Fastidius
5th century · AD 420 · Western · 2 passages
In his own words on 2 Peter
- 2 Peter 3:9
In his fatherly love, his kindness and his clemency, God does not punish immediately, so that you may recognize the extent of his loving regard for you and of his compassion. He would rather wait for you than punish you in your sin.
ON THE CHRISTIAN LIFE 21
Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.