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De civitate Dei (CCSL)
Caput XXXIV: De prophetia Danielis et Hiezechielis, quae in Christum ecclesiamque concordat.
In ipsa porro Babyloniae captiuitate prius prophetauerunt Daniel et Hiezechiel, alii scilicet duo ex prophetis maioribus. quorum Daniel etiam tempus, quo uenturus fuerat Christus atque passurus, numero definiuit annorum; quod longum est conputando monstrare, et ab aliis factitatum est ante nos. de potestate uero eius et ecclesia sic locutus est: uidebam, inquit, in uisu noctis, et ecce cum nubibus caeli ut filius hominis ueniens erat, et usque ad uetustum dierum peruenit, et in conspectu eius praelatus est; et ipsi datus est principatus et honor et regnum, et omnes populi, tribus, linguae ipsi seruient. potestas eius potestas perpetua, quae non transibit, et regnum eius non corrumpetur. Hiezechiel quoque more prophetico per Dauid Christum significans, quia carnem de Dauid semine adsumpsit, propter quam formam serui, qua factus est homo, etiam seruus dei dicitur idem dei filius, sic eum prophetando praenuntiat ex persona dei patris: et suscitabo, inquit, super pecora mea pastorem unum qui pascat ea, seruum meum Dauid; et ipse pascet ea et ipse erit his in pastorem. ego autem dominus ero eis in deum, et seruus meus Dauid princeps in medio eorum; ego dominus locutus sum. et alio loco: et rex, inquit, unus erit omnibus imperans; et non erunt ultra duae gentes, nec diuidentur amplius in duo regna; neque polluentur ultra in idolis suis et abominationibus et in cunctis iniquitatibus suis. et saluos eos faciam de uniuersis sedibus suis, in quibus peccauerunt, et mundabo eos; et erunt mihi populus, et ego ero eis deus; et seruus meus Dauid rex super eos, et pastor unus erit omnium eorum.
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The City of God
Chapter 34.--Of the Prophecy of Daniel and Ezekiel, Other Two of the Greater Prophets.
Daniel and Ezekiel, other two of the greater prophets, also first prophesied in the very captivity of Babylon. Daniel even defined the time when Christ was to come and suffer by the exact date. It would take too long to show this by computation, and it has been done often by others before us. But of His power and glory he has thus spoken: "I saw in a night vision, and, behold, one like the Son of man was coming with the clouds of heaven, and He came even to the Ancient of days, and He was brought into His presence. And to Him there was given dominion, and honor, and a kingdom: and all people, tribes, and tongues shall serve Him. His power is an everlasting power, which shall not pass away, and His kingdom shall not be destroyed." 1
Ezekiel also, speaking prophetically in the person of God the Father, thus foretells Christ, speaking of Him in the prophetic manner as David, because He assumed flesh of the seed of David, and on account of that form of a servant in which He was made man, He who is the Son of God is also called the servant of God. He says, "And I will set up over my sheep one Shepherd, who will feed them, even my servant David; and He shall feed them, and He shall be their shepherd. And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince in the midst of them. I the Lord have spoken." 2 And in another place he says, "And one King shall be over them all: and they shall no more be two nations, neither shall they be divided any more into two kingdoms: neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, and their abominations, and all their iniquities. And I will save them out of all their dwelling-places wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. And my servant David shall be king over them, and there shall be one Shepherd for them all." 3