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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Irenaeus
The Demiurge, while ignorant of those things which were higher than himself, was indeed excited by the announcements made [through the prophets], but treated them with contempt, attributing them sometimes to one cause and sometimes to another; either to the prophetic spirit (which itself possesses the power of self-excitement), or to [mere unassisted] man, or that it was simply a crafty device of the lower [and baser order of men]. He remained thus ignorant until the appearing of the Lord. …
Western Saints
Bede
And I say to this one: Go, and he goes, and to another: Come, and he comes, to my servant: Do this, and he does it. He wants to show that the Lord can accomplish what He wills not only through the coming of His body but through the ministry of angels. For either the infirmities of the bodies or opposing forces, to which man is often given over in weakness, must be repelled, both by the word of the Lord and by the ministries of angels. Alternatively. The soldiers and servants who obey the centurion are natural virtues. …
Bonaventure
And that this suffices, he shows from the lesser, when he adds: For I also am a man set under authority, and thus I acknowledge myself subject to others, according to that passage in Romans thirteen: "Let every soul be subject to the higher powers"; yet so subject, that I am also set over others. …
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