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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"For how many soever be the promises of God, in Him is the yea, and in Him the Amen, unto the glory of God by us." What is this, "how many soever the promises of God?" The Preaching promised many things; and these many things they proffered and preached. For they discoursed of being raised again, and of being taken up, and of incorruption, and of those great rewards and unspeakable goods. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
In the preaching there are many promises: the resurrection of the dead, adoption, and in general the hope of the age to come. So then, he says that not only is the preaching always perfectly the same and proclaimed with unchangeableness, but so also are the promises contained in it, for they are God's. And what God has promised is in Him "yes" and in Him "amen," that is, it is unchangeable, for it is fulfilled not in any man but in God Himself, which is why it is also unchangeable. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
But because there might be some doubt about his statement that there was no falsity in Christ, he at once proves this, saying, For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. He proves this in the following way: it is obvious that there can be no falsity in that which is the manifestation of the divine truth; but the Son of God came to manifest the divine truth in the promises made by God to be fulfilled through him. Therefore there is no falsity in him. …
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