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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
He places everything upon God. I hope, he says, in God that you know us to be such as our epistles and our past life show us to be. "As also you have acknowledged us in part," that is, you know from experience, because we have already in part presented to you certain proofs of a virtuous life. He said this out of modesty. What then will you know? That your boast, that is, that I am such that I can give you reason to boast of me, that you have such a teacher who teaches nothing human, nothing harmful, nothing deceitful. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
The reason for this is that when we see someone starting well, we should hope that he will always progress well. And why? Because "he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ" (Phil. 1:6). And you will understand, that you can be proud of us, i.e., that through us you should obtain eternal glory, which a person reaches through the faith of Christ, which we preach to you: "The glory of sons is their fathers" (Prov. 17:6). …
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