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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyril of Alexandria
For he says "I am the one possessing knowledge of all, and whatever happens, I give notice of it beforehand." That which is announced, I execute … for what the holy God wills, who will thwart it? And who will avert his hand when it is raised?… We take the bird that is called from the east and from a far land to be the Babylonian, who scorched all the territory of the Jews, took Jerusalem and ruined the temple. They removed both ordinary flock and the leading birds among them and forced them into the region of the Persians. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Here he promises liberation from captivity to those who are converted to him. And concerning this, he does two things. First, he promises liberation, setting out the power of him who announces it: who show the things that shall be at last, whatever is to come in the last times: he declares the things that are past, and the things that are to come (Sir 42:19); he also sets out the firmness of the announcement: saying: my counsel shall stand, it shall be fulfilled; my will, of good pleasure, his counsel continues like a fountain of …
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