Thursday, May 7, 2026

Mishnah Eduyot 8.7: Elijah, When He Returns, Will Solve Outstanding Halakhic Disputes

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In Mishnah Eduyot 8.7, we read the following tradition concerning the then-future return of Elijah and how he will solve outstanding halakhi...

Andrew of Caesarea Identifying the “Altar” (θυσιαστήριον) of Revelation 8:3 with the Person of Jesus

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  8:3b. And to him was given much incense, in order to offer the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne ; This al...

Nonnus of Panopolis (5th century) Using θεοπνευστος for Jesus’s Sandals

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   καὶ ὁπίστερος ὅστις ἱκάνει, Σήμερον ὑμεῖων μέσος ἵσταται, οὐ πρὸς ἄκρου, Ἀνδρομένην παλάμην οὐκ ἀξίος εἰμι πελάσσας, Λῦσαι μόνων ἱμάντα...

The Use of θεόπνους in the Works of Leontius of Byzantium and George of Pisidia

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Lampe, in his A Patristic Greek Lexicon , defines θεόπνους thusly:   θεόπνους, breathed on by God, permeated with God’s Spirit ζῶν δὲ ...

Methodius of Olympus (d. 311) Refering To His Sermon as being a θεοπνευστος composition

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   Λέγει Μωσαϊκῶς· Οὗτός μου θεός, καὶ δοξάσω αὐτόν, θεὸς τοῦ πατρός μου, καὶ ὑψώσω αὐτόν. Ἐχόμενα δὲ τῶν εὐχαριστηρίων (45), ἐξετάσωμεν [...

The Synodical Letter of Ephesus Calling Its Condemnation of Nestorius as a θεοπνευστος (God-breathed) Judgment

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   Τῷ εὐλαβεστάτῳ κλήρῳ καὶ τῷ λαῷ παρὰ τῆς ἁγίας συνόδου.   Οὐδείς τολμήσας τῷ ἰδίῳ κτίστῃ ἐναντιωθῆναι ἔμεινεν ἔκτος θείας δίκης, ἀλ...

Gregory of Nyssa Using θεοπνευστος for Basil the Great's Commentary on Genesis

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   Ταῦτα ποιεῖς, ὦ ἄνθρωπε τοῦ θεοῦ; κατατολμᾶν ἡμᾶς τῶν ἀτολμήτων ἐγκελευόμενος, καὶ πράγμασιν ἐγχειρεῖν τοιούτοις, ὧν οὐ τὸ τυχεῖν μόνον...