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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Hence the Lord also explains this same comparison briefly when he adds: So it will be at the end of the world. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from among the righteous, and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. This, dearest brothers, is to be feared rather than expounded. For the torments of sinners have been spoken in plain words, lest anyone resort to the excuse of ignorance if something about eternal punishment were spoken obscurely.
Thomas Aquinas
So shall it be at the consummation of the world. Here he explains the parable. And it should be noted that he explains only as to the wicked. But then the question arises, why he explains about the wicked rather than the good. It must be said that he had made mention of the net, by which, when fish are caught, the bad are cast out and live; but the good are killed and eaten. …
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