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Basil of Caesarea, on Luke 1:72
Basil of Caesarea · c. A.D. 330–379
Luke 1:72 · Douay-Rheims
“To perform mercy to our fathers, and to remember his holy testament,”
On this verse:
“(Hom. in Ps. 29. et in Ps. 14. App. op.) But let no one, hearing that the Lord had sworn to Abraham, be tempted to swear. For as when the wrath of God is spoken of, it does not signify passion but punishment; so neither dos God swear as man, but His word is in very truth expressed to us in place of an oath, confirming by an unchangeable sentence what He promised.”
PD · Catena Aurea: Commentary on the Four Gospels — St. Luke
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