Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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Cyril of Alexandria
AD 444
For what profits the nobleness we inherit through the flesh, unless it be supported by kindred feelings in us? Itis folly then to boast of our worthy ancestors, and fall away from their virtues.
By the ax then he declares the deadly wrath of God, which fell upon the Jews on account of the impieties they practiced against Christ; he does not pronounce the ax to be yet fixed to the root, but that it was laid (adradicem) i.e. near the root. For though the branches were cut down, the tree itself was not yet entirely destroyed. For a remnant of Israel shall be saved.
