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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
For if salvation must be preached to the whole world, and they oppose this, then they are common enemies of the world. Only extraordinary envy would hinder the common salvation. This, he says, they did and continue to do to the ancient prophets, then to Christ, and finally to us as well, in order to show that they are hastening to reach the full measure of sins, their utmost limit. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Thirdly, Paul considers their sin in its relation to the whole human race, when he says: and oppose all men. "His hand against every man and every man's hand against him" (Gen. 16:12). And they are antagonistic, because they prohibit and impede the preaching to the Gentiles, and also the conversion of the Gentiles. In Acts 10 and 11 Peter is criticized for having gone to Cornelius; also in Luke 15 the elder son, the Jewish people, is disturbed because the younger son, the Gentile people, is received by the father. …
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