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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Cyprian
Of the benefits of martyrdom. In the Proverbs of Solomon: "The faithful martyr delivers his soul from evils." Also in the same place: "Then shall the righteous stand in great boldness against them who have afflicted them, and who took away their labours. …
Treatise XII. Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews. ↗
Irenaeus
And again He says, "Whosoever shall have left lands, or houses, or parents, or brethren, or children because of Me, he shall receive in this world an hundred-fold, and in that to come he shall inherit eternal life." For what are the hundred-fold [rewards] in this word, the entertainments given to the poor, and the suppers for which a return is made? …
Western Saints
Bede
He said to them: "Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children for the sake of the kingdom of God, who will not receive much more in this time, and in the age to come, eternal life." Some, on account of this saying, build up the Jewish fable of a thousand years after the resurrection of the just, when all things which we have abandoned for God will be rendered to us with manifold interest, and eternal life will be granted in addition. …
Bonaventure
Secondly, as to the approval of such a poor man by the divine judgment, it is added: Who said to them: Amen I say to you: There is no one who has left home, as to the foundation of inheritance; Jeremiah 12: "I have left my house, I have abandoned my inheritance, I have given the beloved of my soul" etc. …
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