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What the Fathers say

Romans 8:39

Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

Second, he mentions magnitude of dimension, describing them by what properly belongs to bodies, namely height and depth. Hence he says, "nor height," from which someone might threaten to cast me headlong, as in Luke: "they led Jesus to the brow of the hill, that they might throw him down headlong" (Luke 4:29); "nor depth," in which someone might submerge me: "I sink in deep mire" (Ps 69:2). …

Commentary on Romans ↗

Bonaventure

Chrysostom says that Paul enumerates all creatures and says: "Nor shall any other creature be able to separate me from the charity which is in Christ Jesus": that is, if a creature could be made anew, it could not separate me. This charity draws us to a celestial nature and does not permit any foreign impression upon us: of itself, it is perpetual; unless I give a bill of divorce, God will not take away his charity from us.

Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 5 ↗