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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Wilt Thou shew Thy power against a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble? For what is man but a leaf, who fell in Paradise from the tree? what but a leaf is he, who is caught by the wind of temptation, and lifted up by the gusts of his passions? For the mind of man is agitated as it were by as many gusts, as it undergoes temptations. Thus very often anger agitates it; when anger is gone, empty mirth succeeds. …
Thomas Aquinas
Second, because someone could object that God punished him in order to show his power, he rejects this cause saying, "Do you show your power against the leaf which is driven by the wind?" For it is not fitting that some very powerful man should wish to show his power against something very weak. …
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