Hebreus 10
Theodoret of Cyrus · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Hebreus 10:3-4
He showed both the law's limitations and its usefulness: while it cannot remove sins, it mounts an accusation against them, instills fear and obliges one to have recourse to grace. — INTERPRETATION OF HEBREWS 10
Hebreus 10:4
How could the blood of brute beasts declare guiltless some murderer or parricide? This is the reason blessed David also said, "Had you wanted it, I would have offered sacrifice; you will take no delight in burned offerings." — INTERPRETATION OF HEBREWS 10
Hebreus 10:9
By "first" he meant the sacrifice of brute beasts, by the "second" the rational one, offered by himself. — INTERPRETATION OF HEBREWS 10
Hebreus 10:10
He brought out clearly that God's will is the salvation of humankind. The Lord also said as much, "This is the will of my Father, that everyone who believes in me may not be lost but may have eternal life." — INTERPRETATION OF HEBREWS 10
Hebreus 10:12-13
In the former case a multitude of priests, a multitude of victims, and no benefit, whereas in this case priest and victim are one and the same, he achieved abolition of sins and needs no further service; instead, he is seated with the Father who begot him, awaiting the end of the present life. At that time, in fact, all the adversaries will adore him as God and Lord. Among his foes will be, first, the devil and the mass of the demons, then those of the Jews and the Gentiles who did not accept the illumination of the faith, and along with them the bands of the heretics guilty of the blasphemies against him. — INTERPRETATION OF HEBREWS 10
Hebreus 10:17-18
Now, this happened through the new covenant: we receive also in all-holy baptism the forgiveness of sins. In the life to come, when immortality is granted us, we shall live differently from everyone else, sin no longer capable of troubling those who have become immortal. May it be our good fortune to attain this life. We shall attain it if in the present life we embrace with enthusiasm the effort virtue involves and accept the struggles it requires. The Lord himself, who is the source of the future goods, will work with us. — INTERPRETATION OF HEBREWS 10
Hebreus 10:25
It is not separation but assiduous effort at unity that is the work of love. — INTERPRETATION OF HEBREWS 10
Hebreus 10:26-27
Now, it was not that he was ruling out repentance in these statements; rather, he was claiming there is no second sacrifice: our Lord was immolated for us once and for all. He used the term deliberately to emphasize that what is done against our free will enjoys a degree of pardon. — INTERPRETATION OF HEBREWS 10
Hebreus 10:28-29
Once more, note, he brings out the difference under the guise of exhortation, namely, the Son in one case and the slave in the other, those sacrifices of brute beasts in one case and in the other this rational and all-holy sacrifice. To the law he set in opposition not a law but the "blood" and the "Spirit." Through them salvation comes to us. — INTERPRETATION OF HEBREWS 10
Hebreus 10:38-39
God has said this through the inspired authors, he is saying; and so even when the law was in force, the remedy of faith secured salvation.… Through faith we are related to God. — INTERPRETATION OF HEBREWS 10