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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyril of Alexandria
"I will give a leader to Zion, and I will console Jerusalem as I go." … Again the multitude of those going astray is promised the revealing of the Savior, through whom each one under heaven has been saved and is summoned to the recognition of the truth. So that we could have a guide who would be able and skilled to lead us along the path of salvation, the only-begotten Son of God became a human being. …
Western Saints
Jerome
The first to Zion will say: Behold, they are here, and I will give Jerusalem a messenger. LXX: I will give the beginning to Zion: and I will console Jerusalem in the way. And the Lord will speak first to Zion, that is, to His Church, and He will say to her: See, your children are here, whom I have given to you through my faith. But it signifies the Apostles, who preached the Gospel throughout the whole world. Zion and Jerusalem differ in name; but as one city, so is one Church.
Thomas Aquinas
Fourth, he shows the sign of divinity in the true God: the first, that is, the only one, our God; behold I am here to help, evangelists, announcing things to come: verily, your God is the God of gods (Dan 2:47); or: the first, prophet of the Lord, in the person of God; or the first, the firstborn Son of God: he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and other some evangelists (Eph 4:11).
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