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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
"And they called Barnabas Zeus, and Paul Hermes." You see how it was customary among the Greeks to make gods out of men. Remember the origin of idol-worship, so as to give an answer when they ask whence idol-worship came. In the very same manner the Greeks were making gods out of men, even of the apostles. And the devil in the beginning in a similar manner strove to introduce this impiety into the world, saying: "You shall be as gods" (Gen. 3:5). …
Western Saints
Bede
But Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker; because they believed Mercury to grant eloquence and speech to mortals. Hence, they called Mercury as if running in the middle, that is, between ears and tongues, and the Greeks called him Hermes, which means interpreter.
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