Thomas Aquinas, on Heb 12:27

“And in that he saith, Yet once more, he signifieth the translation of the moveable things as made, that those things may remain which are immoveable.”

“721. – Then when he says, This phrase, 'Yet once more,' indicates the removal of what is shaken, he explains the words of the prophecy; and he lays great stress on the phrase, Yet once more. For in saying, yet, he shows that they are moveable; but in saying, once more, he indicates that they are to be changed from the state of movability and corruptibility to a state of incorruption and immutability. For if they were to remain in a state of changeableness after that change, he would not have said, once more, but 'again and again.' This is against Origen who believed that the world will be renewed an infinitude of time and be recovered. He says, therefore: and in that he says, 'Yet once more,' he indicates the removal of what is shaken, to a state of immovableness. And as though someone were asking whether God can do this, he adds, as of what has been made. For all things made are subject to God's power; hence, just as God made them from nothing, so He can change them as He wills. And this in order that what cannot be shaken may remain, i.e., that are immovable, i.e., that they remain immovable as to their essences, but changed as to certain accidental dispositions: 'As a vesture you will change them, and they shall be changed' (Ps. 101:28). This has been explained in chap. 1. From all this it is clear that although the things of the Old Testament were moved, it was not to a state of incorruption and immutability; but this is done only in the New, to signify that the promises of the Old Testament were changeable, but not those of the New.”

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