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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
Theophylact of Ohrid
"And ye shall be hated by all men for My name's sake: but he that patiently endureth to the end shall be saved." "Hated by all men" means "hated by many." For not everyone hated them, as there were those who accepted the faith. It is he who patiently endures until the end, and not only in the beginning, who will partake in eternal life.
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
To endure in Christ, is to abide in His faith which worketh by love.
Jerome
But whoever perseveres until the end, he will be saved. For it is not to begin, but to complete virtue.
Gregory the Dialogist
In this matter it should be considered how great a force of love had kindled this woman's mind, who did not depart from the Lord's tomb even when the disciples departed. She was seeking the one she had not found, she wept while seeking, and inflamed by the fire of her love, she burned with desire for him whom she believed had been taken away. …
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