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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Raging and snorting he swalloweth the earth, neither believeth he that the blast of the trumpet soundeth. 66. For it was said to the first man when he sinned; Earth thou art, and to earth shalt thou go. [Gen. 3, 19] But the trumpets sound, when the powers of this world awfully prohibit holy men from preaching. …
Thomas Aquinas
But the horse is still not struck with terror by this sound, and so he says, "raging," from interior courage, "and snorting," that is, neighing. He calls this a roar which is the sound characteristic of lions (Proverbs 19:12) because of the courage of the horse. He not only shows his interior passion of spirit with his voice, but also with an exterior act, and so he says, "he sucks in the earth," that is, he seems to suck it in by digging it with his hooves. …
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