Psalm 97:3 (WEB)
A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.
Fathers and councils · 7
Augustine of Hippo
““Fire shall go before Him.”” — editor's note: Ps. xcvii. 3.
Read the whole comment““There shall go a fire before Him, and burn up His enemies on every side” (ver. 3).” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“Our summer is the appearing of Christ: “God shall come manifest, our God, and He will not be silent;” “fire shall go before Him:” that fire “shall burn up His enemies:” that fire shall lay hold of the withered trees.” — editor's note: Ps. xcvii. 3.
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John Chrysostom
““A fire will burn before Him, and consume His enemies on every side.” ( Ps. xcvii. 3.)” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“For “a fire shall proceed before His face, and shall utterly burn His enemies;” striking down not the body only, but the souls too, into hell.” — editor's note: Comp. Ps. xcvii. 3.
Read the whole comment“Of Him the psalmist sang, “A fire shall go out before Him, and burn up His enemies round about.”” — editor's note: Ps. xcvii. 3.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…storms, or that which is prepared for the Devil and his Angels or that which proceeds from the face of the Lord, and shall burn up his enemies round about; and one even more fearful still than these, the unquenchable fire which is ranged with the worm that dieth not but is eternal for the wicked.” — editor's note: Ps. xcvii. 3.
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