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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"Whence holy brethren" (he says "whence" instead of "for this cause"), "partakers of an heavenly calling" - seek nothing here, if ye have been called yonder - yonder is the reward, yonder the recompense. What then? "Consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus, who was faithful to Him that appointed Him, as also Moses was faithful in all His house." What is "who was faithful to Him that appointed Him?" It is, well disposed, protecting what belongs to Him, not allowing them to be lightly carried away, "as also …
Theophylact of Ohrid
"Therefore," that is, after I have said that such is our High Priest – faithful and merciful toward our sins, and able to help – look and you will find that this is entirely so. He said "partakers of the heavenly calling," that is: we are called there, we should seek nothing here; there is the reward, there is the recompense. On account of the flesh — everything humbled, as is often said. The apostle says this because he was sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. …
Justin Martyr
Now the Word of God is His Son, as we have before said. And He is called Angel and Apostle; for He declares whatever we ought to know, and is sent forth to declare whatever is revealed; as our Lord Himself says, "He that heareth Me, heareth Him that sent Me." From the writings of Moses also this will be manifest; for thus it is written in them, "And the Angel of God spake to Moses, in a flame of fire out of the bush, and said, I am that I am, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob, the God of thy fathers; go down into …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
155. – As was said above, the Old Law derived its authority from three sources, namely, from angels, from Moses, and from Aaron, the high priest. But the Apostle preferred Christ, the Author of the New Testament, to the angels through whom the Law was given. Here he intends to prefer Him to Moses, who was the promulgator and, as it were, the lawgiver of the Old Testament. In regard to this he does two things: first, he prefers Christ to Moses; secondly, he concludes from this that Christ is most deserving of obedience (v. 7). …
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