ACC ~ Romans 1 v31

HEARTLESS, RUTHLESS. AMBROSIASTER: They were foolish and faithless and had no feelings either for God or for men. That is why they were heartless and ruthless. For someone who is cruel to his own family will be that much more cruel to others! COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

TRAITORS TO NATURE. CHRYSOSTOM: Christ himself mentions this as the cause of wickedness, saying: “Because wickedness is multiplied, most men’s love will grow cold.” Paul says here that they were … traitors to nature. For most of us have a kind of family feeling to one another, which even the beasts share among themselves. … But these men became even more ferocious than the beasts. The disorder which resulted in the world by evil teachings he proves to us by these witnesses and clearly shows that in each case the malady came from the negligence of those who were disordered. HOMILIES ON ROMANS 5.

ABANDONING GOD, ABANDONED BY GOD. PELAGIUS: Paul mentions all these sins, set out one by one, with respect to those who have been abandoned by God because they have abandoned him. Let us therefore take care, lest we also be abandoned for embracing one of these evils. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

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