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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another and so much the more as ye see the day approaching." What is, "not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together"? He knew that much strength arises from being together and assembling together. …
Theophylact of Ohrid
He knows that the common assembly gives birth to love, therefore he urges not to forsake the assembly and not to start divisions and unlawful gatherings, "for where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them" (Matt. 18:20). The prayer of the Church even loosed Peter from his bonds and freed him from prison (Acts 12:5–10). Here he makes a rebuke to those who separate themselves. That is, comforting one another and instructing one another, and teaching, and persuading. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
512. – Then he removes the contrary of charity when he says, not neglecting to meet together. For since charity is love, whose function is to unite, because, as Dionysius says, love is a uniting force: 'That they may be one, even as we are one… and the world may know that you have loved them as you have also loved me' (Jn. 17:22); therefore, to withdraw from one another is directly opposed to charity. …
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