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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
Why did she fall at Peter's feet? Because she was standing near him. And she was standing near him so that, if she wished to repent and confess her transgression, she could do so without being ashamed before outsiders, who would otherwise have heard her confession. They no longer take precautions, by force of the law, against touching unclean objects, but directly and without any caution touched the dead. …
Oecumenius
How at his feet? For she stood near him. And he set her near, so that if she wished to repent and confess, she might not be ashamed before the others as one overheard. The fear of the wisest Peter toward those who have stumbled is not of hardheartedness, but of predictive teaching concerning the many sins of people that lie ahead. For when the seeds of the Gospel begin to be sown, and immediately the weeds which we have seen spring up, they would at once have uprooted them. …
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