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“The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent.”
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.
Left margin: On God swearing. (De Deo iurante.) ↩
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Sixtus of Siena, O.P., “Annotation CXCVIII, On God swearing (Psalm 109:4),” in Annotations on the Old Testament, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/bibliotheca-sancta/199-annotation-cxcviii-on-god-swearing-psalm-109-4/.
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