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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
1489 But if any one walks in the night, that is, in the night of iniquities, he will easily find dangers. Concerning this night we read: "Those who sleep at night" (1 Thess 5:7). But such a one, he stumbles, that is, strikes against something, because the light, of righteousness, is not in him. 1490 A certain Greek, Theophylactus, explains this another way. Beginning at If any one walks in the day, he says that the "day" is the presence of Christ in the world, and the "night" is the time after Christ's passion. …
Bonaventure
But if he walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him; Matthew 15: "If the blind lead the blind, both fall into the pit"; on account of which it is said below in chapter 12: "Walk while you have the light, lest the darkness overtake you."
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