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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
Because they were once filled, and they had augurs, like the Philistines. For the Philistines always interpreted seventy foreign guests as their own, a common name for a particular people, which is today the nation of the Palestinians, as if they were Philistines, because the Hebrew language does not have the letter P; but instead uses the Greek letter Phi. …
Thomas Aquinas
Here he sets out the occasion of idolatry, which is avarice or its likeness: "or covetousness, which is a serving of idols" (Eph 5:3–5). First, therefore, he shows their avarice as to the multiplication of things which pertain to the necessities of life, when he says, "their land is filled," in which is indicated the abundance of things; "and there is no end," in which is indicated the insatiability of the covetous man, who is not satisfied with money. …
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