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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"Let there come death upon them, and let them go down unto Hell living" [Psalm 55:15]. How has he cited and has made us call to mind that first beginning of schism, when in that first people of the Jews certain proud men separated themselves, and would without have sacrificed? A new death upon them came: the earth opened herself, and swallowed them up alive. [Numbers 16:31] "Let there come," he says, "death upon them, and let them go down into Hell living." What is "living"? knowing that they are perishing, and yet perishing. …
Ambrose of Milan
Putting aside, therefore, conceptions due to common usage, let us reflect on the meaning of "to live in life" and "to die in death" and also "to live in death" and "to die in life." I believe that, in accord with the Scriptures, "to live in life" signifies a wonderful life of happiness and that it seems to point toward an experience of life's natural functions joined and, by participation, mingled with the grace of a blessed life. …
Thomas Aquinas
"Because there are iniquities." Here the reason for the punishment is set forth. First he sets forth their hidden guilt. Second, their manifest guilt. He alludes to that history, Num. 16: "Withdraw, withdraw from the tents of the wicked." "Iniquities" are said to be hidden sins. Rom. 13: "Not in impurities," etc. Hence "in their dwellings," that is, in secret. "In their midst," that is, in public. Is. 3: "They have proclaimed their sin like Sodom." Job 11: "If there is iniquity in your hand," etc. …
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