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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"Is Christ divided?" What he saith comes to this: "Ye have cut in pieces Christ, and distributed His body." Here is anger! here is chiding! here are words full of indignation! For whenever instead of arguing he interrogates only, his doing so implies a confessed absurdity. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
"Is Christ divided?" Why have you divided Christ? Why have you torn apart His body? A speech filled with anger. Some, however, understood the words "is Christ divided?" in this way: has Christ divided the Church from the people and taken one part for Himself, while giving the other part to them? "Was Paul crucified for you?" By this he refutes their unreasonable behavior, and mentions his own name, so that they would not think he mentioned the names of others out of envy. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, Is Christ divided, he gives the reason for this warning that there should be no schisms and contentions among them: first, on the part of baptism; secondly, on the part of doctrine (v. 17b). As to the first he does three things: first, he mentions the mistake which follows from their contention; secondly, why that mistake follows (v. 13b); thirdly, he dismisses a false surmise (v. 14). He says, therefore: I have said that everyone of you says, I belong to Paul; from which it follows that Christ is divided. …
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