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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyril of Alexandria
But as yet they were not so, nay, being stirred up with fervid zeal, they wished to bring down fire from heaven upon them. It follows, And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, will thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, &c.
Titus of Bostra
They thought it much juster that the Samaritans should perish for not admitting our Lord, than the fifty soldiers who tried to thrust down Elijah.
Western Saints
Ambrose of Milan
For they knew both that when Phineas had slain the idolaters it was counted to him for righteousness; (Numb. 25:8, Ps. 107:31) and that at the prayer of Elijah fire came down from heaven, that the injuries of the prophet might be avenged. (2 Kings 1:10, 12.) But let him be avenged who fears. He who fears not, seeks not vengeance. …
Bede
For holy men who well knew that that death which detaches the soul from the body was not to be feared, still because of their feelings who feared it, punished some sins with death, that both the living might be struck with a wholesome dread, and those who were punished with death might receive harm not from death itself but from sin, which would be increased were they to live.
Bonaventure
When the disciples had seen, etc. Having set forth the occasion of disordered zeal, he adds the correction of disordered zeal. Concerning which three things are introduced by the Evangelist, namely reprehensible indignation, reasonable rebuke, and memorable instruction. The first was in the spirit of the disciples, the second was in the word of the Lord, the third was in the Lord's deed. …
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