Ezekiel

Major prophet. His beginning and end are wrapped in such obscurity that among the Hebrews these parts are not read before age thirty.

Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship

• I. THE HELMETED PROLOGUE. — Seventh in the order of the Prophets

  "Seventh, Ezekiel."

• II. JEROME TO PAULINUS. — The heavens were opened to Ezekiel which had been closed to the sinful people

  "The heavens were opened to Ezekiel which had been closed to the sinful people."

• II. JEROME TO PAULINUS. — His beginning and end are wrapped in such obscurity that among the Hebrews these parts are not read before age thirty

  "The third has his beginning and end wrapped in such great obscurities that among the Hebrews these parts, along with the beginning of Genesis, are not read before the age of thirty."

Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture

• Chapter I: On the Excellence, Necessity, and Fruit of Sacred Scripture — Saw a great river flowing from beneath the threshold of the Lord's house; saw trees on both banks representing Saints nourished by Scripture

  "Once that most mysterious of all prophets, Ezekiel, saw a great river"

• Chapter IV: The Judgments and Examples of the Fathers — In chapter 2, beheld the four-faced creature and glory of the Lord; fell prostrate; kept silent until mouth was opened

  "Ezekiel, in chapter 2, having beheld the form of the four-faced creature"

• Chapter V: On the Dispositions Required for This Study — With open mouth directed to God, was fed by God from a book of lamentations

  "Ezekiel, with open mouth... was fed by God from a book"

Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses

• Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch — Ezekiel 28 describes the wealth and fall of the king of Tyre after the pattern of a Cherub

  "Ezekiel chapter 28, verses 2 and 14, describes the wealth and fall of the king of Tyre after the pattern of the wealth and fall of some Cherub"