Galatians 4:2 (WEB)
but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.
Catechism · 1
The New Law is called a law of love because it makes us act out of the love infused by the Holy Spirit, rather than from fear; a law of grace, because it confers the strength of grace to act, by means of faith and…
Fathers and councils · 7
Cyril of Jerusalem
“A long notice is allowed thee; thou hast forty days for repentance: thou hast full opportunity both to put off, and wash, and to put on and enter.” — editor's note: Greek, προθεσμία. Compare Gal. iv. 2: “the time appointed of the father.” At Athens it meant a “limitation,” or fixed period within which a debt must be…
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Basil the Great
“But this is His dispensation because of thine own infirmity, that sinners be not plunged into despair by the narrow limits of the appointed period, no opportunity for repentance being left them; and that, on the other hand, those who are waging a long war with the forces of the enemy may not desert their…” — editor's note: τῷ στενῶ τῆς προθεσμίας. ἡ προθεσμία sc. ἡμέρα was in Attic Law a day fixed beforehand before which money must be paid, actions brought, etc. cf. Plat. Legg,…
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Augustine of Hippo
“The Apostle Paul, again, says, “The heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant;” and mentions that we have received the Spirit of adoption, “whereby we cry, Abba, Father.”” — editor's note: Rom. viii. 15–23 and Gal. iv. 1–6.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- OrigenCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Or; “The Lord said to his steward,” that is, to one of the Angels who was set over the payment of the labourers; or to one of those many guardians, according to what is written, that “The heir as long as he is a child is under tutors and governors.” [Gal 4:2]” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“But indeed it is superfluous to dwell on what he has erased, when he may be more effectually confuted from that which he has retained.” — editor's note: So, instead of pursuing the contents of chap. iii., he proceeds to such of chap. iv. as Marcion reserved.
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Clement of Alexandria
“So also we, when we were children, were in bondage under the rudiments of the world: but when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons” by Him.” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 1–5.
Read the whole comment“And the child, though heir, differeth nothing from a servant, till the time appointed of the father.”” — editor's note: Gal. iv. 1, 2, 3.
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Cross-references · 1
Cited together in Origen on Matthew 20:1–16 (5) (Catena Aurea).