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Heb. 1:1 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I

With reason, therefore, the apostle has called the wisdom of God" manifold," and which has manifested its power "in many departments and in many modes"[51]

Heb. 1:1 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I

-by art, by knowledge, by faith, by prophecy-for our benefit. "For all wisdom is from the Lord, and is with Him for ever," as says the wisdom of Jesus.[52]

Heb. 1:1 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book V

The golden lamp conveys another enigma as a symbol of Christ, not in respect of form alone, but in his casting light, "at sundry times and divers manners,"[82]

Heb. 1:1 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI

This is He who is the Teacher of all created beings, the Fellow-counsellor of God, who foreknew all things; and He from above, from the first foundation of the world, "in many ways and many times,"[106]

Heb. 1:1 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI

"For, having spoken at sundry times and in divers manners,"[140]

Heb. 1:1 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII

For we have, as the source of teaching, the Lord, both by the prophets, the Gospel, and the blessed apostles, "in divers manners and at sundry times,"[164]

Heb. 1:1 - NIV, NAB - in Fragments of Clement from the Latin Translation of Cassiodorus

that is, "as good stewards of the manifold grace of God." Similarly also Paul says, "Variously, and in many ways, God of old spake to our fathers."[34]

Heb. 1:1 - NIV, NAB - in A Letter from Origen to Africanus

You seem to me to pay too little heed to the words, "At sundry times, and in divers manners, God spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets."[20]

Heb. 1:1 - NIV, NAB - in Methodius Discourse III. Thaleia

But since there are of arguments myriads of currents and ways, God inspiring us "at sundry times and in divers manners,"[60]

Heb. 1:2 - NIV, NAB - in Lactantius Divine Institutes Book IV

For God had determined, as the last time drew near,[9]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in 1 Clement

"who, being the brightness of His majesty, is by so much greater than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they."[155]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II

of all things, then He is discovered to be the one only God who created all things, who alone is Omnipotent, and who is the only Father rounding and forming all things, visible and invisible, such as may be perceived by our senses and such as cannot, heavenly and earthly, "by the word of His power; "[272]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Fifth

" "Because," he answered, "God planted the vineyard, that is to say, He created the people, and gave them to His Son; and the Son appointed His angels over them to keep them; and He Himself purged away their sins, having suffered many trials and undergone many labours, for no one is able to dig without labour and toil. He Himself, then, having purged away the sins of the people, showed them the paths of life[16]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Ninth

" "Listen," he said: "the name of the Son of God is great, and cannot be contained, and supports the whole world.[22]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VII

) of the glory of the Father"[87]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian An Answer to the Jews

For God the Father none ever saw, and lived.[170]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in Five Books in Reply to Marcion

An Image,[341]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in Origen de Principiis Book I

And when writing to the Hebrews, he says of Him that He is "the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person."[36]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in Origen de Principiis Book I

But since we quoted the language of Paul regarding Christ, where He says of Him that He is "the brightness of the glory of God, and the express figure of His person,"[42]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in Origen de Principiis Book I

,[44]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in Origen de Principiis Book IV

and Paul also declares that the Son is the splendour of everlasting light.[20]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in Origen de Principiis Book IV

As light, accordingly, could never exist without splendour, so neither can the Son be understood to exist without the Father; for He is called the "express image of His person,"[21]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Against Celsus Book VIII

So entirely are they one, that he who has seen the Son, "who is the brightness of God's glory, and the express image of His person,"[28]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in Hippolytus Dogmatical and Historical Fragments

and yet confers liberty on the world;[405]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in A Treatise of Novatian Concerning the Trinity

And thus the weakness and imperfection of the human destiny is nourished, led up, and educated by Him; so that, being accustomed to look upon the Son, it may one day be able to see God the Father Himself also as He is, that it may not be stricken by His sudden and intolerable brightness, and be hindered from being able to see God the Father, whom it has always desired.[137]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in Pseudo-Gregory Thaumaturgus Fourth Homily

Thou who art the brightness of the Father's glory;[11]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in Alexander Epistles on the Arian Heresy

person."[37]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in Alexander Epistles on the Arian Heresy

and, "From the womb, before the morning have I begotten Thee? "[52]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in Methodius Oration Concerning Simeon and Anna

of the most beautiful flower; the mother of the Creator; the nurse of the Nourisher; the circumference of Him who embraces all things; the upholder of Him[86]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in Lactantius Divine Institutes Book IV

as a stream flowing forth from it: the former as the sun, the latter as it were a ray[395]

Heb. 1:3 - NIV, NAB - in 1 Clement

"who, being the brightness of His majesty, is by so much greater than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they."[196]

Heb. 1:5 - NIV, NAB - in 1 Clement

Ask of Me, and I will give Thee the heathen for Thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for Thy possession."[158]

Heb. 1:5 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book IV

This voice the Father was going Himself to recommend. For, says he,[876]

Heb. 1:5 - NIV, NAB - in 1 Clement

Ask of me, and I will give Thee the heathen for Thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for Thy possession."[199]

Heb. 1:5 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on John Book I

None of these testimonies, however, sets forth distinctly the Saviour's exalted birth; but when the words are addressed to Him, "Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee,"[147]

Heb. 1:6 - NIV, NAB - in The Divine Liturgy of James

XVII. The Priest, bringing in the holy gifts,[15]

Heb. 1:7 - NIV, NAB - in 1 Clement

For it is thus written, "Who maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire."[156]

Heb. 1:7 - NIV, NAB - in Origen de Principiis Book II

Respecting the substance of the angels also it speaks as follows: "Who maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a burning fire; "[135]

Heb. 1:7 - NIV, NAB - in Lactantius Divine Institutes Book IV

of God, and also that the other angels are spirits[49]

Heb. 1:7 - NIV, NAB - in 1 Clement

For it is thus written, "Who maketh His angels spirits, and His ministers a flame of fire."[197]

Heb. 1:13 - NIV, NAB - in 1 Clement

And again He saith to Him, "Sit Thou at My right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool."[159]

Heb. 1:13 - NIV, NAB - in 1 Clement

And again He saith to Him, "Sit Thou at my right hand, until I make Thine enemies Thy footstool."[200]

Heb. 1:14 - NIV, NAB - in Athenagoras A Plea for the Christians

and who declare both their power in union and their distinction in order, called atheists? Nor is our teaching in what relates to the divine nature confined to these points; but we recognise also a multitude of angels and ministers,[34]

Heb. 1:14 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Marcion Book II

But when the comparison is challenged with an angel, I am compelled to maintain that the head over all things is the stronger of the two, to whom the angels are ministers,[134]

Heb. 1:14 - NIV, NAB - in A Strain of Sodom

Were ministering spirits,[6]

Heb. 1:14 - NIV, NAB - in Origen de Principiis Book I

There are certain holy angels of God whom Paul terms "ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation."[90]

Heb. 1:14 - NIV, NAB - in Origen de Principiis Book III

On which account our heart must be kept with all carefulness both by day and night, and no place be given to the devil; but every effort must be used that the ministers of God-those spirits, viz., who were sent to minister to them who are called to be heirs of salvation[347]

Heb. 1:14 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Against Celsus Book V

For we indeed acknowledge that angels are "ministering spirits," and we say that "they are sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation; "[8]

Heb. 1:14 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Against Celsus Book VIII

hese, regarding all as their relations and friends who imitate their piety towards God, and in prayer call upon Him with sincerity, work along with them for their salvation, appear unto them, deem it their office and duty to attend to them, and as if by common agreement they visit with all manner of kindness and deliverance those who pray to God, to whom they themselves also pray: "For they are all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for those who shall be heirs of salvation."[71]

Heb. 1:14 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII

Let, then, the principalities and powers with which our wrestling is, be called gates of Hades, but the "ministering spirits"[97]

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