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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Ambrose of Milan
The devil has many wolves, whom he directs towards the sheep of Christ; and therefore Joseph, being intelligent, snatched the wolf Paul, the enemy who came to plunder the sheep, in order to save his own sheep, making him a teacher from a persecutor. Concerning whom Jacob says, as it is written: Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he shall devour prey, and in the evening he shall divide the spoil among the princes. The wolf was present when he scattered and devoured the sheep of the Church. …
Jerome
Benjamin the ravenous wolf, in the morning he will still eat, and in the evening he will give food. How clear is the prophecy about the Apostle Paul, it is evident to all that in his youth he persecuted the Church, but in his old age he preached the Gospel. However, it is written in Hebrew as follows: Benjamin, a ravenous wolf, in the morning he will devour the prey, and in the evening he will divide the spoils. …
Bonaventure
In the mystery of the diffusion of grace, Christ is indicated as the pious distributor in Paul, in whom the Acts of the Apostles are consummated — and there is no wonder, since he himself was a Benjamin and a predatory wolf, the last of the apostles, through whom the future was signified.
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