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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
The Lord also shows us that faith profiteth a man nothing, if his manner of life be corrupt. Hence it follows, But he that heareth and doeth not, is like a man, that without a foundation, built an house upon the earth, &c.
Cyril of Alexandria
Or they build upon the earth without foundation, who upon the quicksand of doubt, which relates to opinion, lay the foundation of their spiritual building, which a few drops of temptation wash away.
Western Saints
Bede
But he who has heard and not done is like a man building his house upon the earth without a foundation. The house of the devil, the world which is placed in the wicked one, is called not by the dignity of the Creator but by the magnitude of the delinquent. He builds it upon the earth because he drags those who obey him from the heavens to the earthly. He builds without a foundation because every sin does not have a foundation, so that it does not subsist by its own nature. …
Bonaventure
But he who hears and does not do. Here, after the commendation of the truly obedient, he adds the reproach of the negligent, setting forth first the vice of the negligent, then adding the danger, and appending the downfall. He therefore sets forth first the vice of the negligent, when he says: But he who hears and does not do, like Balaam, Numbers 24: "He said who is a hearer of the words of God, who knows the doctrine of the Most High." This one is blameworthy, which he shows through a comparison, when he adds: He is like a man …
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