Psalm 76:1 (WEB)
In Judah, God is known. His name is great in Israel.
Fathers and councils · 18
Irenaeus of Lyons
“And again: “In Judea is God known; His place has been made in peace, and His dwelling in Zion.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxvi. 1.
Read the whole comment“And there are also some of them who say, “The Lord hath spoken in Zion, and uttered His voice from Jerusalem;” and, “In Judah is God known;”— these indicated His advent which took place in Judea.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxvi. 1.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“…and in Judæa only was God known; but now, unto all the earth has gone forth their voice, and all the earth has been filled with the knowledge of God, and the disciples have made disciples of all the nations, and now is fulfilled what is written, ‘They shall be all taught of God.’” — editor's note: Is. xi. 9; vid. Ps. lxxvi. 1, and xix. 4.
Read the whole comment“And God is no longer known only in Judæa, but in all the earth, ‘their voice hath gone forth, and the knowledge of Him hath filled all the earth.’” — editor's note: Ib. lxxvi. 1; xix. 4.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(Ps. 76:1) I have manifested Thy name, then, must be understood not of the name of God, but of the Father’s name, which name could not be manifested without the manifestation of the Son.” — the author cites it
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Ambrose of Milan
“For first in Judæa the dew of the divine utterance began to give moisture (for “in Jewry is God known”), whilst the whole earth remained without the dew of faith.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxvi. [lxxv.] 1.
Read the whole comment“Nay, but they deny that very thing, which is the foundation of our belief, seeing that they know not the Father, who have denied the Son.” — editor's note: “In Jewry is God known.”—Ps. lxxvi. 1. Yet they deny the Son, and therefore know not the Father.—Matt. xi. 27. Cf. S. John i. 18.
Read the whole comment“For “God is known in Judah, His Name is great in Israel;” that is, the Name which the vases of the Jews held confined in their narrow limits.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxvi. [lxxv.] 1.
Read the whole comment“But that Jewry is within the Church of which it is written: “In Jewry is God known;” therefore as wheel runs within wheel, so in like manner the wings were still, and the wings were flying.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxvi. [lxxv] 1.
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Augustine of Hippo
““In Judah is God known.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxvi. 1.
Read the whole comment““Known in Judæa is God, in Israel great is the Name of Him” (ver. 1).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For, because it is said, “In Judah is God known; His name is great in Israel,” we are not to understand the statement in this way, as if God were less in one place, greater in another; but there His name is great, where He is named according to the greatness of His majesty.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxvi. 1.
Read the whole comment“In itself, indeed, the glory of the Father could neither be diminished nor enlarged; but without any doubt it was less among men when God was known only in Judea: and as yet children praised not the name of the Lord from the rising of the sun to its going down.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxvi. 1.
Read the whole comment“And what of that which we read, “God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel”?” — editor's note: Ps. lxxvi. 1.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- Haymo of HalberstadtCatena Aurea on Matthew
“…sits on the mount, only the disciples come to Him; because before He took on Him the frailty of our human nature, God was known only in Judaea [margin note: Ps 76:1]; but when He came down from the height of his Divinity, and took upon Him the frailty of our human nature, a great multitude of the nations followed…” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“…when many came from the East and from the West and sat in Abraham’s bosom: then God ceased to be known in Judah only and His name to be great in Israel alone; the sound of the apostles went out into all the earth and their words into the ends of the world.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxvi. 1.
Read the whole comment“Moreover before the resurrection of Christ God was “known in Judah” only and “His name was great in Israel” alone.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxvi. 1.
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Leo the Great
“In the three Magi let all people worship the Author of the universe: and let God be known not in Judæa alone, but in all the world, so that everywhere “His name” may be “great in Israel.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxvi. 1.
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Cross-references · 24
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.8.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 3.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.21.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.21.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.8.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 3.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 3.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.8.
Cited together in Haymo of Halberstadt on Matthew 8:1–4 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.21.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.8.
Cited together in Haymo of Halberstadt on Matthew 8:1–4 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 3.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.8.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 17:6–8 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.21.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit III.21.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.8.
Cited together in On the Holy Spirit I.8.
Cited together in Concerning Widows Chapter 3.