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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
God seeks us, not what's ours. Anyway, the Christian's sacrifice is alms, or kindness to the poor. That is what makes God lenient toward sins.
Jerome
For who indeed sought these things from your hands? Let the Ebionites hear, who after the passion of Christ think that the Law has been abolished and should be observed. Let the associates of the Ebionites hear, who decree that these things should be observed only by Jews and those of Israelite descent. …
Thomas Aquinas
45. Second, he rejects the sacrifices which were offered wholly to God. And first, he places the rejection of these three animals; and he mentions only three animals, because the sacrifices which were from the herd were made only from these; holocausts were also made from turtledoves and the young of doves, but these were because of the deprivation of poverty, as is evident from Leviticus 1 and 4 and many other passages; and again the use of these was not universal in all sacrifices, since peace offerings were not offered from them. …
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