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After exposing the emptiness of that proverb and ratifying his judgment by a divine declaration and oath, he also deigns to explain the reason for his justice: why relatives are not burdened with each other’s sins. ‘All souls are mine,’ he says; ‘the father’s soul and the son’s soul alike—all souls are mine.The soul that sins shall itself die’ (Ezekiel 18:4).Thus he also uses his ownership of souls to show why this measured judgment is perfectly fair.
Postquam parabolae illius vanitate reprehensa sanxit sententiam promulgatione atque obtestatione divina, etiam iustitiae suae dignatur aperire rationem, cur necessitudines peccatis non graventur alternis. Quoniam omnes animae - inquit - meae sunt, quemadmodum anima patris, ita et anima filii; omnes animae meae sunt; anima, quae peccat, ipsa morietur [n58] . Quare ergo esset aequissima sententiae ista moderatio, proprietate quoque ostendit animarum.