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What the Fathers say

1 Samuel 10:4

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

But what they are in themselves and what they are to others, he sets forth, saying: 'And when they have greeted you, they will give you two loaves, and you shall receive them from their hand.' Holy men greet us when they announce to us the eternal goods of salvation. Those who greet us in the body incline their head to show reverence to the one greeted. But for spiritual men to incline the head is to bring down their mind from the highest contemplation. …

Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 4, Chapter 5 ↗