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Annotatio CXCVIII — Psalm 109:4

“The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent.”

Annotatio CXCVIII

”The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent.” — Psalm 109:4

Chrysostom, expounding these words, says that an oath in God is to be understood no otherwise than by a metaphor — just as we also say that there is anger in God.1 These [words] allude to Chrysostom’s teaching concerning the Oath, [as] altogether forbidden to all Christians. See Annotation 26 of book 6.

Footnotes

  1. Left margin: On God swearing. (De Deo iurante.) ↩