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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
And Peter, the ardent lover, is overcome by such insensibility that they have already led the Teacher away, yet he still does not move from his place and warms himself, so that he is questioned again, and he denies Him — and not only a second time, but even a third. Why did all the evangelists write about Peter in agreement? Not in order to condemn their fellow disciple, but to teach us how bad it is not to turn to God in all things and to rely on oneself. One must marvel at the compassion of the Master as well. …
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
Lo, the prophecy of the Physician is fulfilled, the presumption of the sick man demonstrated. That which Peter had said he would do, he had not done. I will lay down my life for Thy sake; but what our Lord had foretold had come to pass, Thou shall deny Me thrice. (Luke 22:34)
Thomas Aquinas
2327 Now he mentions the sign given by Christ which Peter recalled. And at once the cock crowed, moved by God's power, so that the prediction of the physician would be fulfilled and to demonstrate the presumption of the one who was sick.
Bonaventure
"Then Peter denied again." Here the denial of Peter is completed, because it was threefold: and as a sign of its completion it is added: "And immediately the cock crowed." Augustine: "Behold, the Physician's prediction is fulfilled, the sick man's presumption is convicted. For what he had said did not come to pass: I will lay down my life for you; but what He had foretold: You will deny me three times." Question IV. Likewise, a question is raised about the time of the denial. …
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