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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
And in explanation of the reason for the constant reminder, he added that he knows that the dissolution of his body will soon follow.
Western Saints
Bede
Knowing that the putting off of my tabernacle is very near. Most beautifully does blessed Peter call his demise not death, but the putting off of his tabernacle, because indeed for the perfect servants of God it is as if they cast off the bonds of the flesh, as travelers having completed their journey go to their own home for habitation instead of their tabernacle, as those deployed in expedition return to their fatherland after the enemy has been driven away or defeated. …
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