii. 5, in LXX. (reading ἐγεννήθησαν).
Read the whole comment“…greatly and loftily claims for God the generation of the things that are, where it says, “He spake and they were begotten, He commanded and they were created.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 5 (LXX.).
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“David also expresses the same truth [when he says] “For He spake, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 9, Ps. cxlviii. 5.
Read the whole comment“The prophetic Spirit bears testimony to these opinions, when He declares, “For He spake, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created: He hath established them for ever, yea, forever and ever.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 5, 6.
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John Damascene
“He hath also established them for ever and ever: He hath made a decree which will not pass.” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 5, 6.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
“For there is no interval between the work of God and the command, because the work is in the command, for “He commanded, and they were created.” [Ps 148:5]” — the author cites it
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Augustine of Hippo
“But when, “from the heavens,” these praise Thee, praise Thee, our God, “in the heights,” all Thy “angels,” all Thy “hosts,” “sun and moon,” all ye stars and light, “the heavens of heavens,” and the “waters that be above the heavens,” praise Thy name.” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 1–12.
Read the whole comment“…enumerated among His heavenly works, the enumeration itself is thus concluded: “He spake the word, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created;” but the earth was “formed,” that man might thence be created in the body.” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 5.
Read the whole comment““Let them praise the Name of the Lord” (ver. 5).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For He had not labored in the view that He might enjoy (a needful) rest, since indeed “He spake, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created;” but that He might signify how, after six ages of this world, in a seventh age, as on the seventh day, He will rest in His saints; inasmuch as these same saints…” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 5
Read the whole comment“Let them praise the name of the Lord; for He commanded, and they were created.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 1–5.
Read the whole comment“For when the Psalm enumerated all these things, it finished thus: “He spoke, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created.”” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 5.
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Ambrose of Milan
“…anything, or bring it to completion, by labor of hands, or in any course of days, “for He spake, and they were made; He gave the word and they were created,” why should we not believe that He Whom we acknowledge as a Creator, mysteriously working, discerning it in His works, also begat His Son in a mysterious manner?” — editor's note: Ps. cxlviii. 5. Cf. xxxiii. 6, 9.
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Cross-references · 40
Cited together in Against Eunomius II.9 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Eunomius II.9 and 1 other place.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.13.
Cited together in Against Eunomius II.7.
Cited together in Bede on Mark 1:40–45 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 1:40–45 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 1:40–45 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 1:40–45 (5) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies II.34.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.34.
Cited together in Against Eunomius II.9 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.2 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.9.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.9.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.2.
Cited together in Against Eunomius II.7 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Eunomius II.7 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Against Eunomius IV.2.
Cited together in Against Eunomius IV.2.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.2.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in On the Catechising of the Uninstructed Chapter 17.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.34.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.13.
Cited together in De Principiis II.1.
Cited together in The City of God XI.9.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.34.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.13.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.13 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Heresies II.2 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Against Eunomius VIII.4.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in Against Eunomius IV.2.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Eunomius VIII.4.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in Against Eunomius II.9.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith II.6.