Apocalypse Revealed (Coulsons) n. 693

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693. 'And they did not repent (resipiscere) to give Him glory' signifies that on account of this they are unable to receive with any faith that the Lord is the God of heaven and earth even as to His Human, although the Word teaches this. By 'not to repent' is signified not to withdraw from evils but to remain in them, and by 'not to give Him glory' is signified not to receive with faith that the Lord is the God of heaven and earth, for this is 'to give Him glory'. That the Lord is the God of heaven and earth, He Himself teaches openly (Matt. xxviii 18; John xiii 3; xvii 2, 3); also that the Father and Himself are one (John x 30; xii 45; xiv 6-11; xvi 15; and elsewhere). Moreover the doctrine of the Church teaches that the Divine and the Human are one Person, united as soul and body.


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