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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
The apostles were already doing this even when the Lord still lived among men: they anointed the sick with oil (Mark 6:13).
Oecumenius
Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. "anointing him with oil." This is what the apostles did while the Lord was still among men, anointing the sick with oil and healing them. (Mark 6:13)
Western Saints
Bede
And let them pray over him, anointing him, etc. We read that the apostles did this in the Gospel, and now the custom of the Church holds that the sick are anointed with consecrated oil by the presbyters, and are healed with accompanying prayer. Not only the presbyters, but as Pope Innocent writes, also all Christians are permitted to use the same oil to anoint in their own or their relatives' necessity, though this oil may only be consecrated by bishops. …
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