Gregory of Nyssa, on Heb 8:12

“Because I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins I will remember no more.”

“Mighty Paul knew that the only begotten God, who has the preeminence in all things, is the author and cause of everything that is good. Paul witnesses to the fact that the creation of all that exists was formed by the only begotten God. On top of this he also testifies that when the original creation of man had decayed and vanished away (to use his own language), and another new creation was formed in Christ, in this too no other than he [the only begotten God] took the lead. But he is himself the firstborn of all that new creation of human beings which is effected by the gospel.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.