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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"And He sent out His arrows, and scattered them" [Psalm 18:14]. And He sent out Evangelists traversing straight paths on the wings of strength, not in their own power, but His by whom they were sent. And "He scattered them," to whom they were sent, that to some of them they should be "the savour of life unto life, to others the savour of death unto death." [2 Corinthians 2:16] "And He multiplied lightnings, and troubled them." And He multiplied miracles, and troubled them.
Thomas Aquinas
"Lightnings." Here he describes the movement of lightnings and compares them to an arrow on account of the vehemence of the wind by which they are moved. "And he scattered them," namely the sinners, who are sometimes moved by them; for according to the diversity of winds there is a diversity of lightning's motion. For just as above, when he was treating the manner of the winds, he said "he flew, he flew," etc., to show the diverse manner of the winds, so here he says "lightnings," etc., to show the diverse motion of lightnings. …
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