99. Now learn that where the kingdom of God
is named, there is no putting aside of the authority either of the
Father or of the Son, because both the kingdom of the Father and the
kingdom of the Son is included under the single name of God,
saying: “When ye shall see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and
all the prophets, in the kingdom of God.” S. Luke xiii. 28. Do we deny that the prophets are
in the kingdom of the Son, when even to a dying robber who said,
“Remember me, when Thou comest into Thy kingdom,” the Lord
made answer: “Verily, I say unto thee, to-day shalt thou be
with Me in paradise.” S. Luke xxiii. 42, 43. What,
indeed, do we understand by being in the kingdom of God, if not the
having escaped eternal death? But they who have escaped eternal
death see the Son of Man coming into His kingdom.