Cyprian : It is not easy for God to pardon idolaters.… Ezekiel also denounces this wrath of God on those who sin against God. He says, "And the word of the Lord came to me saying, 'son of man, when a land shall sin against me so as to transgress grievously, I will stretch forth my hand on it, and I will break the staff of the bread thereof; and I will send famine on it and destroy man and beast out of it. And if these three men, Noah, Daniel and Job, shall be in it, they will not deliver sons or daughters; themselves alone shall be saved.' " — Treatise XI. Exhortation to Martyrdom 5:4 Origen of Alexandria : Do you think it is true that the word applies not to the inhabitants of the earth but to the earth itself? — HOMILIES ON Ezekiel 4:1 Origen of Alexandria : Thanks to the churches which reach to the limits of the world, the entire earth cries out with joy toward the God of Israel, and it is capable of good acts in its borders. — HOMILIES ON Ezekiel 4:1 Origen of Alexandria : Even though it is a punishment of the mother to be sent into exile, to be deprived of her children or at least to see her children bound for another province, in the same sort of way our mother the earth is chastised for her sins by God when people and beast are removed from her. — HOMILIES ON Ezekiel 4:3 Origen of Alexandria : As the experts in medical art put it, in order to perform certain healings in the body, it is necessary to inflict not only a cut but also a burn. — HOMILIES ON Ezekiel 5:1 Origen of Alexandria : Those who are not healed by the baptism of the Holy Spirit, he baptizes with fire, because they are not able to be purified by the purification of the Holy Spirit. — HOMILIES ON Ezekiel 5:1