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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
Need we be surprised that, when saints are compared, some are better, some worse, since the same holds good in the comparison of sins? To Jerusalem, pierced and wounded with many sins, it is said, "Sodom is justified by you." It is not because Sodom, which has sunk forever into ashes, is just in itself, that it is said by Ezekiel, "Sodom shall be restored to its former estate," but that, in comparison with the more accursed Jerusalem, it appears just. …
Thomas Aquinas
Here is exaggerated a punishment in comparison to the punishment of the Sodomites. As said: "For the chastisement of the daughter of my people has been greater than the punishment of Sodom." And greater their fault was, due to their ingratitude, and the profanation of holy things. So, greater the punishment was, since the city is no longer. As the prophet Ezekiel says: "And your younger sister, who lived to the south of you, is Sodom with her daughters." (Ezek. 16:46). …
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