ACC ~ Galatians 1 v20

WHETHER A SACRED OATH DEFIES THE COMMANDMENT TO NOT SWEAR. AUGUSTINE: He certainly swears, and what oath could be more sacred? But an oath is not against the commandment when the “evil cause” is not in the swearer but in the incredulity of him to whom he is forced to swear. For we understand from this that what the Lord meant in prohibiting oaths was that everyone, so far as in him it lies, should not swear the oaths that many do, having the oath on their lips as though it were something lofty and elegant. EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS 9 [1B.1.20-24].

THE DEEPER SENSE. JEROME: Or perhaps this could be taken in a deeper sense, that “what I say to you is before God, that is, worthy of God’s countenance. And why worthy of God’s countenance? Because I do not lie.” EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS 1.1.20.

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