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The Book of Wisdom or The Wisdom of Solomon 12:11 Commentary

1 historical voice

How the Church has read Wisdom 12:11 across two millennia — Matthew Henry, John Calvin, Augustine of Hippo, John Chrysostom and more, gathered verse by verse from the public domain.

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Semen enim erat maledictum ab initio ; nec timens aliquem, veniam dabas peccatis illorum.

Voices across the centuries

Church Fathers 1

Augustine of Hippo · 354 Excerpts (Historical Christian Faith …
UNFINISHED TRACTATE AGAINST JULIAN 3:11
Why would it have been written, “Their offspring was accursed from the beginning”? In fact, it was not said in the same sense in which we read, “offspring of Canaan and not of Judah,” where it was shown to what persons they had become similar and from what persons they had degenerated. Rather, it called accursed the offspring of those very people whom it wanted us to understand to be naturally evil, as are all of the children of Adam. From among these, by grace, children of God are made.
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