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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
"Truly I say to you: this generation shall not pass away until all these things come to pass." By "generation" He does not mean those who were living at that time, but all the generations of believers. For Scripture sometimes calls "generation" also those who are alike in character, for example: "This is the generation of those who seek Him" (Ps. 24:6).
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
All these things are confirmed with great certainty when the sentence is added which says: "Amen I say to you, this generation shall not pass away until all things come to pass. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away." For nothing in the nature of corporeal things is more enduring than heaven and earth, and nothing in nature passes as quickly as speech. …
Bede
Amen, I say to you, that this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. Indeed, the Lord greatly emphasizes what He thus pronounces. In a way, if it is permitted to say, it is His oath: Amen, I say to you. For Amen is interpreted as true, and yet it is not interpreted, since it could have been said "I tell you the truth," neither the Greek interpreter dared to do this, nor the Latin. …
Bonaventure
Third, as regards the certifying assertion, he adds: Amen I say to you, this generation shall not pass away until all things are fulfilled. Gloss: "What I say to you, await with certainty." This generation, however, he calls the mortal generation, according to that passage of Ecclesiastes one: "A generation passes away, and a generation comes." This passes away when it passes over to immortality through the resurrection. …
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