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Augustine of Hippo, on Matt 25:31
Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430
Matt 25:31 · Douay-Rheims
“And when the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the angels with him, then shall he sit upon the seat of his majesty.”
On this verse:
“(Serm. 351. 8.) But one will say, I desire not to reign, it is enough for me that I be saved. Wherein they are deceived, first, because there is no salvation for those whose iniquity abounds; and, secondly, because if there be any difference between those that reign, and those that do not reign, yet must all be within the same kingdom, lest they be esteemed for foes or aliens, and perish while the others reign. Thus all the Romans inherit the kingdom of Rome, though all do not reign in it.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.