Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
tandis que vous attendez et hâtez l'avènement du jour de Dieu, à cause duquel les cieux enflammés se dissoudront et les éléments embrasés se fondront!
KJV
Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
would seem that the final cleansing of the world will be by means of fire. Further, it is written ( 2 Pet. 3:12 ): "The heavens being on fire will be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with the burning heat." Therefore this cleansing will be effected by fire. I answer that, A…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
e. For nothing consumes itself. But that fire will consume the four elements according to a gloss on 2 Pet. 3:12. Therefore that fire will not be of the same species as elemental fire. Objection 2: Further, as power is made known by operation, so is nature made known by power. No…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
fore they also shall perish in the final burning of the world. Objection 2: Further, it is written ( 2 Pet. 3:12 ): "The heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with the burning heat of fire." Now the heavens that are distinct from the elements are t…
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