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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
Observe, he applies the word "through" to the Father. But what then? Shall we say that He is inferior? Surely not. Observe that he calls saints, men with wives, and children, and domestics. For that these are they whom he calls by this name is plain from the end of the Epistle, as, when he says, "Wives, be in subjection unto your own husbands." And again, "Children, obey your parents:" and, "Servants, be obedient to your masters." Think how great is the indolence that possesses us now, how rare is any thing like virtue now and how …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Look, the preposition δια he referred to the Father, – and note, – this is against the Arians. Look how great was the virtue in that time: he calls holy and faithful men who were laypeople, having wives and children. But now even those in the mountains and caves are not such.
Ignatius of Antioch
Blessed, then, are ye who are God-bearers, spirit-bearers, temple-bearers, bearers of holiness, adorned in all respects with the commandments of Jesus Christ, being "a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people," on whose account I rejoice exceedingly, and have had the privilege, by this Epistle, of conversing with "the saints which are at Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus." I rejoice, therefore, over you, that ye do not give heed to vanity, and love nothing according to the flesh, but according to God.
Western Saints
Jerome
Those whom he has called saintly he also calls faithful, because faith derives from the choice of our own minds, but sanctification we receive meanwhile from the abundance of the Sanctifier, not from our own will. As for his saying "faithful in Jesus Christ," this is aimed at drawing a distinction that should be carefully noted. For there are those who have genuine faith but not faith in Jesus Christ. …
Thomas Aquinas
The Apostle writes this letter to the Ephesians who were Asians, coming from Asia Minor which is part of Greece. They were not initiated into the faith by the Apostle Paul but he did strengthen them in it. Even before he had met them, they had been converted, as can be gathered from Acts 19 (1): "It happened that, while Appollo was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus, where he found certain disciples." Once they were converted and fortified by the Apostle, they were steadfast in the faith, not …
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