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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
His bones are as pipes of brass. His cartilage as plates of iron. 29. In the body they are bones which hold the members together, and members which are held together. This beast then has flesh, it has bones also; because there are some wicked persons, who are yet retained in error by others, and others still more wicked who retain others also in error. What else then do we understand by the bones of Antichrist, but some more powerful persons in his body? …
Thomas Aquinas
Third, he describes the motion of the elephants which are said to have inflexible feet, shin bones and legs in order to sustain the weight of their body, and "they have solid bones without joints." To show this he says, "His bones are like tubes of bronze," because like tubes of bronze they cannot be bent. This refers to the exterior organs of motion which are the shin bones and the legs. …
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