Anf-03 v.iv.v.xli Pg 9
Luke xxii. 34 and 54–; 62.
The Christ of the prophets was destined, moreover, to be betrayed with a kiss,5101 5101
Anf-03 v.iv.v.xxviii Pg 12
Luke xii. 9.
—by Him, of course, who would have confessed him, if he had only confessed God. Now, He who will confess the confessor is the very same God who will also deny the denier of Himself. Again, if it is the confessor who will have nothing to fear after his violent death,4630 4630 Post occisionem.
it is the denier to whom everything will become fearful after his natural death. Since, therefore, that which will have to be feared after death, even the punishment of hell, belongs to the Creator, the denier, too, belongs to the Creator. As with the denier, however, so with the confessor: if he should deny God, he will plainly have to suffer from God, although from men he had nothing more to suffer after they had put him to death. And so Christ is the Creator’s, because He shows that all those who deny Him ought to fear the Creator’s hell. After deterring His disciples from denial of Himself, He adds an admonition to fear blasphemy: “Whosoever shall speak against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him.”4631 4631
Anf-02 ii.ii.ii Pg 16.1
Anf-03 v.ix.xxvi Pg 19
Matt. x. 32, 33.
He also introduces a parable of the mission to the vineyard of the Son (not the Father), who was sent after so many servants,8142 8142
Anf-03 iv.iv.xiii Pg 11
Matt. x. 33; Mark viii. 38; Luke ix. 26; 2 Tim. ii. 12.