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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Ver. 27. The heavens shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. 37. What do we understand by 'the heavens,' but the righteous, and what by 'the earth,' but sinners? And hence in the Lord's prayer we pray; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven, meaning this, that the will of our Creator, in the same way as it is accomplished in all the righteous, may also be fulfilled in all sinners as well. Moreover of the righteous it is said, The heavens declare the glory of God [Ps. 19, 1]. …
Thomas Aquinas
After he describes the punishments which the sinner will suffer in himself, he then adds the punishments which pertain to him according to what remains of him after death in this life. First, as to how the sinner remains in the memories of men he says, "The heavens will reveal his evil," for by the power of heaven his evil, which was hidden while he lived, will be revealed after death, "and the earth will rise up against him," because when his evil is clearly seen, the men of the earth who perhaps revered him while he was alive will …
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