Wisdom 3:1 (WEB)
But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and no torment will touch them.
Fathers and councils · 7
John Damascene
“The divine Scripture likewise saith that the souls of the just are in God’s hand and death cannot lay hold of them.” — editor's note: Wisd. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“And again to Moses, I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob: God is not the God of the dead (that is, those who are dead and will be no more), but of the living, whose souls indeed live in His hand, but whose bodies will again come to life through the resurrection.” — editor's note: Wisd. iii. 1.
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Augustine of Hippo
“…righteous are among the latter, of whom, even though God hath not yet called them to the resurrection, it is said, that their “souls are in the hands of God,” that is, that “they dwell under the defence of the Most High; and shall abide under the shadow of the God of Heaven.”” — editor's note: Wisd. iii. 1.
Read the whole comment“For “the souls of the righteous are in God’s hand: in whose hand are both we and our words.”” — editor's note: Wisd. iii. 1.
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John Chrysostom
“For “the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God;”and if of the righteous, then those children’s souls also; for neither are they wicked: and the souls too of sinners are straightway led away hence.” — editor's note: Wisd. iii. 1.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
““The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God;” [Wis 3:1] therefore those of young children must be so, seeing they are not evil.” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria
““For the souls of the righteous are in the hand of the Lord, and no plague shall touch them.”” — editor's note: Wisd. iii. 1. [This is pronounced canonical Scripture by the Trent theology, and yet the same theology asserts a purgatory to which none but the faithful are…
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Cross-references · 8
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 8:28–34 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 8:28–34 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 8:28–34 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 8:28–34 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 8:28–34 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 8:28–34 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 8:28–34 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in The Stromata, or Miscellanies IV.10.