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Thomas Aquinas, on Ps 49:9
Thomas Aquinas · 1225–1274
Ps 49:9 · Douay-Rheims
“I will not take calves out of thy house: nor he goats out of thy flocks.”
On this verse:
“On the part of God he makes the reason clear when he says, "I will not accept calves from your house." The reason I will not reprove you for sacrifices is that what I do not principally seek, I do not principally reprove. There were two principal sacrifices: the calf and the goat. Lev. 4. And he shows that he does not accept these two, that is, approve them, from the house of carnal men: "From your flocks," namely carnal ones, "I will accept," that is, approve, "goats." Mic. 6: "Can the Lord be appeased with thousands of rams?"”
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