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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
Notice, then, how Christ here appears as God. For through the prophets the Lord says: "I dry up the green tree, and make the dry tree flourish" (Ezek. 17:24). But marvel at God's love for mankind in that even to us, who become like God through faith, He gives the wonder-working power that belongs to Him by nature, so that we can even move mountains. A mountain is, in the spiritual sense, a proud mind, lofty and obstinate. …
Western Saints
Bede
And Jesus answering said to them: Have faith in God. Amen, I say to you, that whoever says to this mountain: Be lifted up and cast into the sea, and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will come to pass, it will be done for him. Those gentiles who wrote curses against the Church usually reproach our people for not having complete faith in God, because they have never been able to move mountains. …
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