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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
So then to be at war with one another, is "to give place to the devil"; for, whereas we had need to be all in close array, and to make our stand against him, we have relaxed our enmity against him, and are giving the signal for turning against each other; for never has the devil such place as in our enmities. Numberless are the evils thence produced. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
To be hostile to one another means to give place to the devil. For as long as we are united and bound together, he brings nothing of his own, since he finds no place; but when he notices some discord among us, then, finding a place, he first pushes through his head, like a serpent, and then crawls in with his entire writhing body.
Cyprian
In the first place, therefore, dearest brother, both by overseers and people nothing is to be more eagerly sought after, than that we who fear God should keep the divine precepts with every observation of discipline, and should not suffer our brethren to stray, and to live according to their own fancy and lust; but that we should faithfully consult for the life of each one, and not stiffer virgins to dwell with men,-I do not say to sleep together, but to live together -since both their weak sex and their age, still critical, ought to …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
The reason for the warning is indicated in Give not place to the devil. The devil gains entrance to us either through sin or consent to it. "The devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him" (Jn. 13:2), after which it says: "After the morsel, Satan entered into him" (Jn. 13:27). Passions of this kind easily pull one's consent toward their desires, especially when they have biased the judgment of reason. …
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