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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
And to show thee that he introduced the term "sign" here, not as a thing which of course did some good, he added that which resulted from it. And what was this? "They will say," saith he, "that ye are mad" This however not from the nature of the sign, but from their folly. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
He explains in a veiled manner that the gift of tongues without the gift of interpretation becomes an occasion even for harm. He says this with the aim of humbling their pride. They thought that the gift of tongues made them an object of admiration; Paul, on the contrary, proves that it turns to their dishonor, giving occasion to consider them mad. And lest you think that it depends on the gift itself that the one possessing it is covered with dishonor, he says: the senseless will say that you are out of your minds. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
A Gloss suggests that another argument proving his proposition begins here. But in the light of what has been said, there is only one proposition, already proved. Here he clarifies the middle term of that argument, namely, that prophecy contributes more to that to which the gift of tongues is especially ordained. …
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