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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
By these words he confirms two points: first, that the one who is defeated necessarily serves his conqueror, and second, that those who have known the truth but again cling to their former impiety fall into an evil worse than before. If those who through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ have escaped the defilements of the world become entangled in them again and are overcome by them, then they are undoubtedly enslaved by them, and their condition becomes worse than it was before their knowledge of this slavery, for …
Oecumenius
For if, after having fled from the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled and overcome, the latter end has become worse for them than the beginning. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than having known it to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. …
Western Saints
Leo the Great
But in this mercifulness of God, dearly beloved, the greatness of which towards us we cannot explain, Christians must be extremely careful lest they be caught again in the devil's wiles and once more entangled in the errors which they have renounced. For the old enemy does not cease to "transform himself into an angel of light," and spread everywhere the snares of his deceptions, and make every effort to corrupt the faith of believers. …
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