Ephesians 2:3 Douay-Rheims

In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest:

Gregory of Nyssa

c. A.D. 335–395 Patristic

When [Scripture] speaks of "sons of men" or "sons of rams," it indicates an essential relation between the one begotten and the source of his begetting. But when it speaks of "sons of power" [as at 1 Sam 14:52] or "children of wrath," it asserts a connection made by choice.

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A.D. 395 · on Eph 2:3 (AGAINST EUNOMIUS 3.1.116)

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

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