Psalm 87:5

Tertullian

• Tertullian, Against Praxeas Chapter 27

  “Besides, the flesh is not God, so that it could not have been said concerning it, “That Holy Thing shall be called the Son of God,” but only that Divine Being who was born in the flesh, of whom the psalm also says, “Since God became man in the midst of it, and established it by the will of the Father.”” — editor's note: His version of Ps. lxxxvii. 5.

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• Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion IV.13Book IV

  “Sion is my mother, shall a man say; and in her was born a man” (forasmuch as the God-man was born), and He built her by the Father’s will; that you may know how Gentiles then flocked to Him, because He was born the God-man who was to build the church according to the Father’s will—even of other races also.” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxvii. 4, 5, according to the Septuagint.

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Catena Aurea on Luke

• BedeCatena Aurea on Luke

  “(Ps. 87:5.)” — the author cites it

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Ambrose of Milan

• Ambrose of Milan, Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2Book III

  “Thus, indeed, we read: “Sion our mother shall say: ‘He is a man,’ and in her He was made man, and the Most High Himself laid her foundations.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxvii. 5. The R.V. renders “Yea, of Zion it shall be said, This one and that one was born in her.” The verse is rather prophetic of the universality of…

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• Ambrose of Milan, On the Decease of His Brother Satyrus Book 1

  “He wept in that which the prophet this day brought to our minds: “Mother Sion shall say, A man, yea, a man was made in her, and the Most High Himself established her.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxvii. [lxxxvi.] 5.

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Augustine of Hippo

• Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 87

  “Behold, through whom they come; “Sion, my mother, a man shall say; and a man was born in her, and Himself the Most High hath founded her” (ver. 5).” — the author cites it

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• Augustine of Hippo, The City of God XVII.16Book XVII

  “Of which city another psalm says, “Mother Sion, shall a man say, and the man is made in her, and the Highest Himself hath founded her.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxvii. 5.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 54

  “Anna spoke of Him to all those who waited for the redemption of Israel; Marcella cries out with the nations of the redeemed: “A brother redeemeth not, yet a man shall redeem,” and from another psalm: “A man was born in her, and the Highest Himself hath established her.”” — editor's note: Ps. lxxxvii. 5.

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• Luke 1:76

  Cited together in Bede on Luke 1:76 (Catena Aurea) and 1 other place.

• John 1:14

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2.

• John 2:19

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2.

• 1 Corinthians 6:19

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2.

• Colossians 2:12

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2.

• Colossians 2:13

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2.

• Colossians 2:14

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2.

• 1 Timothy 2:5

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2 and 1 other place.

• 1 Timothy 6:16

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2.

• Psalm 18:7

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2.

• Psalm 18:14

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2.

• Psalm 83:18

  Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.2.