Ezequiel 20
Augustine of Hippo · Comentário Patrístico (catena)
Ezequiel 20:12
It is this truth that we shall realize perfectly when we shall be perfectly at rest and perfectly see that it is he who is God. — City of God 22.30
Ezequiel 20:25
But, why should I not say that the requirements of ancient ceremonies are not good because people are not justified by them; they are figures that foreshadow the grace, by which we are justified.… They are not bad, because they were precepts of divine origin, adapted to times and people, although in this estimate I am supported by the prophetic statement in which God said that he had given to that people "statutes that were not good." It happens that he did not say that they were bad but only that they were not good: that is, such that with them, people become good; without them, they do not. I would like your kind sincerity to inform me whether any oriental saint who comes to Rome and fasts on Saturday—except the eve of Easter—is acting deceitfully. If we say that is wrong, we shall condemn the Roman church and also many places near it and others somewhat further away, where the same custom continues to be observed. — LETTER 82