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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
But because there are many kinds of sinners, and not to be a sinner is difficult, or perhaps in this life impossible, he added immediately, of what kind of sinners the death is worst. "And they that hate the righteous one" (says he) "shall perish." What righteous one, but "Him that justifies the ungodly"? [Romans 4:5] Whom, but our Lord Jesus Christ, who is also "the propitiation for our sins"? [1 John 2:2] Who then hate Him, have the worst death; because they die in their sins, who are not through Him reconciled to our God. …
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, "The Lord will redeem," he shows how the good are delivered in these dangers. And first, how they are delivered from past sins. Second, how they are protected from future sins, at "And they shall not offend." He says therefore, "The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants." It could be said: if the death of sinners is the worst, since no one is so just that he does not sin, then the death of the just is also the worst. …
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