Bonaventure, on Rom 8:38

“For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor might,”

“Paul, what do you say about charity? "Who," he says, "shall separate me from the charity of God?" He answers: "Tribulation? or distress? or hunger? or nakedness? or danger? or persecution? or the sword?" And he says: "I am certain that neither death nor life nor things present nor things to come shall be able to separate me from the charity which is in Christ Jesus." Chrysostom says that Paul enumerates all creatures and says: "Nor shall any other creature be able to separate me from the charity which is in Christ Jesus": that is, if a creature could be made anew, it could not separate me. This charity draws us to a celestial nature and does not permit any foreign impression upon us: of itself, it is perpetual; unless I give a bill of divorce, God will not take away his charity from us.”

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