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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
For it is a natural consequence when wickedness abounds within, that wicked words are breathed as far as the mouth; and therefore when you hear of a man uttering abominable things, do not suppose that there lies only so much wickedness in him as is expressed in his words, but believe the fountain to be more copious than the stream.
Basil of Caesarea
In truth, self knowledge seems the most important of all. For not only the eye, looking at outward things, fails to exercise its sight upon itself, but our understanding also, though very quick in apprehending the sin of another, is slow to perceive its own defects.
Cyril of Alexandria
But having shown that the good and the bad man may be discerned by their works as a tree by its fruits, he now sets forth the same thing by another figure, saying, A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good, and the evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that which is evil.
Western Saints
Bede
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil. The same treasure of the heart, which is the root of the tree. And what is brought forth from the heart, is the same as the fruit of the tree. …
Bonaventure
Second, an explicit instruction is drawn out when it is added: The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, namely after the likeness of a good tree. He calls the good treasure the habit of interior perfection, whether in the affection, with respect to which is said Proverbs 21: "A desirable treasure and oil are in the dwelling of the just"; or in the intellect, with respect to which Matthew 13: "Every scribe instructed in the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings forth out …
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