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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"That He might deliver us out of this present evil world." Another class of heretics seize upon these words of Paul, and pervert his testimony to an accusation of the present life. Lo, say they, he has called this present world evil, and pray tell me what does "world" mean but time measured by days and seasons? Is then the distinction of days and the course of the sun evil? no one would assert this even if he be carried away to the extreme of unreasonableness. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
Behold, He gave Himself up. So then, He did not render service as a slave. Therefore, when you hear that He was delivered up by the Father, understand it as the consent and will of the Father. And He gave Himself up in order to free us from sins, from which the law was not able to deliver us. How then, after this, having abandoned the One who freed you, do you submit to the law, which rendered no benefit? The Manichaeans rely on this saying, claiming that he called the present age evil, that is, our life. But this is not so. …
Oecumenius
"who gave himself." Behold, he gave himself; therefore, when you hear that he has been given by the Father, perceive the Father's good pleasure. "to deliver us from." He gave Himself for our sins, blotting out the former things and preserving for the future. He says, "to deliver us from the present evil age," that is, from evil actions and a corrupted life: for he calls this an evil age, not the time itself or the day: Not at all. …
Western Saints
Jerome
He gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. Neither did the Son give himself for our sins without the will of the Father, nor did the Father deliver the Son without the Son's will; but this is the will of the Son, to fulfill the will of the Father, as he himself speaks in the psalm: 'I desired to do your will, O my God' (Psalm 40:8). …
Thomas Aquinas
The manner in which these goods are caused is also mentioned when he says, "who gave himself for our sins." Here is mentioned, first of all, the efficient cause, which is the death of Christ. Referring to this, he says "who gave himself for our sins." As if to say: Christ is the author of grace and peace, because He gave Himself to death and endured the cross. …
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