ACC ~ Romans 1 v22

CLAIMING TO BE WISE. AMBROSIASTER: They imagined that they were wise because they thought they had explored the natural sciences, investigating the courses of the stars and the quantities of the elements, while rejecting the God who made them. Therefore they are fools, for if these things are worthy of praise, how much more is their Creator! COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

SENSELESS THINKING. CHRYSOSTOM: Having some high opinion of themselves and not being patient enough to go the way that God had commanded them, they were immersed in a way of thinking which made no sense. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 3.

PRIDE LEADS TO FOLLY. AUGUSTINE: It is pride that turns man away from wisdom, and folly is the consequence of turning away from wisdom. ON FREE WILL 24.72.

THE INVISIBLE GOD, VISIBLE IDOLS. PELAGIUS: They thought they were wise because they had “discovered” how the invisible God can be honored by means of a visible idol! PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

THEY BECAME FOOLS. THEODORET OF CYR: They increased their guilt by their claim, for in calling themselves wise they showed that in fact they were fools. INTERPRETATION OF THE LETTER TO THE ROMANS.

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