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Augustine of Hippo, on Matt 12:27
Augustine of Hippo · A.D. 354–430
Matt 12:27 · Douay-Rheims
“And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.”
On this verse:
“(Quæst. Ev. i. 5.) Whence the sense might be this, If I by Beelzebub vast out dæmons, then, according to your own opinion, the kingdom of God is come upon you, for the kingdom of the Devil, being thus divided against itself, cannot stand. Thus calling that the kingdom of God, in which the wicked are condemned, and are separated from the faithful, who are now doing penitence for their sins.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.