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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
There is a double heart there, not a simple one; it is not what it has within itself that it utters outwardly. The double heart, once upon a time, received this damning judgment: "Deceitful lips in heart and heart have spoken evil." It should have been enough to say, "In the heart they have spoken evil." How are lips deceitful? What is deceit? When one thing is done openly, another covered up. …
Thomas Aquinas
Then when he says, "vain things," he sets forth the sign of the failure of holiness; and it is twofold, namely vanity and deceitfulness. The first sign of failure is vanity; and with regard to this he says, "they have spoken vain things," etc. That is vain which has no substance. True things, therefore, under which no vanity lies, are firm. Hence 1 Tim. 1: "The end of the commandment is charity from a pure heart, a good conscience, and an unfeigned faith; from which some, straying, have turned aside to vain talking." Jer. …
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