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Annotation CCCXXXIV, The state and figure of heaven (Hebrews 8:2)

“Of the true tabernacle, which God fixed, and not man.”

Annotation CCCXXXIV

”Of the true tabernacle, which God fixed, and not man.” — Hebrews 8:2

The state and figure of heaven.

Chrysostom, [in] the fourteenth homily on the Hebrews, hints that heaven is neither mobile nor spherical. Theodoret, in the commentaries, follows the same opinion. Theophylact, in the commentaries: “HENCE (he says) observe, according to the divine John Chrysostom, that heaven is neither round, nor mobile: for both [these things] he takes away, [by] that which he says, ‘God fixed [it].’” See Annotations three and nine of the fifth book.

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Sixtus of Siena, O.P., “Annotation CCCXXXIV, The state and figure of heaven (Hebrews 8:2),” in Annotations on the New Testament, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/bibliotheca-sancta-nt/336-annotation-cccxxxiv-the-state-and-figure-of-heaven-hebrews-8/.

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