"Ezechiel" Quotes from Famous Books
... Further, of all things lovable, God is to be loved most, and then one's father, as Jerome says [*Comment. in Ezechiel xliv, 25]. Now these are our greatest benefactors. Therefore a benefactor should ... — Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) • Thomas Aquinas
... away original sin, and also actual sins from the adult who may have contracted them. The cleansing efficacy of Baptism was clearly foreshadowed by the prophet Ezechiel in these words: "I will pour upon you clean water, and you shall be cleansed from all your filthiness. And I will give you a new heart and will put a new ... — The Faith of Our Fathers • James Cardinal Gibbons |