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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
"He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith." It is not the same thing to say that God is good and that a man is good. The former is good by essence, being the beginning and source of all good things, while a man is good not by essence, but by virtue.
Oecumenius
Why do they not write to Paul, but send Barnabas? Because they did not yet know the man's excellence. This does not contradict the saying, "No one is good but God." (Mark 10:18) For it is not the same for God to be good in essence and for a man to be good. For God exists as good in essence, being the principle and source of goods; whereas a man is not good in essence, but possesses goodness by a participation of virtue. He is not simply good, but a good man. To this also belong the expressions "a good man" (Matt. …
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