ACC ~ 2 Corinthians 1 v3

THE FATHER OF MERCIES. AMBROSIASTER: Paul always speaks in this way, indicating the personhood of the Father and the Son, even though they are of one substance. Now he is giving much relief to people who had been grieved by his rebuke, for when they hear that God is not just the Father of creation but the Father of mercies as well, they will have hope and be assured that they have been rebuked so that they may find the mercy of God, once they have mended their ways. Through repentance they were being born again and made anew, which was not just a pardon but a restoration of their previous state of existence. He puts “mercies” in the plural because of their many sins, his aim being to console those who have been grieved on account of their faults. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

THE SOURCE OF MERCY. DIDYMUS THE BLIND: God alone is holy and good, sanctifying others and making them good. He alone is blessed, because he gives blessing and does not receive it from someone else. Likewise, he is the Father of mercies by nature, because he is the source of all mercy and not because he has acquired this from anyone else. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

COMFORT IN SUFFERING. THEODORE OF MOPSUESTIA: Paul does not begin with suffering but with comfort, giving thanks for that before going on to explain that it came about through suffering. PAULINE COMMENTARY FROM THE GREEK CHURCH.

THE FATHER OF OUR LORD. THEODORET OF CYR: Christ himself teaches us that God is his Father. COMMENTARY ON THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANS 289.

SHARED GLORY AND HONOR. CYRIL OF JERUSALEM: “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.” For in the thought of God, let the thought of Father be included, so that the glory which we ascribe to the Father and the Son with the Holy Spirit may be perfectly free from difference. For the Father has not one glory and the Son another, but their glory is one and the same, since the Son is the Father’s sole-begotten. When the Father is glorified, the Son shares in enjoyment of his glory, because the Son draws his glory from the honoring of the Father. Again, whenever the Son is glorified, the Father of so excellent a Son is greatly honored. THE CATECHETICAL LECTURES 6.1.

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