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title: "48 Parenting Quotes By The Church Fathers"
description: "48 Parenting quotes by The Church Fathers. Plus more from The Church Fathers and more Parenting sayings from other authors."
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> [“neither without the goodwill of the Father nor without the agency of the Son, can any man know God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/neither-without-the-goodwill-of-the-father-nor-without-the-agency-of/)

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> [“as we do direct our faith towards the Son, so also should we possess a firm and immoveable love towards the Father.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/as-we-do-direct-our-faith-towards-the-son-so-also-should-we-possess-a/)

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> [“the manifestation of the Son is the knowledge of the Father;”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-manifestation-of-the-son-is-the-knowledge-of-the-father/)

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> [“Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents, but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.” Now”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/neither-hath-this-man-sinned-nor-his-parents-but-that-the-works-of/)

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> [“the anointing Father, the anointed Son, and the unction, which is the Spirit.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-anointing-father-the-anointed-son-and-the-unction-which-is-the/)

The Church Fathers

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> [“the more we have loved Him, the more glory shall we receive from Him, when we are continually in the presence of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-more-we-have-loved-him-the-more-glory-shall-we-receive-from-him/)

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> [“For in the name of Christ is implied, He that anoints, He that is anointed, and the unction itself with which He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/for-in-the-name-of-christ-is-implied-he-that-anoints-he-that-is/)

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> [“the Lord taught us that no man is capable of knowing God, unless he be taught of God; that is, that God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-lord-taught-us-that-no-man-is-capable-of-knowing-god-unless-he-be/)

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> [“Jesus Christ to be one and the same, to whom the gates of heaven were opened, because of His taking upon Him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/jesus-christ-to-be-one-and-the-same-to-whom-the-gates-of-heaven-were/)

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> [“Christ Himself, therefore, together with the Father, is the God of the living, who spake to Moses, and who was also manifested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/christ-himself-therefore-together-with-the-father-is-the-god-of-the/)

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> [“the whole economy of salvation regarding man came to pass according to the good pleasure of the Father, in order that God…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-whole-economy-of-salvation-regarding-man-came-to-pass-according/)

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> [“The Lord, receiving this as a gift from His Father, does Himself also confer it upon those who are partakers of Himself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-lord-receiving-this-as-a-gift-from-his-father-does-himself-also/)

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> [“they who were the preachers of the truth and the apostles of liberty termed no one else God, or named him Lord,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/they-who-were-the-preachers-of-the-truth-and-the-apostles-of-liberty/)

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> [“For He fulfils the bountiful and comprehensive will of His Father, inasmuch as He is Himself the Saviour of those who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/for-he-fulfils-the-bountiful-and-comprehensive-will-of-his-father/)

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> [“the Son of God did not then begin to exist, being with the Father from the beginning; but when He became incarnate,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-son-of-god-did-not-then-begin-to-exist-being-with-the-father-from/)

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> [“for this purpose did the Father reveal the Son, that through His instrumentality He might be manifested to all, and might receive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/for-this-purpose-did-the-father-reveal-the-son-that-through-his/)

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> [“God, the Father of the universe, who is the perfect intelligence, is the truth. And the Word, being His Son, came to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/god-the-father-of-the-universe-who-is-the-perfect-intelligence-is-the/)

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> [“for the Word was as yet invisible, after whose image man was created, Wherefore also he did easily lose the similitude. When,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/for-the-word-was-as-yet-invisible-after-whose-image-man-was-created/)

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> [“The Lord, therefore, was not unknown to Abraham, whose day he desired to see; nor, again, was the Lord’s Father, for he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-lord-therefore-was-not-unknown-to-abraham-whose-day-he-desired-to/)

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> [“therefore in the last times the Lord has restored us into friendship through His incarnation, having become “the Mediator between God and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/therefore-in-the-last-times-the-lord-has-restored-us-into-friendship/)

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> [“As regards His greatness, therefore, it is not possible to know God, for it is impossible that the Father can be measured;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/as-regards-his-greatness-therefore-it-is-not-possible-to-know-god-for/)

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> [“in respect to His greatness, and His wonderful glory, “no man shall see God and live,” for the Father is incomprehensible; but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/in-respect-to-his-greatness-and-his-wonderful-glory-no-man-shall-see/)

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> [“God,—the Father planning everything well and giving His commands, the Son carrying these into execution and performing the work of creating, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/god-the-father-planning-everything-well-and-giving-his-commands-the/)

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> [“For the Son is the knowledge of the Father; but the knowledge of the Son is in the Father, and has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/for-the-son-is-the-knowledge-of-the-father-but-the-knowledge-of-the/)

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> [“the Lord did not say that both the Father and the Son could not be known at all (in totum), for in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-lord-did-not-say-that-both-the-father-and-the-son-could-not-be/)

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> [“He, too, “was made in the likeness of sinful flesh,” to condemn sin, and to cast it, as now a condemned thing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/he-too-was-made-in-the-likeness-of-sinful-flesh-to-condemn-sin-and-to/)

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> [“In the beginning, therefore, did God form Adam, not as if He stood in need of man, but that He might have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/in-the-beginning-therefore-did-god-form-adam-not-as-if-he-stood-in/)

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> [“Paul, too, says in like manner, “But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, that I might declare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/paul-too-says-in-like-manner-but-when-it-pleased-god-who-separated-me/)

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> [“He might easily have come to us in His immortal glory, but in that case we could never have endured the greatness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/he-might-easily-have-come-to-us-in-his-immortal-glory-but-in-that/)

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> [“there is this distinction between the habitation of those who produce an hundred-fold, and that of those who produce sixty-fold, and that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/there-is-this-distinction-between-the-habitation-of-those-who-produce/)

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> [ “Therefore have the Jews departed from God, in not receiving His Word, but imagining that they could know the Father \[apart\] by… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/therefore-have-the-jews-departed-from-god-in-not-receiving-his-word/)

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> [“the path of those belonging to the Church circumscribes the whole world, as possessing the sure tradition from the apostles, and gives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-path-of-those-belonging-to-the-church-circumscribes-the-whole/)

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> [“God is powerful in all things, having been seen at that time indeed, prophetically through the Spirit, and seen, too, adoptively through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/god-is-powerful-in-all-things-having-been-seen-at-that-time-indeed/)

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> [“For it was not merely for those who believed on Him in the time of Tiberius Caesar that Christ came, nor did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/for-it-was-not-merely-for-those-who-believed-on-him-in-the-time-of/)

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> [“wherever God says, God went up from Abraham,’ or, The Lord spake to Moses,’ and The Lord came down to behold the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/wherever-god-says-god-went-up-from-abraham-or-the-lord-spake-to-moses/)

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> [“all these things were foreknown by the Father; but the Son works them out at the proper time in perfect order and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/all-these-things-were-foreknown-by-the-father-but-the-son-works-them/)

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> [“He, therefore, who was known, was not a different being from Him who declared “No man knoweth the Father,” but one and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/he-therefore-who-was-known-was-not-a-different-being-from-him-who/)

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> [“the Son, but the Son the visible of the Father. And for this reason all spake with Christ when He was present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-son-but-the-son-the-visible-of-the-father-and-for-this-reason-all/)

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> [“As far as concerned the apostasy, indeed, He redeems us righteously from it by His own blood; but as regards us who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/as-far-as-concerned-the-apostasy-indeed-he-redeems-us-righteously/)

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> [“Christ, who was called the Son of God before the ages, was manifested in the fulness of time, in order that He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/christ-who-was-called-the-son-of-god-before-the-ages-was-manifested/)

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> [ “both the Mosaic law and the grace of the new covenant, as both fitted for the times \[at which they were given\], were bestowed… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/both-the-mosaic-law-and-the-grace-of-the-new-covenant-as-both-fitted/)

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> [ “the precepts of an absolutely perfect life, since they are the same in each Testament, have pointed out \[to us\] the same God, who… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-precepts-of-an-absolutely-perfect-life-since-they-are-the-same-in/)

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> [“God is not as a man.” He thus shows that all men are indeed guilty of falsehood, inasmuch as they change from one thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/god-is-not-as-a-man-he-thus-shows-that-all-men-are-indeed-guilty-of/)

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> [ “Paul in like manner declares, “Love is the fulfilling of the law:” and \[he declares\] that when all other things have been destroyed, there… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/paul-in-like-manner-declares-love-is-the-fulfilling-of-the-law-and-he/)

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> [“as then the condemnation of sinners extended to others who approved of them, and joined in their society; so also is it the case…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/as-then-the-condemnation-of-sinners-extended-to-others-who-approved/)

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> [“His only-begotten Word, who is always present with the human race, united to and mingled with His own creation, according to the Father’s pleasure,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/his-only-begotten-word-who-is-always-present-with-the-human-race/)

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> [“For there is the one Son, who accomplished His Father’s will; and one human race also in which the mysteries of God are wrought,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/for-there-is-the-one-son-who-accomplished-his-father-s-will-and-one/)

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> [ “Mary, having a man betrothed \[to her\], and being nevertheless a virgin, by yielding obedience, become the cause of salvation, both to herself and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/mary-having-a-man-betrothed-to-her-and-being-nevertheless-a-virgin-by/)

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> [“understanding of Christ, which Paul terms the wisdom of God hidden in a mystery, which “the natural man receiveth not,” the doctrine of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/understanding-of-christ-which-paul-terms-the-wisdom-of-god-hidden-in/)

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> [“If, therefore, in the present time also, God, knowing the number of those who will not believe, since He foreknows all things, has given…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/if-therefore-in-the-present-time-also-god-knowing-the-number-of-those/)

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> [“The sea,” he says, “gave up the dead which it had in it, and death and hell delivered up the dead that they contained;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-sea-he-says-gave-up-the-dead-which-it-had-in-it-and-death-and/)

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> [“Christ Himself, therefore, together with the Father, is the God of the living, who spake to Moses, and who was also manifested to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/christ-himself-therefore-together-with-the-father-is-the-god-of-the/)

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> [“Those pastors are to be heard to whom the apostles committed the Churches, possessing one and the same doctrine of salvation; the”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/those-pastors-are-to-be-heard-to-whom-the-apostles-committed-the/)

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> [“the friendship of God imparts immortality to those who embrace it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/the-friendship-of-god-imparts-immortality-to-those-who-embrace-it/)

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> [“Put away from you all wicked desire, and clothe yourself with good and chaste desire; for clothed with this desire you will hate wicked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/the-church-fathers/put-away-from-you-all-wicked-desire-and-clothe-yourself-with-good-and/)

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                        "text": "“there is this distinction between the habitation of those who produce an hundred-fold, and that of those who produce sixty-fold, and that of those who produce thirty-fold: for the first will be taken up into the heavens, the second will dwell in paradise, the last will inhabit the city; and that was on this account the Lord declared, “In My Father’s house are many mansions.” For all things belong to God, who supplies all with a suitable dwelling-place; even as His Word says, that a share is allotted to all by the Father, according as each person is or shall be worthy. And this is the couch on which the guests shall recline, having been invited to the wedding. The presbyters, the disciples of the apostles, affirm that this is the gradation and arrangement of those who are saved, and that they advance through steps of this nature; also that they ascend through the Spirit to the Son, and through the Son to the Father, and that in due time the Son will yield up His work to the Father, even as it is said by the apostle, “For He must reign till He hath put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” For”",
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                        "text": "“wherever God says, God went up from Abraham,’ or, The Lord spake to Moses,’ and The Lord came down to behold the tower which the sons of men had built,’ or when God shut Noah into the ark,’ you must not imagine that the unbegotten God Himself came down or went up from any place. For the ineffable Father and Lord of all neither has come to any place, nor walks, nor sleeps, nor rises up, but remains in His own place, wherever that is, quick to behold and quick to hear, having neither eyes nor ears, but being of indescribable might; and He sees all things, and knows all things, and none of us escapes His observation; and He is not moved or confined to a spot in the whole world, for He existed before the world was made. How, then, could He talk with any one, or be seen by any one, or appear on the smallest portion of the earth, when the people at Sinai were not able to look even on the glory of Him who was sent from Him; and Moses himself could not enter into the tabernacle which he had erected, when it was filled with the glory of God; and the priest could not endure to stand before the temple when Solomon conveyed the ark into the house in Jerusalem which he had built for it? Therefore neither Abraham, nor Isaac, nor Jacob, nor any other man, saw the Father and ineffable Lord of all, and also of Christ, but [saw] Him who was according to His will His Son, being God, and the Angel because He ministered to His will; whom also it pleased Him to be born man by the Virgin; who also was fire when He conversed with Moses from the bush. Since, unless we thus comprehend the Scriptures, it must follow that the Father and Lord of all had not been in heaven when what Moses wrote took place: And the Lord rained upon Sodom fire and brimstone from the Lord out of heaven;’ and again, when it is thus said by David: Lift up your gates, ye rulers; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting gates; and the King of glory shall enter;’ and again, when He says: The Lord says to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, till I make Thine enemies Thy footstool.”",
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