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Old Testament XIII: Ezekiel, Daniel is unavailable, but you can change that!

Over forty church fathers are cited in the commentary on Ezekiel, some of whom are here translated into English for the first time, but pride of place goes to four significant extant works: the homilies of Origen and Gregory the Great, and the commentaries of Jerome and Theodoret of Cyr, thus bridging East and West, North and South. A similar array of fathers are found within the commentary on...

: The waters flowing from the temple are the teaching of the church (JEROME), the waters of baptism (EPISTLE OF BARNABAS), waters that are made sweet by Christ’s entry into them at his baptism, which grants forgiveness (JEROME, THEODORET) and overflowing spiritual nourishment (PSEUDO-DIONYSIUS). The prophet enters the water, a sign of our spiritual journey (ISAAC) and the capacity of the apostolic teaching to irrigate the most arid soul (JEROME). Christ meets the fishermen by the sea, transforming
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