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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Likewise, the compassion of the lord who remits is presented: and the lord of that servant being moved with pity, let him go, and forgave him the debt. Hence it is not the sorrow of the penitent that causes the remission, but the mercy of the Lord; hence Rom 9:26: so then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who shows mercy. And the lord being moved with pity, etc. …
Remigius of Rheims
Abundant is the bounty of God, and His clemency to sinners converted, seeing He is ever ready to forgive sins by baptism or penitence, as it follows, But the lord of that servant had mercy upon him, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
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