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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
The angel announced "great joy," which, he said, will be for all the people — specifically, for the people of God. For not all Jews are the people of God. But the incarnation of God was a joy for the entire human race as well.
Cyprian
That Christ our God should come, the En-lightener and Saviour of the human race. In Isaiah: "Be comforted, ye weakened hands; and ye weak knees, be strengthened. Ye who are of a timorous heart, fear not. Our God will recompense judgment, He Himself will come, and will save us. Then shall be opened the eves of the blind, and the ears of the deaf shall hear. …
Western Saints
Bonaventure
And the Angel said to them etc. Here secondly is described the announcement inviting to exultation: in which is prefaced an exhortation to confidence and to joy, and there follows the announcement, expressing the cause of joy. Therefore the Angel, exhorting to confidence, said to them: Do not be afraid. For the Angel had not come to announce a terrible thing, but rather a desirable one, just as he who announced the resurrection to the women: Mark, last chapter: "Do not be afraid"; in which he grants the confidence of hoping. …
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