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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Bede
And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Be silent, and come out of him. Since by the envy of the devil death entered into the world (Wisdom II), therefore against the very author of death, the remedy of salvation had first to operate: firstly, the serpentine tongue, so that no longer might it spread its venom, had to be stopped; and then the woman who was first deceived, to be cured from the fever of carnal desire; thirdly, the man who listened to the words of the deceitful wife, to be chastised from the leprosy of his error. …
Bonaventure
But on the part of Christ, the operation of immense power is shown, when it is added: And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Be silent. For as the Omnipotent One, he imposes silence on the demon by rebuke alone; Zechariah 3: "The Lord showed me Jesus the high priest"; and it follows: "The Lord rebuke you, Satan, and the Lord rebuke you." Although he was speaking the truth, nevertheless he imposed silence, because, as it is said in Sirach 15, "praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner"; whence also in the Psalm: "God said to the sinner: …
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