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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
But those who want to believe will be redeemed, not with silver and money, but with the precious blood of Christ, so that they may hear through the apostles: Grace to you and peace (Romans 1:7). For we are reconciled to God, not by merits, but by grace and faith in Christ. It is also said of the soul, which, defiled by the filth of vices, had lost the brightness of its former conduct, that it shakes off the dust with the Apostles, who clung to His feet (Matthew 10). …
Thomas Aquinas
Third, he promises liberation from detention by her captors, foretelling the benefit of liberation: loose the bonds, that is, come forth from captivity: I have broken the chains of your necks (Lev 26:13). And he shows the manner of liberation: for thus says the Lord: you were sold gratis, as if to say: those who took you captive furnished no benefits to you; and you shall be redeemed, from captivity to Babylon by Cyrus, above: he shall let go my captives (Isa 45:13); you have sold your people for no price (Ps 43:13[44:12]).
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