ACC ~ Matthew 10 v35

FAITH MAY SEVER ONE FROM ONE’S FAMILY

HILARY: And so when we are renewed by the water of baptism through the power of the Word, we are separated from the sins and ancestors of our origin; we are cut away from the inordinate love of father and mother as if by an incision from God’s sword, and we are divided from them. And as we shed our former self with its sins and unfaithfulness and are made new by the Spirit in mind and body, we will necessarily detest the habits of our old, inborn way of life. ON MATTHEW 10.24. [1]

[1] SC 254:244-46.

NECESSARY STRIFE

EUSEBIUS OF EMESA: The Lord himself proclaims peace, which is why the apostle Paul also admonishes peace and says, “For he is our peace.” [1] This means, of course, the peace of those who believe and receive. But in what way does he not bring peace to the earth? When the daughter believed and the father remained an unbeliever, “what has a believer in common with an unbeliever?” [2] For the proclamation of peace caused a division. With a believing son and an unbelieving father there is necessarily strife. The peace that was proclaimed itself caused a division: a good division! For it is in peace that we are saved. HOMILY 26. [3]

[1] Eph 2:14.

[2] 2 Cor 6:15.

[3] SSL 27:188.