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Thomas Aquinas, on Heb 13:6
Thomas Aquinas · 1225–1274
Heb 13:6 · Douay-Rheims
“So that we may confidently say: The Lord is my helper: I will not fear what man shall do to me.”
On this verse:
“And what shall we say? The words of Ps. 117 (v. 6): 'The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid; what can man do to me.' He is a helper inasmuch as He delivers from evil: 'A helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly' (Ps. 45:2); therefore, I will not fear what man shall do to me, i.e., any carnal adversary: 'Who are you to be afraid of a mortal man?' (Is. 51:12); or the devil who is called a man overcome by a man, as Scipio was called African, because he was defeated in Africa: 'A hostile man has done this' (Mt. 13:28).”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.