35. Ego, inquit, lux in saeculum veni, ut omnis qui crediderit in me, non maneat in tenebris
Chapter 45.—From the Epistle to the Galatians.
Likewise to the Galatians the apostle writes: “Grace be to you, and peace, from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world.”152 Gal. i. 3, 4. While in another passage he says to them: “The law was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. Now a mediator belongs not to one party; but God is one. Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.”153 Gal. iii. 19–22.
45. Item ad Galatas: Gratia vobis et pax a Deo Patre, et Domino Jesu Christo, qui dedit semetipsum pro peccatis nostris, ut eximeret nos de praesenti saeculo maligno (Galat. I, 3, 4). Et alio loco: Lex transgressionis gratia proposita est , donec veniret semen cui promissum est, dispositum per Angelos in manu mediatoris. Mediator autem unius non est: Deus vero unus est. Lex ergo adversus promissa Dei? Absit. Si enim data esset lex, quae posset vivificare, omnino ex lege esset justitia. Sed conclusit Scriptura omnia sub peccato, ut promissio ex fide Jesu Christi daretur credentibus (Id. III, 19-22).