ACC ~ Philippians 3 v2a

BARKING AND ATTACKING DOGS. AMBROSIASTER: He uses this name for those who, in envy of the Gentiles, have overthrown them by their evil conversation and persuaded them to be circumcised. These he says should be absolutely avoided and rejected. They are like dogs that first bark and then mutilate the flesh with savage bites. EPISTLE TO THE PHILIPPIANS 3.2.

GENTILES ONCE STRANGERS. CHRYSOSTOM: The Jews are no longer children. The Gentiles were once called dogs but now these [Judaizing Christians] are. Why so? Because, just as the Gentiles were once strangers to Christ and God, so these have now become. And he alludes to their stubborn shamelessness and their great tenacity against the faithful. HOMILY ON PHILIPPIANS 11.3.1-3.

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