ACC ~ Mark 13 v28

SPROUTINGS OF SUMMER

TERTULLIAN: As the sproutings of small trees afford a sign of the approach of summer time, so do the great conflicts of the world point toward the kingdom by preceding it. [1] Both sign and thing signified belong to the same One who orders all. So if conflicts are signs of the kingdom, as sproutings are of summer, then the kingdom also is the creator’s, to whom the conflicts are ascribed, which are the signs of the coming kingdom. AGAINST MARCION 4.39. [2]

[1] Mt 24:32-33; Mk 13:28-29; Lk 21:29-31.

[2] Cetedoc 0014, 4.557.20; AEG 5:156**; cf. ANF 3:417.

THE GATHERING OF FRUIT

HIPPOLYTUS: The summer signifies the end of the world, because at that time fruits are gathered up and stored. ON MATTHEW. [1]

[1] CA 215; AEG 5:156*; loc. cit. On Matthew 13.28.

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