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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Suddenly shall they die, and the people shall bow down at midnight, and pass away. However long it be before the ungodly are taken out of this life, they are taken away suddenly, and at an instant, since they know not how to foresee their end by thinking on it. That is sudden to any one, which he has not been able to think of beforehand. That rich man was taken away suddenly, who left the barns which he was preparing, and found the place of hell, which he was not looking for. …
Thomas Aquinas
To answer the possible objection that God only accuses the powerful and does not punish them further, he continues with their twofold punishment. First, death overcomes them unexpectedly, and so he says, "They will die suddenly," as Isaiah says, "Suddenly, when it is not expected, his grief will come." (30:13) For if death overcame them in the usual way as expected, this would not be attributed to divine judgment, but to secondary causes. …
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