Psalm 33:6 (WEB)
By the LORD’s word, the heavens were made: all their army by the breath of his mouth.
Catechism · 1
“The Word of God and his Breath are at the origin of the being and life of every creature:” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Pss 33:6; 104:30; Gen 1:2; 2:7; Eccl 3:20-21; Ezek 37:10.
Fathers and councils · 32
Gregory of Nyssa
“He who has heard that “by the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth,” neither understands by “word” mere utterance, nor by “breath” mere exhalation, but by what is there said frames the conception of God the Word and of the Spirit of God.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“Thus saith the Scripture, to that effect: “By the Word of the Lord were the heavens established, and all the might of them, by the spirit of His mouth.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6.
Read the whole comment“The Word, no doubt, “by whom,” he says, “the heavens were established, and all their power by the breath of His mouth.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6.
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Tertullian
“Indeed, “by the Word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all their hosts by the breath of His mouth.”” — editor's note: Spiritu Ipsius: “by His Spirit.” See Ps. xxxiii. 6.
Read the whole comment“…Him was there nothing made;” as, again, in another place (it is said), “By His word were the heavens established, and all the powers thereof by His Spirit”—that is to say, by the Spirit (or Divine Nature) which was in the Word: thus is it evident that it is one and the same power which is in one place described…” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6.
Read the whole comment“And if I am not mistaken, there is also another passage in which it is written: “By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the hosts of them by His Spirit.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.7Discourse III
“And as the Apostle writes to Thessalonians, ‘the will of God is in Christ Jesus.’” — editor's note: Prov. iii. 19; Ps. xxxiii. 6; cxxxv. 6, cxv. 3; 1 Thess. v. 18.
Read the whole comment “For ‘Only-begotten’ and ‘Well-beloved’ are the same, as in the words ‘This is My Well-beloved Son.’” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6; xciii. 1; xlv. 1; Matt. iii. 17.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“If, then, said he, the world was made by Him, according to the word of the prophet, “By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made,” then this is the Word that was also made manifest.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6.
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John Damascene
“Moreover the Word must also possess Spirit.” — editor's note: The Greek theologians, founding on the primary sense of the Greek term Πνεῦμα, and on certain passages of Scripture in which the word seemed to retain that…
Read the whole comment“…let there be a firmament and there was a firmament; if the heavens were established by the Word of the Lord and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth; if the heaven and the earth, water and fire and air and the whole glory of these, and, in sooth, this most noble creature, man, were perfected by the Word of…” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Therefore Thou didst speak and they were made, and in Thy Word Thou madest these things.” — editor's note: Ibid. ver. 6.
Read the whole comment““And all the strength of them by the Breath of His Mouth” (ver. 6).” — the author cites it
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Origen
“…of sanctification, as it is written in the Psalm: “By the word of the Lord were the heavens strengthened, and all their power by the Spirit of His mouth.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6.
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“And David, intimating that the mystery of the entire Trinity was (concerned) in the creation of all things, says: “By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the Spirit of His mouth.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6.
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Clement of Alexandria
“…these, which are but instruments for measuring time, to be gods; “for by His word they were established, and all their host by the breath of His mouth.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6.
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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.
Read the whole comment“But neither did the Father make the earth without Thee, for it is written: “All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made.”” — editor's note: S. John i. 3; Ps. xxxiii. 6.
Read the whole comment“…strength in the Holy Spirit, since we read: “By the word of the Lord were the heavens established and all the strength of them by the Spirit of His mouth.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. [xxxii.] 6.
Read the whole comment“For it is written: “By the Word of the Lord were the heavens established, and all the strength of them by the Spirit of His Mouth.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. [xxxii.] 6.
Read the whole comment“For every creature exists both of the will, and through the operation and in the power of the Trinity, as it is written: “Let Us make man after Our image and likeness;” and elsewhere: “By the word of the Lord were the heavens established, and all their power by the Spirit of His mouth.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6.
Read the whole comment“And David says: “By the Word of the Lord were the heavens established.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. [xxxii.] 6.
Read the whole comment“But if thou choose to drag Him down thou wilt see the heavens reversed above thee, for all their strength is from the Spirit.” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. [xxxii.] 6.
Read the whole comment“Recognize that He was working in that making of the world, when the prophet says: “By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all their strength by the spirit of His mouth.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. [xxxii.] 6.
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Basil the Great
““By the word of the Lord were the heavens made and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6. τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ, LXX.
Read the whole comment““For by the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the breath [the Spirit] of His mouth.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6.
Read the whole comment“And if you think of the creation, the powers of the heavens were established by the Spirit, the establishment being understood to refer to disability to fall away from good.” — editor's note: cf. Ps. xxxiii. 6.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“Who is it, Who made all things by His Word, and formed man by His Wisdom, and gathered into one things scattered abroad, and mingled dust with spirit, and compounded an animal visible and invisible,…” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6.
Read the whole comment“O Maker and Transformer in due time of all things by Thy designing Word, according to the knowledge of the depth of Thy wisdom and providence! do Thou now receive Cæsarius, the firstfruits of our pilgrimage; and if he who was last…” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6.
Read the whole comment“…the Resurrection, as you may be shewn by this Scripture; By the Word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the power of them by the breath of His Mouth; and this, The Spirit of God that made me, and the Breath of the Almighty that teacheth me; and again, Thou shalt send forth Thy Spirit and they shall be…” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in the thirty-second Psalm: “By the Word of God were the heavens made fast; and all their strength by the breath of His mouth.”” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6.
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Jerome
“…and invisible, the heavenly powers and terrestrial creatures have one and the same creator, even God, that is, the Holy Trinity, as the blessed David says, ‘By the word of the Lord were the heavens established, and all the host of them by the breath of His mouth’; and the creation of man is a simple proof of the…” — editor's note: Ps. xxxiii. 6.
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Cross-references · 51
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.4 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 45.
Cited together in Catechism §703 and 1 other place.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.7.
Cited together in Against Eunomius II.9.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.7.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.13 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.4.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.4.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 45 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 45.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 7.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 7 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §703.
Cited together in Catechism §703.
Cited together in Against Eunomius II.9.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.4.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 19.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 19.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.13.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 45.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.8.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 45.
Cited together in Catechism §703.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.8.
Cited together in Against Heresies III.8.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.4.
Cited together in Against Eunomius II.9 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Against Heresies I.22 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.4 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.22.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.22.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.22.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.22.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.22.
Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 3 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 45 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith IV.4 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 3.
Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 3.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.4.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.4.
Cited together in Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews II.4.
Cited together in Catechism §703 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §703.
Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 3.
Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 3.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith I.13.
Cited together in On the Mysteries Chapter 3.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith I.7.