Isaiah

Major prophet. The first of the four great prophets; seems to weave not prophecy but a Gospel. David and Isaiah are the summit of biblical poetry.

I. THE HELMETED PROLOGUE. — Fifth in the order of the Prophets
"Fifth is Isaiah."
II. JEROME TO PAULINUS. — The Ethiopian eunuch was reading Isaiah the prophet when Philip came to him
"the holy Eunuch -- or rather man (for thus Scripture names him) -- when he was reading Isaiah the prophet"
II. JEROME TO PAULINUS. — Ruth fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah about sending forth the lamb
"Ruth the Moabite fulfills the prophecy of Isaiah"
II. JEROME TO PAULINUS. — The first of the four great prophets; seems to weave not prophecy but a Gospel
"The first seems to me to weave not prophecy but a Gospel."
ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES. — David and Isaiah are the summit of biblical poetry
"it is there that David and Isaiah, seated in the light that carries them away"
ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES. — The fifty-third chapter of Isaiah is set alongside the Miserere and Lamentations; Isaiah "saw from afar the passion of his Savior"
"all that is nothing beside the Miserere of David, the Lamentations of Jeremiah and the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah"
ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES. — "Isaiah prophesied" — listed among the prophets' modes of expression
"Isaiah prophesied"

Chapter IV: The Judgments and Examples of the Fathers — In chapter 6, beheld a Seraph flying toward him with burning coal opening his mouth for prophesying
"Isaiah, in chapter 6, beheld a Seraph flying toward him"
Chapter IV: The Judgments and Examples of the Fathers — Augustine took up Isaiah after conversion but was frightened by the depth of his utterances
"taking in hand Isaiah the prophet, immediately frightened by the depth of his utterances"

Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch — Christ is called Emmanuel and other names in Isaiah 7:14, 8:3, and 9:6
"in Isaiah 7:14, Christ is called Emmanuel"
Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch — Isaiah 14:11 describes the fall of the king of Babylon through the fall of Lucifer
"Isaiah, chapter 14:11 and following, describes the fall of the king of Babylon through the fall of Lucifer"
Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch — Isaiah 61 describes consolation of Christ; chapter 63 describes his vengeance
"Isaiah in chapter 61 describes the consolation and redemption of Christ"

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