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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men edification, and exhortation, and comfort." Seest thou by what he signifies the choice nature of this gift? i.e., by the common benefit? and how every where he gives the higher honor to that which tends to the profit of the many? For do not the former speak unto men also? tell me. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Secondly, he proves his statement that prophecy is for the honor of God and the benefit of our neighbors. Hence he says, He who prophesies, i.e., explains visions or Scriptures, speaks to men, i.e., to the human intellect for the upbuilding of beginners and encouragement of the proficient and the consolation of the desolate. "Comfort the fainthearted (1 Th 5:14); "Speak and persuade" (Titus 2:15), for the consolation of the desolate. …
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