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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Ver. 18. He shall pay for all the things that he hath done, nor yet shall he be consumed. [LITERAL INTERPRETATION] 21. For he 'pays' in torment for those desires, which he retained here contrary to right, and being consigned to avenging flames, he is always dying, in that he is always kept alive in death. …
Thomas Aquinas
Because sometimes man becomes so weak from excessive punishment that he cannot sustain further punishments, he then adds that although the sinner is punished in many ways in this life, yet he is destined for further punishment in the future life. So the text continues, "He will atone for everything he did," since for each and every sin he will suffer punishment, "yet he will not be consumed," in the soul which is reserved for future punishments. …
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