Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Wisdom of Solomon 2:8

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 8, page 203, footnote 7 (Image)

Augustine: Expositions on the Psalms

Expositions on the Book of Psalms. (HTML)

Psalm LIII (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1937 (In-Text, Margin)

... proceedeth to depraved morals, thence to the most flagrant iniquities, these are the grades. But what with themselves said they, thinking not rightly? “A small thing and with tediousness is our life.” From this evil belief followeth that which also the Apostle hath spoken of, “Let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we shall die.” But in the former passage more diffusely luxury itself is described: “Let us crown us with roses, before they be withered; in every place let us leave the tokens of our gladness.”[Wisdom of Solomon 2:8-9] After the more diffuse description of that luxury, what followeth? “Let us slay the poor just man:” this is therefore saying, “He is not God.” Soft words they seemed but now to say: “Let us crown us with roses, before they be withered.” What more ...