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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
He shows the degrees of progress. In the first place is faith, since it is the foundation and support of good. In the second place is virtue, that is, works, for without them, as the Apostle James says, "faith is dead" (Jas. 2:26). Next is discernment. What kind of discernment? The knowledge of the hidden mysteries of God, which is accessible not to everyone, but only to the one who constantly exercises himself in good works.
Oecumenius
But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith, virtue, to virtue, knowledge, to knowledge, self-control, to self-control, perseverance, to perseverance, godliness, to godliness, brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness, love. The step leads to promotion: first indeed faith, which is the foundation and basis or principle of good things. Then in the second step virtue or works, for without this faith is dead, as James (2:26) says. After this indeed is knowledge. What is this? …
Western Saints
Bede
But you, giving all diligence, supply virtue in your faith. Virtue in this place is placed not for strength and miracles, but for good conduct; which is rightly to be joined to faith, lest it be idle and dead without works: in which he rightly commanded that all diligence be added, because he who is soft and negligent in his work is brother to him who destroys his work.
Bonaventure
To this piety blessed Peter invites us, who was the other Apostle, in his second Canonical epistle saying: "Supply in faith virtue, in virtue knowledge, in knowledge abstinence, in abstinence patience, in patience piety, in piety brotherly love, and in brotherly love charity." What does he mean? He places piety in the middle of two, namely between patience and charity. He says piety is a purple garment, and patience and charity he says are a royal garment. …
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