Psalm 82:6 (WEB)
I said, “You are gods, all of you are sons of the Most High.
Catechism · 1
“In the Old Testament, "son of God" is a title given to the angels, the Chosen People, the children of Israel, and their kings.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Dt 14:1; (LXX) 32:8; Job 1:6; Ex 4:22; Hos 2:1; 11:1; Jer 3:19; Sir 36:11; Wis 18:13; 2 Sam 7:14; Ps 82:6.
Fathers and councils · 53
Augustine of Hippo
“Nor, if this kind of inquiry be addressed to us with respect to the Holy Spirit, ought we to affirm in reply that He is anything else than God; being earnestly on our guard, [however], against an acceptance of this merely in the sense in which it is applied to men, when it is said, “Ye are gods.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6
Read the whole comment“See in the same Psalm those to whom he saith, “I have said, Ye are gods, and children of the Highest all; but ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6, 7.
Read the whole comment“…those whom He wished by lowliness to make the children of the Most High, and blaming them: “I said, Ye are gods, ye are all the children of the Most High” (ver. 6).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“But when they say Angels, suppose they mean men, since it is said, “I have said, Ye are Gods, and all the children of the Most Highest.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment“Even men are styled gods: “I have said, Ye are gods: and ye are all the children of the Most Highest:” again it is written, “God standeth in the congregation of princes: He is a Judge among gods.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6, 1.
Read the whole comment“I darenot say it of myself, let us hear the Scriptures: “I have said, Ye are gods, and all of you sons of the Most High.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment“But if not a creature, then not only God (for men likewise are called gods), but also very God; and therefore absolutely equal with the Father and the Son, and in the unity of the Trinity consubstantial and co-eternal.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6
Read the whole comment“…and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me;” and that other, “I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the Most High;” and this again, “If then I be a Father, where is mine honour? and if I be a Master, where is my fear?” and very many other statements, where the Jews are…” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment“The very same Peter a little while before blessed, afterwards Satan, in one moment, within a few words!” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6, 7.
Read the whole comment“Hear the voice of My Father saying, “I have said, Ye are gods; and ye are all the children of the Most High.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment“For it is said to them who live after God, “Ye are gods, and ye are all the children of the Most High.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment“I will tell you, “I have said, Ye are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment“For Christ called Himself the Son after one manner, in another was it said to men, “I said, Ye are Gods, and ye are all children of the Most High.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment“But the same Scripture also calls men who belong to God’s people “gods:” “I have said, Ye are gods, and all of you children of the Most High.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment“…we cannot express in one word, but call it the worship of God,—this, we say, belongs only to that God who is the true God, and who makes His worshippers gods.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment“…with whom they themselves also were gods, according to that expression of the psalm: “I have said, Ye are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment“Hear in the Psalms: “I have said, ye are gods; and all of you are children of the Most High.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment““Is it not written in your law,” that is, as given to you, “that I said, Ye are gods?”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment“…sons of God,” and according to what the Lord Himself also mentioned, as declared in the law, “I said, Ye are gods; and all of you children of the Most High:” because He said, “He that believeth on me, believeth not on me,” to show that the whole extent of our faith in Christ should not be limited by His manhood.” — editor's note: Chap. x. 34; Ps. lxxxii. 6.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“But of what gods [does he speak]? [Of those] to whom He says, “I have said, Ye are gods, and all sons of the Most High.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment“To whom the Word says, mentioning His own gift of grace: “I said, Ye are all the sons of the Highest, and gods; but ye shall die like men.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6, 7.
Read the whole comment“He declares, “I have said, Ye are gods; and ye are all sons of the Highest.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6, 7.
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Tertullian
“For we shall be even gods, if we, shall deserve to be among those of whom He declared, “I have said, Ye are gods,” and, “God standeth in the congregation of the gods.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment“…be the Lord, then (I ask you) call to mind along with them the passage where it is written, “I have said, Ye are gods, and ye are children of the Most High;” and again, “God standeth in the congregation of gods;” in order that, if the Scripture has not been afraid to designate as gods human beings, who have become…” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment“And again, “I have said, Ye are gods.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 1, 6.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“Wherefore He is very God, existing one in essence with the very Father; while other beings, to whom He said, ‘I said ye are Gods,’ had this grace from the Father, only by participation of the Word, through the Spirit.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment“…is the assurance of immortality;” but being incorrupt, he would live henceforth as God, to which I suppose the divine Scripture refers, when it says: “I have said ye are gods, and ye are all sons of the most Highest; but ye die like men, and fall as one of the princes.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6, sq.
Read the whole comment“For He was made man that we might be made God; and He manifested Himself by a body that we might receive the idea of the unseen Father; and He endured the insolence of men that we might inherit immortality.” — editor's note: θεοποιηθῶμεν. See Orat. ii. 70, note 1, and many other passages in those Discourses, as well as Letters 60. 4, 61. 2. (Eucharistic reference), de Synodis 51,…
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Catena Aurea on Luke
- Ambrose of MilanCatena Aurea on Luke
“For it follows, And ye shall be the sons of the Highest (Ps. 82:6.).” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
“(Ps. 82:6) God saith this by the Prophet in the Psalm.” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“To others also the Scripture says, Ye are the sons of the Lord your God: and in another place, I have said, Ye are gods, and ye are all sons of the Most High.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.21Conference VIII
“But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes;” who fell away from that true study of natural philosophy, handed down to them by their ancestors, which the first man who forthwith traced out the study of all…” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxi. (lxxxii.) 6, 7.
Read the whole comment “…thus apply it to God by unworthy comparisons, as where God says to Moses: “I have given thee as a God to Pharaoh,” or in this passage: “I said ye are Gods,” where it clearly has the force of a title given by condescension.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxi. (lxxxii.) 6.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Accordingly this grace is indicated by the prophet, when he says, “I said that ye are gods, and all sons of the Highest.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment““I,” says He, “have said that ye are gods, and all sons of the Highest.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment““I said, Ye are Gods; and all sons of the Highest.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
Read the whole comment““I said, Ye are gods, and sons of the highest.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
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Ambrose of Milan
“Furthermore, the Arians deny that in Godhead He is One with the Father.” — editor's note: Christ, according to the Arians, was not truly God, though He was called God. Again, He was only so called in virtue of communication of grace from the Father.…
Read the whole comment“Thou deniest My Godhead, whereas I said, ‘Ye are gods, and ye are all the children of the Most Highest?’” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6; S. John x. 34 ff.
Read the whole comment“Wherefore it is also said in the Psalms: “I have said, ye are gods.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
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John Chrysostom
“For, “I have said, Ye are Gods, and all of you are children of the Most High.” ( Ps. lxxxii. 6.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Of the first the Prophet says, “I have said, Ye are gods, and all of you are children of the Most High” ( Ps. lxxxii. 6 ); but of the latter, that they “were born of God.”” — the author cites it
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- JeromeCatena Aurea on Matthew
“But if that which is written, “I said, Ye are gods, but ye shall die like men,” [Ps 82:6-7] is said to those who for their sins deserve to become men instead of gods, then they to whom sins are forgiven are rightly called “men.”” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment - OrigenCatena Aurea on Matthew
“And they seem righteous outwardly, not in the eyes of such as the Scripture calls “Gods,” but of such only as “die like men.” [Ps 82:6]” — the author cites it
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…(children) and they have rebelled against me;” and through the thrice blessed David “I have said ye are gods and all of you are children of the Most High,” and to the Romans the wise Paul wrote in this manner, “For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.” — editor's note: Psalm lxxxii. 6
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Jerome
“But ye shall die like men and fall like one of the princes.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6, 7.
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Basil the Great
“But when even man is called “god” as in the words, “I have said ye are gods,” and “dæmon” as in the words, “The gods of the nations are dæmons,” in the former case the name is given by favour, in the latter untruly.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
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Hilary of Poitiers
“…and you consider that it is assigned to the Son in exactly the same sense in which the words, I have said, Ye are Gods, and all of you sons of the Most High, were spoken; that is, that He bears the name through the Giver’s condescension, and not by right of nature.” — editor's note: Psalm lxxxi. (lxxxii.) 6.
Read the whole comment“I call to mind another instance of the name being given as a title; that where it is written, I have said, Ye are gods.” — editor's note: Psalm lxxxi. (lxxxii.) 6.
Read the whole comment“Another will call Him, but not think Him, God on the ground that religion allows us to speak of more Gods than One, but He, Whom we recognise as God, must be conscious of sharing the divine nature.” — editor's note: The text is very corrupt here, but the meaning seems to be that, while we have the authority of the Bible to speak of God, if we do not attach its full meaning…
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Aphrahat
“And also David said concerning them:—Ye are Gods and children of the Highest, all of you.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“This, he asserts, is that which has been written: “I said, Ye are gods, and all children of the highest;” “If ye hasten to fly out of Egypt, and repair beyond the Red Sea into the wilderness,” that is, from earthly intercourse to the Jerusalem above, which is the…” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6; Luke vi. 35; John x. 34.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And again in the same place: “I have said, Ye are gods; and ye are all the children of the Highest: but ye shall die like men.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxii. 6, 7.
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Cross-references · 67
Cited together in The City of God IX.22.
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Cited together in Against the Arians I.2.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3.
Cited together in Catechism §441.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 47.
Cited together in Catechism §441.
Cited together in Exhortation to the Heathen Chapter 12.
Cited together in Catechism §441.
Cited together in The City of God XV.23.
Cited together in The City of God XV.23.
Cited together in The City of God XV.23.
Cited together in Catechism §441.
Cited together in The City of God XV.23.
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 23:27–28 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 23:27–28 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The City of God XV.23.
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 6:32–36 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 6:32–36 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 6:32–36 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Ambrose of Milan on Luke 6:32–36 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Catechism §441.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.2 and 2 other places.
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:31–38 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:31–38 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:31–38 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:31–38 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Augustine of Hippo on John 10:31–38 (3) (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.20.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.2.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §3.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 13 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.2.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.38.
Cited together in Against Heresies IV.38.
Cited together in The City of God IX.22 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Incarnation of the Word §52 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.2.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.20.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.2.
Cited together in The City of God X.1.
Cited together in Against the Arians I.2.
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies II.20.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.2.
Cited together in The City of God XV.23.
Cited together in The City of God XV.23.
Cited together in The City of God XV.23.
Cited together in The City of God XV.23.
Cited together in Catechism §441.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.2 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Catechism §441.
Cited together in Catechism §441.
Cited together in Catechism §441.
Cited together in The City of God X.1.
Cited together in The City of God X.1.
Cited together in Catechism §441.
Cited together in Against the Arians I.2.
Cited together in Catechism §441 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Praxeas Chapter 13.
Cited together in The City of God IX.22.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 47.
Cited together in Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 47.
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