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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death, and was not found, because God had translated him." This man displayed greater faith than Abel. How (you ask)? Because, although he came after him, yet what befell Abel was sufficient to guide him back. How? God foreknew that Abel would be killed. For He said to Cain: "Thou hast sinned: do not add thereto." Honored by him, He did not protect him. And yet neither did this throw him Enoch into indifference. He said not to himself, "What need of toils and dangers? …
Cyril of Jerusalem
The lesson also which was read today invites you to the true faith, by setting before you the way in which you also must please God. It affirms that "without faith it is impossible to please him." For when will an individual resolve to serve God, unless he believes that "He is a giver of reward"? When will a young woman choose a virgin life, or a young man live soberly, if they don't believe that for chastity there is "a crown that does not fade away"? Faith is an eye that enlightens every conscience and imparts understanding. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
He showed greater faith than Abel. For what happened to Abel is capable of causing confusion, because despite Abel's righteousness, it was permitted that he be killed by his brother. For what of it if the murderer was punished? What benefit is that to the one already killed? So he showed great faith, believing that if not now, then in the age to come God is a rewarder, and by this faith he pleased God, and having pleased Him, was "translated." So "by faith... …
Western Saints
Bede
And so that the favors of heavenly condescension might not be lacking to any period of this transitory world, those who lived from the inception of the world up to the time of the giving of circumcision, and those from other countries who lived after the giving of circumcision, also pleased God. …
Thomas Aquinas
570. – Then when he says, by faith Enoch was taken up, he commends Enoch: first, he states his intent; secondly, he proves it (v. 5b). 571. – The Apostle makes no mention of his works, because Scripture says little about him, but merely shows what God did to him, because by faith, i.e., by the merit of faith, he was taken up from the present life, and kept from death in another; hence, he says, that he should not see death: 'He was seen no more, because God took him' (Gen. 5:24). …
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