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Hippolytus of Rome

Ante-Nicene · to AD 325

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On Daniel

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  1. Daniel 13:14
    Thus in revealing themselves to each other they look toward the time when suddenly they will be interrogated by the angels in order to render to God an account of all the sins they have done, according to the word of Solomon, “The interrogation will destroy the impious.”

    COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 1:15.6

  2. Daniel 13:15
    Which is the favorable day if not that of Passover? This is the day in which the laver is prepared in the garden for those who burn with lust; and the church, washed like Susanna, is presented to God as a young and pure spouse. And, like the two attendants who accompanied Susanna, faith and charity prepare the oil and the ointments for those who come to be washed. What do the ointments signify? The commandments of the Word. The oil is nothing other than the gifts of the Spirit. With these the faithful come scented with the anointing that takes place after the laver of washing. These things were prefigured here in the blessed Susanna for our sake.

    COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 1:16.2-4

  3. Daniel 13:18
    Thus just as in paradise the devil hid in the snake, also now, hidden in the elders, it has conceived desire in order to corrupt Eve anew.

    COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 1:18.4

  4. Daniel 13:18
    Thus here it is symbolized that anyone who wants to partake of the water that flows in the garden must renounce the gate that is wide and enter through the tight and narrow door.

    COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 1:18.3

  5. Daniel 13:21
    Listening to these words, the blessed Susanna was troubled in her heart and set a watch on her mouth since she did not want to be contaminated by the impious elders. It is possible to truly understand what happened to Susanna, you see, since you find the same thing fulfilled now also with the church. When, in fact, the two peoples come to an agreement in order to corrupt some of the saints, they wait for the appropriate moment and then penetrate into the house of God, while all are praying and singing hymns to God, and they drag outside some of those they seize, saying, “Come, consent with us and worship our gods; otherwise we will denounce you.” If they do not consent, they drag them before the court and accuse them of acting contrary to the law of Caesar and condemn them to death.

    COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 1:20.1-3

  6. Daniel 13:23-24
    And to whom did Susanna cry out? She cried out to God, as Isaiah says, “Then you will call, and the Lord will answer you; while you are still speaking, he will say, Here I am.” “And the two elders cried out against her.” The wicked never stop crying out against us and say, Away with such people from the earth, for it is not fitting that they should live.

    COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 1:23.2-3

  7. Daniel 13:31
    Her beauty was not, in fact, the beauty of the body of a prostitute, like the beauty painted on the body of Jezebel or the face that is made up with makeup of all colors. Rather, it was the beauty of faith, wisdom and holiness.

    COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 1:25.3

  8. Daniel 13:46
    Let us examine why this visitation of the Lord did not take place before her condemnation but at the moment in which they were taking her away to death. This happens so that the power of God would shine forth. When he wants to save one of his servants, he saves him when he wants to and how he wants to. When he wants the trial to end, he waits patiently, to glorify and crown his servant like a good athlete. When Susanna finished praying and was heard, the angel of the Lord was sent to her, he who is the avenger and helper, to defeat her enemies. When Daniel saw the angel’s haste, being a prophet and having the Spirit of God, he shouted, “I am innocent of her blood!” so as not to be responsible for her death with the others. Pilate acted in the same way before the Lord, washing his hands and saying, “I am not responsible for this blood.”

    COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 1:27

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