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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
Through this he also exhorts the Romans to almsgiving; for when he says: "Macedonia and Achaia were pleased" and so on, he instills in them a zeal to imitate them. The word "were pleased" is used instead of: they desired, they deemed it good to send "a certain contribution." Thus, that is by the word contribution, he everywhere calls almsgiving, as a common profit for both givers and receivers. He said "a certain" instead of: a small one, lest it seem to the Romans that he was reproaching them as stingy and ungenerous. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Second, he explains what he had said about the ministry to the saints, saying: for it has pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia, i.e., the faithful from both regions converted by him, to make a contribution, i.e., to collect something, for the poor of Christ, i.e., for the use of the poor who are among the saints: give to the godly man, but do not help the sinner (Sir 12:4), who are in Jerusalem living in poverty: it is superfluous for me to write to you about the suffering of the saints. …
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