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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyril of Jerusalem
There are many statements of spirit in general in the sacred Scriptures, and a person could easily become confused from ignorance, if he did not know to what sort of spirit the particular text refers; therefore we must be sure of the nature of the Holy Spirit according to Scripture. …
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
I do not want anyone to tell me that this view [that God condemns innocent souls] should be supported by the passage "who formed the spirit of man in him" and "who made the heart of every one of them." Something supremely strong and invincible is needed to force me to believe that God condemns any souls without any guilt of theirs. …
Ambrose of Milan
Therefore he referred the thunders to the words of the Lord, the sound of which went out into all the earth. And we understand the word spirit in this place of the soul, which he took endowed with potential reason and perfection. For the Scripture often designates the soul of humankind by the word spirit, as you read: "Who creates the spirit of man within him." So too the Lord signified his soul by the word spirit, when he said, "Into your hands I commend my spirit."
Jerome
The burden of the word of the Lord over Israel: says the Lord, who stretches out the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him: Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, and Judah shall be in siege against Jerusalem. And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. …
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