{"author":null,"canonical_references":[],"database_sha256":"8cfbe7284c6936871d57c02dc6aa63ebbdfd4722422d539dd9f716e46e91112e","date_end":null,"date_start":null,"edition_year":null,"id":"sermonindex-ecf-4071","native_reference":{"book_number":250,"chapter_from":11,"chapter_to":11,"system":"MyBible module coordinates (mapping unverified)","verse_from":2,"verse_to":2},"public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"verse-keyed-module-record","review_required":["English edition and exact text","author/work attribution","dating","verse mapping and citation kind","reuse and attribution","split author quotations and deduplicate"],"review_status":"unreviewed","source_html":"<p><b>Ambrose of Milan</b>: The Old Testament too knew this number eight which in Latin we call the Octave, for the preacher says, give a portion to seven and also to eight. The number seven belongs to the Old Testament, the number eight to the New, for then Christ rose, and the day of new salvation shone upon all. This is the day whereof the Prophet says, This is the day which the Lord hath made, let us rejoice and be glad in it.<br/><i>— Letter XLIV, To Horontianus</i></p><p><b>Ambrose of Milan</b>: Now the seventh day denotes the mystery of the Law, the eighth that of the Resurrection, as you have in Ecclesiastes, Give a portion to seven and also to eight.<br/><i>— Letter XXVI, To Irenaeus</i></p><p><b>Augustine of Hippo</b>: Before the Lord's resurrection there was rest for the departed but resurrection for none: \"Rising from the dead he dies no more, death has no more dominion over him.\" But after such resurrection had taken place in the Lord's body, so that the head of the church might foreshadow what the body of the church hopes for at the end, then the Lord's day—that is the eighth, which is also the first—began to be observed.<br/><i>— LETTER 55</i></p><p><b>Didymus the Blind</b>: The one who \"gives a part to the seven\" commits to the Old Testament, which was before the arrival of the Savior. The number seven indicates the institution of the sabbath. The one who \"gives a part to the eight\" is the one who believes in the resurrection of the Savior, since he came after the sabbath.The Jews who \"give a part to the seven\" have not \"given a part to the eight\" and therefore they were not saved. The heretics … rejected the law and the Old Testament; since they did not \"give a part to the seven,\" they miss the goal.<br/><i>— COMMENTARY ON Ecclesiastes 317:15</i></p><p><b>Fructuosus of Braga</b>: They need not be hesitant to pray at their own special hours, that is, the second, fourth, fifth, seventh, eighth, tenth, and eleventh, inasmuch as seven or eight are harmonious with the words of Solomon: \"Make seven or eight portions.\" [This is] in order that they may be able to climb through the sevenfold grace of the Spirit and the eight beatitudes on the day of resurrection with unhampered tread up the ladder of Jacob by its fifteen steps to the region of heaven, where Christ is resplendent above.<br/><i>— GENERAL RULE FOR MONASTERIES 10</i></p><p><b>Jerome</b>: \"Give a portion to seven, and also to eight;<br/>for you do not know what evil shall be upon the earth. \"And in Ezekiel there are found seven or eight steps<br/>leading up to the temple. [Ez. 40, 26.31.] And after the 'ethical' Psalm, that is one<br/>hundred and eighteen, all the psalms are of fifteen steps by which we are first<br/>taught the law, and when the seventh is finished, we then climb to the Gospel<br/>through the 'eight steps' [Ier. 'ogdoadem']. Therefore it is taught that we should believe<br/>with equal respect in each, the same for the old as for the new. The Jews dedicated their seventh part,<br/>believing in the Sabbath, but did not dedicate that eighth, denying the<br/>resurrection on the day of the Lord. On<br/>the other hand, heretics, Marcion and Manichaeus and all who rip up the ancient<br/>law with their savage mouths, dedicate their eighth part, taking up the<br/>Gospel. But they do not save as holy the<br/>seventh, spurning the old law. For we<br/>are not able to understand the worthy crucifixions, the worthy punishments<br/>already in mind, which are reserved for those who are moved to wickedness on<br/>earth, that is for the Jews and the heretics, and for those denying the other<br/>of the two. The Hebrews understand this<br/>passage in this way: keep both the Sabbath and the rite of circumcision, for if<br/>you do not adhere to these wickedness will come over you unexpectedly.<br/><i>— Commentary on Ecclesiastes</i></p>","source_html_sha256":"118e0edc1d5dbe58df2e89c6d7a67e5662f66268a714c13e10fa062fb59b95de","source_module":"ECF","source_row_id":4071,"source_url":"https://www.sermonindex.net/commentary/ecf/","text_sha256":"4c5cd92ab3721db2b6818686a9828853014fa0cfcbdd9bdeb8b9930927a77a27","translator":null,"work":null}