Psalm 45:6 (WEB)
Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
Fathers and councils · 19
Origen
“Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, even Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 6, 7.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“…He saith, And let all the angels of God worship Him,” and, “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever,” and, “Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail”?” — editor's note: Cf. Heb. i. 6–12. The passages there cited are Ps. xcvii. 7; Ps. xlv. 6; Ps. cii. 25, sqq.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, Thy God, hath anointed Thee.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 6.
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Tertullian
“Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: therefore God, even Thy God, hath anointed Thee or made Thee His Christ.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 6, 7.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…Godhead and kingdom, which is the Father’s, in these tones, ‘Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy Kingdom;’ then announces His descent to us thus, ‘Wherefore God, even Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows.’” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 6.
Read the whole comment“…Lord said unto my Lord, Sit Thou on My right hand;’ and, ‘Thy Throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy Kingdom;’ and, ‘Thy Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom;’ it is plain that even before He became man, He was King and Lord everlasting, being Image and Word of the…” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 6.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“David also says in one place, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; and in another place, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundations of the earth, &c., they shall perish, but Thou remainest, &c.; but Thou art the same, and Thy years shall not fail: words which Paul has interpreted of the Son.” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 6.
Read the whole comment“David also the Prophet cried, saying, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy kingdom; Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore God even Thy God hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows.” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 6, 7.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 6, 7.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 6–17
Read the whole comment““Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever” (ver. 6).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment““Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever, a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy kingdom.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 6.
Read the whole comment“Myrrh and drops, and cassia from Thy vestments, from the houses of ivory: out of which the daughters of kings have delighted Thee in Thine honor.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 1–9.
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Justin Martyr
“A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of Thy kingdom: Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity: therefore God, even Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows.’” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 6, 7.
Read the whole comment“Hearken, O daughter, and behold, and incline thine ear, and forget thy people and the house of thy father; and the King shall desire thy beauty: because he is thy Lord, and thou shalt worship Him.’” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 6–11.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Again, you may read in the forty-fourth psalm how the prophet not only calls the Father “God” but also proclaims the Son as God, saying: “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 6.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“That as God, He is king before the ages that prophetic minstrelsy teaches us in the words “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; the sceptre of Thy kingdom is a right sceptre.”” — editor's note: Psalm xlv. 6
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Gregory of Nazianzus
““The Lord rained down fire from the Lord;” and “A sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy Kingdom;” and “Which is and was and is to come, the Almighty”—all which are clearly spoken of the Son, with all the other passages of the same force, none of which is an…” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 6.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity: wherefore God, Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows.”” — editor's note: Ps. xlv. 6, 7.
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Cross-references · 14
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Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 13.
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Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 63.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 63.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 13.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 13.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 13.
Cited together in Dialogue with Trypho Chapter 63.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 13.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 13.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 13.
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Hebrews 1:8 takes up the words of Psalm 45:6 (11 words in common).
